While the 2017-18 season ended with more of a whimper than Kings fans hoped for, we still learned a lot about the team, its players, and the direction for the future. Over the course of the next month, we’ll dive into the Kings’ roster and take a look at what worked, what didn’t work, and what things might look like in the coming season. Today’s first installment in our Year in Review series looks at three young players still looking to make their mark in the NHL.
With the terminations of Darryl Sutter and Dean Lombardi at the end of the 2016-17 season, the Kings organization made it clear that they knew that the status quo was unacceptable.