Kings GM Lombardi wants conditioning to be focus

The Los Angeles Kings failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs this season, but general manager Dean Lombardi has elected to view it as an opportunity more than a disappointment.

The Kings won the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014 and advanced to the Western Conference Final in 2013. But by missing the playoffs by finishing fourth in the Pacific Division, two points behind the third-place Calgary Flames, the Kings got something they haven't had in quite a while: a full offseason.

"You've heard me mention this before about the idea of the conditioning and nailing that down," Lombardi said Tuesday. "Because of what had happened in the past, it was more recovery-based offseasons than upgrading…