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Slow Start Should Not Hurt These Teams

10/20/2015 at 11:56am EDT

from Scott Burnside of ESPN,

Here are five teams likely to put a rocky start behind them and wrangle invitations to the playoff ball next spring.

1. Los Angeles Kings: Yes, the Kings looked ugly while dropping their first three games of the season, but let's remember they are still trying to crawl out from an ugly 2014-15 season marred by a number of off-ice incidents. There was lots of soul-searching for the Kings after a season that saw them miss the playoffs after winning two Stanley Cups in the previous three seasons, so maybe we should have expected a hiccup or two.

Add in the introduction of offseason acquisition Milan Lucic to the top line, and it's not a big surprise the team looked out of sorts to start the season. Still, the Kings have won two in a row entering play Tuesday, and while the offense still isn't cooking they appear to be back to playing Kings hockey on defense. In other words, look out Western Conference.

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