We’re trying to maximize what we’ve got in the lineup. [Reporter: You felt that you guys have had a consistent performance?] Maybe we’ve played as good as we can. [Reporter: Have you?] Maybe we have. [Reporter: In which case?] We’ve played well enough to win two and to stay in other ones, and we’re trying to find out if we still can.

[Reporter: How in the end would you all assess that you’ve played as well as you can? How do you know that there’s not more there that you can get out of them?] Well, we think there is. Sometimes it’s just not about X’s and O’s. Sometimes it’s about maybe as a team we’ve played as we can, when you do it all from a format standpoint. But maybe there are guys who can play better.

-Darryl Sutter, head coach of the LA Kings after practice today.

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