Wait, I wasn't at a Buckeyes game?
Sunday attendance looks atrocious on big ten network. Yikes it's sparse attendance. Like fifty students.
I was thinking the other day that JD Greenway was invited to the World Junior Summer Showcase in August and entered this season with hopes of playing his way on to the team. Whatever has held him out has really been costly.
Inamoto, Frederic, and Sean Dhooghe were also there. One would think Frederic was considered a lock, Dhooghe perhaps a little less so. I think Inamoto has been playing very well overall. Will be interesting to see who makes it. The team should be announced in the next couple of weeks and will convene Dec. 15th in Columbus, OH. Any Badgers would miss one or both games @ Penn St. Jan 5th and 6th.
I have been really underwhelmed with Inamoto. He is easily the 6th defenseman at this point in my mind.
Could be... I have thought he's been better since getting the gate vs. Sue. Only one meaningless penalty and I feel like he's been making better decisions. He's no big puck mover, but if he can just keep his game simple and win battles, block some shots, etc. he can be a positive force.
The problem with D is we remember so clearly the bad plays they make that wind up in the net, but the blocked shot, the chip out of the zone, getting position at the net, etc.. that stuff doesn't stick in one's head very well. I guess I'd say Inamoto's still raw and a work in progress, but he's heading toward the light.
I'm getting the impression we're not going to see Greenway this calendar year.
Todd Milewski said JD Greenway is still trying to get into game shape. He also said that cracking the lineup might be the harder thing to do... Which I totally disagree with.
Freytag had 10 Shot attempts Saturday night and was oh so close on a couple. He keeps playing like that and good things are going to happen for him and the team.
An encouraging stat for the Badgers is their .82 gpg margin (9th overall) When that gets around 1 or above it's usually a great indicator of a strong team provided they don't have a crazy PDO. Badgers PDO is right around 100 so they haven't been overly lucky or doing unsustainable things. When they're good, they're pretty good. When they're bad, they're bad.
Let's just be good more days.
What the heck is PDO? I'm not into all these new age metrics like the Wisko type younger folks.
Gurt he had no chance on these goals. Just terrible defense.