The leading goal scorer, #1 goalie, shutdown Center and #1 PK d-man are now out with significant injuries. The easiest part of the schedule is gone and they're sitting in 9th place. If you think the effort put forth in the last 18 games is good enough to get the team into the Playoffs with Scrivens and Jones in net, it might be time to take off the purple and yellow tinted glasses.
The sky isn't falling but if they continue to show up for 40 minutes a night they'll CONTINUE to be on the outside of the Top 8 come April.
Actually they won't, the Kings right now are one of the few teams with an actual believable winning PCT%...
Four of the top eight teams have unsustainable winning PCT. ANH/Colorado/PHX are not going to continue to win at a 800% clip.
San Jose has already come back to earth, they needed OT to beat Calgary last night when they were up 2-0 in the second.
Only four points ahead of the Kings.
Also Justin Williams is the Kings leading Goal scorer, no King has scored more than J-Dub over the past three seasons.
Willie Mitchell logs more PK time than any other King, Richards I would consider the Kings shutdown Center.
If the Kings maintain this current sustainable winning PCT...They will be a 100 point team.
Although....They can't have games like they had in Buffalo too many times. Can't afford to lose points in the East games.