Let's be honest: The Kings' season ended Tuesday with their disgustingly passive 7-0 loss to Nashville, their 27th defeat.
The final playoff spot in the West last season was earned by Calgary, which had 29 losses. So unless the Kings start something like a 36-2 surge tonight, this will be another broken promise from a club that vowed it would become a Stanley Cup contender under the salary-cap system but sabotaged itself with bad free-agent signings and timidity in the front office.
Although their playoff hopes are gone, the Kings should look at where they stand and consider it a beginning.
This is the time to take a sledgehammer to 40 years of futility instead of chipping away with a spoon.
Back to the drawing board for the Kings (LA Times) 
