1. Who the heck is going to fill out the fourth line and the third defensive pair?
(DISCLAIMER: The answer to this question might be different in January than it is now.)
The Kings will always go as their Big 3 of Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty, and Jonathan Quick go, but LA’s also built a rep of being tough. In 2014, the Cup-winning goal came from #6 d-man Alec Martinez, assisted by temporary fourth-liner Tyler Toffoli and permanent fourth-liner Kyle Clifford. So who will be this season’s Martinez and Clifford? Even after recent roster moves the pool of potential fourth liners and bottom pair d-men remains at about a dozen or so, and they all could feasibly make the team.