Most of us fans tend to draw our interest on the offensive side of the game that truely excites us all ! Watching the puck going in the opponent's net give us more of a rush and is more rewarding than watching it being prevented from entering in your own net. We tend to emphasize our attention on the offense more than on the defensive side and yet both are critically as important in a hockey game, you score more goals you win or you prevent the opposition from scoring more you win again. But here's the thing, when we(fans) analize our favorite team and players we are generally speaking about offense and leaving out the defence.
I was fortunate to watch Bobby Orr play the game back in his days, best defenceman there ever was, why, because he was the only ever defenceman to win the NHL scoring title and yet it was not for his defensive plays. I don't want to take anything away from Bobby Orr's talent, would he have acchieved his success if not for all the defensive players that backed him up while he was rushing up the ice, players like DON AWRY, GARY DOAK, DALLAS SMTH, GERRY CHEEVERS and etc.
The Knights did not scored enough goals to win the games they lost since the start, or have not prevented their opponents from scoring more goals in all those games. If all players understand each roles on the team, they won't need super stars to win them games, not every players can be on the first line and not every players can wear goalie pads. It is just as important to prevent goals as it is to score them to win a game, and should also be for all of us armchair hockey analysis and fans ! The Knights will be alright once everyone takes to their role established by Dale Hunter and his team, if not they will replace the faulty pieces !!!
