EL SEGUNDO, CA — Willie Desjardins has been the Los Angeles Kings’ interim head coach for less than one week. But he already knows that his team’s heavy reliance on their established stars is a glaring problem.
Indeed, the supporting cast must also contribute, something they haven’t done much of to this point in the 2018-19 season.
“We need the second wave of guys to become heavy, hard players,” said Desjardins. “The older group—they’ve won. They’re just warriors. They come in and play so hard and they know it.