Protect Puck state

I wanted to inquire about the preparedness of a player while in Puck Protect vs not. I noticed that it mentions that someone being unprepared for a collision is a person who is, as stated in the preparedness effect information of gameplay sliders, "passing, shooting, performing a deke, etc." My issue here is that from playing as much as I have, It would seem that I am getting hit off the puck more and harder when I am using protect puck vs not using it and gliding. I wanted to check here to see if protecting the puck (L3/LS + right or left on RS) is supposed to put you in a prepared state to face oncoming aggression from the defense.