LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings did not spend this past summer basking in parades, designing new rings or putting up another championship banner. The only banner raised at Staples Center was one for Taylor Swift, who sold out a record five concerts in August. That resides across the arena from the two that commemorate the Kings’ championships in 2012 and 2014.
The Kings failed to make the playoffs in 2015, but it was not a quiet off-season. Forward Jarret Stoll was arrested in Las Vegas in April and charged with felony cocaine possession. The charges were later reduced to two misdemeanors.