Adrian Kempe is skating on solid ice with Kings

Adrian Kempe doesn't stay up at night thinking about it. There's no point wondering about something he'll never know.

"I think I've played well this year, but it's a hard team to get into," Kempe said. "It's something you dream about, and playing the World Cup and world championships. It's one of my goals for my career, for sure. But I mean, it's kind of hard cracking the lineup. They've got a lot of guys who have been playing for a long time. It's something I don't think I would [be considered for], but, I mean, you never know."

"Quite honest, we talked to [Anze Kopitar] on what we though the matchups were going to be before the game, and we thought it would be Adrian, and guys like Kopi…