Flyers vs. Kings Preview: Every king needs a jester

Photo by Rob Curtis/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesWhy are we here? What is the purpose of life? Is time relative? Why do we choose to continue watching the Philadelphia Flyers at this point in the season? These are the questions that have plagued scientists for as long as they’ve existed. The last one is what we’re going to focus on today.

The Flyers take on the Los Angeles Kings in an afternoon matchup at Wells Fargo Center. They are ending the horrid month of January against the same team they started it against.

In their first matchup against this Western Conference foe, the Flyers lost by a decisive score of 6-3. It was the end of the miraculous seven-game point streak that the team was…