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Los Angeles -- You usually need sunglasses in Los Angeles, but the brightness of the Kings' future makes it almost mandatory to don the shades. This team is just loaded with young talent on the cusp of becoming prime-time players. Any franchise happily would accept a young core that included players like Anze Kopitar, Mike Cammalleri, Dustin Brown, Patrick O'Sullivan and Jack Johnson. If management can keep that group together for the long-term, you are looking at a dynasty in the making. But that only will happen if the Kings can find a goalie to carry the load. The club tried five different keepers this season without success. Erik Ersberg has been one of the more pleasant surprises of the season, but he does not yet have the pedigree or resume of a franchise goalie. But Jonathan Bernier does. The young goalie just finished his final year of junior eligibility and is considered the Kings' goalie of the future. Could that future start next season? That will be one of the most pressing questions of the 2008-09 season. CTN knows one thing -- if this team ever does find a reliable goalie and a few depth defensemen to fill out the blue line, the Kings will be back in the playoff picture before you can spell Cammalleri.

full article: NHL.com - Crashing the Net