Even with significant changes ahead that could include coaching, management, their overall system or even all three, the players believe they have foundational elements and the potential to succeed…
Kings players celebrate a goal during the first period of Game 5 of their first-round playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night in Edmonton, Alberta. The Kings’ future might include a diminishing or an outright nixing of the 1-3-1 neutral-zone trap that they have employed to the chagrin of some opposing players as well as some paying customers.
If Doughty’s tone sounded testy, it was probably because the Kings have endured this fate or worse for the entire decade that has elapsed since their second Stanley Cup triumph in three seasons back in 2014. They’ve made five playoff appearances since, winning just seven games and not a single series.
“There’s a little bit of concern because you’re not sure what’s really going to happen,” said leading goal-scorer Trevor Moore, who added that he would focus on summer training and that “the rest of the stuff will get sorted out.” Other Kings forwards were more forcefully in favor of taking an eraser to the whiteboard, including last year’s team scoring leader on a per-game basis, Kevin Fiala, and this year’s most prolific producer, Adrian Kempe.
Fiala concurred, calling Kempe’s “the perfect answer,” but instead of dismissing the discussion, he steered it into a more analytical realm.“We could create something on the forecheck. Right now, we kind of have to break out. In my opinion, the 1-3-1 is very effective when they try to go through you. Then there’s turnovers happening and we can go the other way,” Fiala said.
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