Kings fans have a right to feel frustrated. As the 2025-26 season gets underway, and the franchise’s two Stanley Cup titles get smaller in the rear view mirror, the sour taste of four straight first-round playoff eliminations – all to the same team, the Edmonton Oilers – just won’t go away.

Worse, last season was the one when those demons were to be exorcised, but it wasn’t. Their 105 regular-season points tied a team record, their 31-6-4 home record was the best in club history … but after taking a 2-0 series lead on the Oilers , they lost the next four. They’ve now gone 11 seasons since their last playoff series victory … in 2014, which ended with the Stanley Cup being brought out to center ice .

The antidote to those springtime miseries? Simple. Win the Cup. And, said club pre

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