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, we’ll spend some time with Derek Forbort and see if he avoided the dreaded sophomore slump.
For a period of time, Kings fans looking toward the future of the team’s blue line wondered who would be invested in as a defenseman of the future: Brayden McNabb, acquired from the Buffalo Sabres in 2014 and who made his Kings debut the following season, or Derek Forbort, drafted in the first round by the Kings in 2010, who took a longer route to the NHL, not debuting until the 2015-16 season.