Luc Robitaille Drops Surprising Hint About Jim Hiller’s Potential Return as Kings’ Coach—What It Could Mean for the Team’s Future
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Edmonton would not lose again, eliminating the Kings in the first round for the fourth consecutive season.
Hiller also shortened his bench in the playoffs, overusing a core group of veterans while under-utilizing his bottom forward line and his last two defensemen. As a result, some players were gassed by the end of the series.
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“This one hurt big-time,” defenseman Drew Doughty, who leads all skaters in average ice time in the playoffs, told reporters during Monday’s exit interviews. “In past years, I’m not going to say that we could maybe win, but this year, truly, I felt like we were going to win this series.
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