To possibly add something to Herby's point about it being both scouting and development. You really just have to look back about 4-5 years later to see how bad the Kings have done at both.
The Kings at one point had almost the consensus top prospect pool in the league, but almost zero players that were a good fit for the type of hockey the Kings wanted to play.
The few of those highly thought of prospects that did make it to the NHL (Bjornfot, JAD, Petersen, Vilardi, Kaliev, Durzi) have arguably all never looked better than they did as rookies.
The Kings just took all this talent and wasted it, turning these guys into just another guy players.
The scouting never identified players to fit the Kings and refused to develop the talent the prospects did have. It's just a huge waste.