Power Plays: The hit heard 'round the Kings

One commandment in hockey must always be followed: Thou shalt stand up for thy teammate.

[Old Time Hockey]

"In fairness to the young Kings, they simply might not have known how to react." Who are you kidding? Followed hockey long...this is an understood rule in the game. Want a perfect example look at Nick Boynton last year against Boston.(November 21st.) His team was getting it taken to them and Lucic was hitting anything that moved. No one would step up for Florida so at a huge physical disadvantage Boynton went after Lucic. He lost badly but he sent a message to his team mates and I think some respect from his opponents. Plenty of other examples as well, I just happened to remember this one real well. You do not let some one like Artyukhin do things like that and not challenge him. It is not like it was Pavel Datsyuk who hit him.

[Carmelusp]

Oh yeah, Lombardi is such a genius! We all said 2 years ago that the Kings needed toughness and a sniper. So way under the cap, they do nothing until now. Lombardi is the one that's soft. If he had any sense, he would have seen what the blind can see about this team. 7 years of building! OK, so now what, 7 more?