The Los Angeles Kings are a bad hockey team. That’s not at all surprising, but it’s been a little extra painful this year.
The Kings hold a 27-35-6 record and a Western Conference-low 60 points, only inching out the historically bad Detroit Red Wings (39 points) league-wide. The Kings are in the midst of a nice five-game winning streak, but that hasn’t done much to lessen the blow, especially when a top draft pick is at stake.
But the downtrodden franchise has a reason to get excited: there’s legitimate hope on the horizon. While I won’t spoil anything, Kings fans will be happy to know their prospect base looks quite good compared to the rest of the league in our annual Future Watch issue, which will be hitting newsstands and finding its way into mailboxes soon.