Jake Muzzin has been around long enough to know what happens when a season goes this far south this early.
He wasn’t with the Kings during the last days of the Terry Murray era, but he was for the rise and fall under Darryl Sutter. In trying to dissect how a former championship team finds itself at the bottom of the NHL standings, Muzzin was passionate at what has gone on and what it could portend.
The Kings have played as if they’re trying to expedite that process. It’s not just that they’ve been outscored 37-14 in their past eight games, or that their minus-20 goal differential is the worst in the NHL.