They can't avoid it now that it's that time again. The Kings have to talk about the cockroaches in the room.
Alec Martinez memorably described the 2013-14 Kings as "cockroaches" because they wouldn't die. They became the fourth team in NHL history to win a best-of-seven playoff series from 0-3 down, eventually posting three consecutive Game 7 victories en route to their second Stanley Cup championship.
Eleven cockroaches, or players, remain from that 2014 team, and they take equal parts confidence and caution from that historic run into their 0-3 first-round hole against the Vegas Golden Knights.