Re: Wisconsin Hockey 2018-2019 Part 2: Still not time for the witty thread title.
Good work on that running list.
Worth noting: this isn’t a great argument that the WCHA is a stronger conference. Their overall numbers aren’t great (granted, they have a very NCHC-heavy noncon slate of games), and the only conference where the B1G didn’t have a better win % against was Hockey East (both conferences were 5-3-0 against them).
I think the point is fair that Jurusik had weaker competition (especially when one compares the basement of both conferences).
That said, I’d still defend Jurusik on this front: I don’t believe for a second that he (or Hayton, or Berry, or Lebedeff, or Moon Boy for all I know) are really at fault here. I don’t know how to back it up numerically, but from my observations of seeing poorly covered back doors and bad turnovers these last few seasons, Badger defenders have not been kind to their goalies.
Good work on that running list.
Originally posted by KaMiGo
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I think the point is fair that Jurusik had weaker competition (especially when one compares the basement of both conferences).
That said, I’d still defend Jurusik on this front: I don’t believe for a second that he (or Hayton, or Berry, or Lebedeff, or Moon Boy for all I know) are really at fault here. I don’t know how to back it up numerically, but from my observations of seeing poorly covered back doors and bad turnovers these last few seasons, Badger defenders have not been kind to their goalies.
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