With a new head coach and a few changes to the roster, the Kings are back to being a strong play-driving team, and are currently the best team at preventing chances. But, those offensive concerns still remain, especially when their current 2.78 GF/60 minutes is a slight overperformance of the chances they're actually creating. Considering that they've also seen slow starts from some of their players that they expect production from, particularly
Kevin Fiala and
Quinton Byfield, it's easy to see how this is setting the stage for another playoff disappointment.
The last time the Kings won the Cup, they were lacking that scoring touch and made a move to land Marian Gaborik, so perhaps they need to do something like that to help their chances.