LA Hockey Underground

 The boys are looking good...much of the time anyway.  As a fan, it is really nice to see consistent offense, and guys scoring.  In addition, they aren't having to take horrible chances to do so.  Sadly, our downfall still seems to be team defensive breakdowns. Kempe has really come to life lately.  Five goals in two games never sucks.  It's too bad no one saw it coming, though, on second thought, there might have been a few people that discussed his improved level of play.  Is it still too late to call him Deaner, or Youngblood?   Killer comebacks are nice, but let's compare the last two games against the Ducks.  In the first game, had they never been down by three, they would have won the game going away, much like they did in the second game.  Sure it was great to come from behind, and get a point in the first game, but they have to get better; have to have fewer terrible breakdowns that are leaving our goaltenders hanging out to...

 Tom Wilson has been suspended, and rightfully so.  Sadly, the damage that is too late to repair will not be stopped by this suspension.  While Tom Wilson bears responsibility for his own actions, I can't help but think that if the NHL is really serious about preventing this behavior, they might take a more proactive approach. The Bruins intentionally summoned the demons from Hades, while the NHL watched and allowed it to happen.  Then, when the results became horrific, punished the demons.  Suspensions should be handed out for hits to the head, but the NHL not taking things a few steps further to prevent such things demonstrates an ignorance in their role. As a lifeguard for 22 years, every time I had to make a save was a failure on our part as a team of lifeguards.  Our number one job was prevention.  With time, seeing the gutter crawler, sensing someone under the tower, or the kid trying to sneak around to the deep end without taking the test became...