Vote: Best defensive player
Here's the fourth and final poll, for the Kings' best defensive player. The difference here is, this is not just limited to defensemen. It can be any player who has played in at least 25 games for the Kings this season...
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Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at rich.hammond@dailynews.com.
Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews.com.
Interesting that our best defensive player is a forward... that's a bit of an eye opener.
The best defensive player would have to be Handzus only because I can't choose between all of the defensemen. They all bring a different attribute that the team needs.
Jonny Q.
When it comes right down to it, Defense = stopping scoring chances.
Quick has been the best King at doing that.
I voted for Simmonds...why not....
I voted for Greene. Anybody who blocks shots with his face has my vote.
Rich; any word on how Quincey's surgery went yet?
I agree: your best defensive player is your goalie=JQ.
By the way, with Phoenix and Atlanta wins (hate to get off topic), it's clear that our Crown Carriers can finish as low as 27th...
I have been thinking all along that this team needs to learn to win, but here we are, last in 5-on-5 goals, and all I can think of is...
Taveras... Taveras... Taveras...
Quick. No contest.
Quincey. He's been consistently the most solid on D, imo
BakoCAcameraGuy:
Why would you want a run of the mill Center fielder like Willy Taveras: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7269
When you can have the best sniper in the draft John TAVARES.
(LOL)
This one was easy for me. NOBODY has won more crucial faceoffs in our own end, gave up the body to get the puck out, played more PK's, or was the first one back more than Handzus.
He deserves best comeback player and defensive player if my vote counts for anything.
Dude was a bust last year but a beast this year. What a turnaround.
Thomas Hickey gets 2 assists in his first game as a Manchester Monarchs. Rich, do you know by any chance who's he's getting paired with?
AK47- Hickey was paired with Preissing last night.
Scratch Quincey from comment above. (Voted for him as most outstanding d).. just voted for Kopitar on this. Felt he deserves the credit