It was another disappointing loss for the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, as they dropped their sixth straight game in a 3-2 overtime loss against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

It's more than just the loss that stings though, the Kings yet again blew a two-goal lead, this time in the final 10 minutes of the period. 

This team cannot put together a full 60 minutes right now and is allergic to holding leads. 

Given their experience and defensive prowess, there's no reason this should be happening. 

Of course, the player who grabbed most of the headlines on Tuesday was Pierre-Luc Dubois.

In warmups, it was revealed that Dubois was being demoted to the fourth line between Trevor Lewis and Carl Grundstrom, with Blake Lizotte taking his spot on the third line. 

On the positive side of things, Dubois nearly scored a game winner late in the third, ringing the post after beating Andrei Vasilevskiy low blocker.

Unfortunately for the Kings, the positives ended there. He finished Tuesday night a -2 — a team low — with an offensive zone penalty to go with it.

He was also on the ice for Tampa's overtime winner. 

It's been a rough start to Dubois' Kings career, as he's on pace for a career low in both goals and assists, struggling to find his home in Los Angeles.

There was some light at the end of the tunnel when Adrian Kempe was moved onto his line, but that looks to have been closed with this demotion.

In isolation, this is a move that makes sense from Todd McLellan. The team is struggling and Dubois isn't performing, so this sends a message and maybe gets Dubois going. 

I do have a few "issues" with this move though.

Firstly, we know this kind of thing doesn't work with Dubois. Both the Columbus Blue Jackets and Winnipeg Jets demoted or benched Dubois at different times to no avail. 

Why would it work now? 

Secondly, while I certainly have no problem with sending Dubois to the fourth line, I do think it's a little crazy they've tried this before moving him to wing.

Instead of forcing Dubois up the middle and putting you new $8.5 million forward on the first line, why not try him at wing?

I understand the Kings traded for Dubois for center depth, but at some point they might have to accept that isn't his best position.

He's not going to be the hardworking, 200-foot center you want him to become and dropping him to the fourth line won't change that.

At a certain point they have to stop getting mad at Dubois for being Dubois. He is who he is at this point in his career and they need to stop trying to change him.

Let him be a top-nine power winger and figure out you're center situation in the bottom-six some other way.

Maybe that won't work, maybe he'll still disappoint at wing. but that feels like a better option than sticking him on your fourth line hoping he figures out how to be something he's never been.

Of course, the onus is still on Dubois to perform, but the Kings can do more to help him out.

Stop pretending he's something he's not and let him be what he is. Until they do that, the organization will be disappointed with Dubois.