Compete level is low in Los Angeles, but they're fixing it
The Los Angeles Kings were supposed to come out firing from all cylinders this season. The team had been a powerhouse for the last several years, but failed to make the playoffs just last season.
The team went out and acquired Milan Lucic, who was expected to step in and be a force on the top line. The Kings also signed Christian Ehrhoff, a defenseman that was expected to fill in for the departed Slava Voynov.
Those two can only do so much. The rest of the team needs to step up, and they recognize that.
"I think everyone understands in here that we haven't played very well in these first two games," Dustin Brown told the Los Angeles Times' Helene Elliott. "And a lot of it has a lot to do, especially in the first game, with our compete level, and that's unacceptable to have a low compete level. There's one thing since I've been here — even when we had those bad teams, we always played hard. And that's been addressed over the last couple days."
That's the important thing to keep in mind. It has only been two games. Sure, they've lost to divisional opponents in the San Jose Sharks and the Arizona Coyotes by a combined score of 9-2, but the Kings are full of proven winners.
If Brown says the team has addressed those issues, they've more than likely addressed those issues. The Kings will right the ship soon enough.
