Note to Kings D: Take the body, please. | | This especially goes for Preissing and Stuart. That first goal, Preissing was staring at the puck. The rule is, as I had always learned it, if the puck carrier loses control of the puck, and is staring down at it, and you don't have control, put him on his ass. Don't swat at the puck, and definitely don't the skater go around you while you are swatting at the loose puck. I have yet to see Preissing obey that rule yet this year.
And then the third goal, same thing goes for Stuart. You've got a guy in your freaking crease, trying to get his stick on the puck. What do you do? Surely not playing goaltender, thereby blocking Barbs from getting back over to cover that post. You clear out the crease and put the dude on his ass. But no. You did exactly what I said you shouldn't do, and they scored.
Out of the eight asst. coaches they have, who is the Kings defensive coach this year? He needs to get a boot in his ass. |