Published 7/3/2009
by Joe Pacheco
at Bleacher Report - NHL
The Los Angeles Kings are coming off another disappointing season in which they finished in 14th place out of 15 teams in the Western Conference, missing the playoffs for the sixth straight season (there were no playoffs in 2005 because of the lockout).
As someone who has seen many more downs than ups while following the Kings throughout my life, I have gotten used to their lack of success this decade. The one thing that I at least took some kind of solace in was the fact that both fans and experts alike could agree that Kings GM Dean Lombardi had at least assembled a strong nucleus of players with which he could turn things around. Unlike the teams around the league that stunk and were going nowhere, people at least would say, "Yeah the Kings stink, but at least they have some hope and are going somewhere."
There are some things to be excited about for the die hard LA hockey fan. Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown, and Alexander Frolov are all on the younger side of 30 and are some solid offensive ...
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