Jamie McBain (Why did DL trade for Sekera?)

[YP44]

Amart?

Would have put him but I have no clue on the extent of his injury

 

[LAKings88]

Schenn has his issues, but I still think he's much better than McBain outside of the offensive zone.

McBain just isn't a physical presence nor is he really good enough with his stick like Scuderi to play heavy minutes where he has to defend. I'm flat-out amazed that the McBain/Scuderi pairing didn't give up a goal against vs the Ducks, they looked like they were scrambling every single time the puck got dumped in.

I do like McBain on the PP a lot though, but that's not enough (especially on a Sutter team) to get him more minutes.

I keep hearing the physical card. Probably true, and I know Sutter knows what he is doing. Just seems like LA has a fairly decent record when McBain plays.

 

[gnarls barkley]

I keep hearing the physical card. Probably true, and I know Sutter knows what he is doing. Just seems like LA has a fairly decent record when McBain plays.

yeah, that's my theory anyways, I'm not 100% sure of Sutter's reasoning of course - but if you study the way Kings Dmen play in their own zone, a big part of it is always tying their guy up and either pinning them into the boards or getting the inside position and holding there while their partner digs the puck out. I don't think I've ever seen McBain do anything close to that, it's just not how he plays. None of this is really a slight against him, but he's just not really a prototypical Kings style D. Really does remind me a lot of a poor man's Sekera honestly.

 

[Omni Owl]

Nick said on Kings talk that Amart should be back in time for the playoffs, doesn't sound too major.

 

[LAKings88]

yeah, that's my theory anyways, I'm not 100% sure of Sutter's reasoning of course - but if you study the way Kings Dmen play in their own zone, a big part of it is always tying their guy up and either pinning them into the boards or getting the inside position and holding there while their partner digs the puck out. I don't think I've ever seen McBain do anything close to that, it's just not how he plays. None of this is really a slight against him, but he's just not really a prototypical Kings style D. Really does remind me a lot of a poor man's Sekera honestly.

Agreed.