Are the LA Kings Really Failing to Match Their 2012 Success?
March 18th, 2013 by Jason Lewis Leave a reply »How do you do better than a championship? How do you even start to compare a championship season to other regular seasons past, present and future?
With the LA Kings it's an interesting thing—being a long-standing team finally winning their first championship and shrugging off the "not a hockey town" talk.
But as people around Los Angeles will probably tell you, the expectations have seemingly been raised for the team both nationally and locally. Amongst the fanbase, every loss seems like an absolute travesty, and every win is to be expected. It's one of the results of increased expectations for a young, championship-caliber team.
How have the Kings fared with the increased national media attention and local support? Well, it's been a mixed bag.
The team still remains pretty obscure amongst the main outlets like NBC Sports and NHL Network. The east coast bias obviously has a pretty significant effect; however, it's been more of a feeling that the Kings are not meeting expectations of some sort.
Much attention has been given to the slow start the team has had: the plethora of injuries, the enigmatic perfo ...
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