There is a big difference between "defending a lead" and "weathering the final minutes of a game with a one goal lead".
I never suggested the team sit back when ahead, but when you have a one goal lead with two minutes to play, your center can absolutely not recklessly doubleteam the puck behind the opponents net when the other team is cheating to exit the zone early and take chances.
The center should have circled back before the goalline and recognized his assignment.
I also was not commenting on the Winnipeg game.
There is a huge difference between the penalties in the Rangers game and that act in the Jets game. Soucy's penalty against Winnipeg was inexcusable, but he is a rather inexperienced player, and you hope he learns from it. The second penalty in the Rangers game looked worse than it was, I think Soucy was expecting to get plastered into the boards and was trying to initiate a reverse hit on Fox, and Fox backed off at the last moment. But I agree, Soucy has to be more careful in those situations, especially being 6'7". What would be a shoulder or elbow to the chest for most players is a head shot when Soucy attempts it.
Bottom line, it is ridiculous to define a player from a couple of plays in two games when he has been relatively disciplined up to that point.
Last season Soucy was 7th in penalties taken per game by Kraken D.
