Re: 2018-19 Vermont Catamounts
In no way am I "ripping" her. I am simply pointing out that in order to be an elite DI forward you have to score consistently and in important games. Granted she had a terrific freshman year (and playoffs). But, in my opinion, she had a sophomore slump if you look inside the numbers. Down the stretch in the last six games including the two playoff games against BC she had one assist and no goals.
Here is a comparison against a few other forwards in HE. All stats are conference only.
Victoria Bach, on an uncharacteristically weak BU team (finished 6th in the standings), had 24G and 20 assists for a total of 44 points. If you don't like that comparison because she was a senior or some other reason, let's take a look at two forwards from Merrimack, a team that finished dead last and of course did not make the playoffs.
Katelyn Rae, a junior, had 16G-9A for 25 total conference points.
Mikayla Grant-Mentis a sophomore, had 12G-8A for 20 total conference points.
Picard finished with 9G-7A for 16 conference points (with a +/- of -1 in the conference).
These are the numbers which led me to make the comment that she is overrated. I am a Catamounts fan, so I would love her to have a great junior campaign. Let's also not forget that she is an engineering major which means that she has a ton of academic pressure as well as the normal hockey pressure. I believe she has the potential to put up some impressive numbers in games that matter. As a Cat's fan, I am cheering for her.
I don't understand your last point. If she is surrounded by a weak supporting offense, wouldn't you expect a player of her caliber to be the team's leading scorer or am I missing something??
In no way am I "ripping" her. I am simply pointing out that in order to be an elite DI forward you have to score consistently and in important games. Granted she had a terrific freshman year (and playoffs). But, in my opinion, she had a sophomore slump if you look inside the numbers. Down the stretch in the last six games including the two playoff games against BC she had one assist and no goals.
Here is a comparison against a few other forwards in HE. All stats are conference only.
Victoria Bach, on an uncharacteristically weak BU team (finished 6th in the standings), had 24G and 20 assists for a total of 44 points. If you don't like that comparison because she was a senior or some other reason, let's take a look at two forwards from Merrimack, a team that finished dead last and of course did not make the playoffs.
Katelyn Rae, a junior, had 16G-9A for 25 total conference points.
Mikayla Grant-Mentis a sophomore, had 12G-8A for 20 total conference points.
Picard finished with 9G-7A for 16 conference points (with a +/- of -1 in the conference).
These are the numbers which led me to make the comment that she is overrated. I am a Catamounts fan, so I would love her to have a great junior campaign. Let's also not forget that she is an engineering major which means that she has a ton of academic pressure as well as the normal hockey pressure. I believe she has the potential to put up some impressive numbers in games that matter. As a Cat's fan, I am cheering for her.
I don't understand your last point. If she is surrounded by a weak supporting offense, wouldn't you expect a player of her caliber to be the team's leading scorer or am I missing something??
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