Defending Champs Who Missed the Playoffs

One defending champ missed the playoffs in 2015, and it was the Kings. First time since Carolina in '07. They won the Cup in June and were home by April, kid. That's not a hangovah, that's a guy who finishes and falls asleep.

Straight Springs Ended by the Same Oilers

Four straight springs the Kings drew the Oilers in round one and four straight springs they went home. Same opponent, same handshake line. Kid, that's not a rivalry, that's a subscription.

Springs Home Watching Everybody Else Play

Five times since the Cup, April came and the Kings stayed home. Kings of LA, pal. Kings of the couch.

Playoff Trips That Ended in Round One

Seven playoff trips since the Cup. Seven first-round exits. Seven for seven, kid, a perfect record of leavin' early.

Teams Who Got the Cup Instead

Nine different franchises have won the Cup since the Kings did. Nine. Vegas didn't even exist when LA won, and Vegas has one now.

Springs Since Their Last Playoff Series Win

Twelve springs since the Kings won a playoff series. A kid born the week of the Cup is in seventh grade and has nevah seen 'em win round one.

Playoff Games Lost to the Oilers in 4 Springs

Sixteen playoff games lost to Edmonton in four yeahs. Four a spring, like clockwork. The Kings have been payin' the Oilers a four-game cover charge every April.

Springs Home Alone in Franchise History

Twenty-three springs with no playoffs in fifty-eight seasons. That's four out of ten Aprils at the beach, and it's LA, so nobody noticed.

Days Since Their Last Stanley Cup

 

More than four thousand five hundred days since the Cup. Twelve springs, seven early exits, five at home and zero series won. Kid, you could mail the Kings a postcard and it'd get there before the next parade.

Four Aprils in a row, same opponent, same ending. Is that a rivalry or a subscription?

A dark purple Los Angeles arena packed with cartoon fans in orange and blue sweaters waving boarding passes and sunscreen, one giving the finger, around a lone slumped Kings fan with a paper bag over his head and a tiny crown falling off it, four identical framed handshake-line photos on the wall, a palm tree in sunglasses, a trunk of peanuts and a cracked clapperboard

Four springs, four Oilers series, four handshake lines. The Kings could do that one with their eyes closed, and lately they do.

Participation Trophies

  • Missed the 2015 Playoffs as Defending Champions, the First Team to Do It Since Carolina in 2007
  • Lost the 1993 Stanley Cup Final 1-4 to Montreal, Then Missed the Playoffs the Next Spring
  • Swept 0-4 in the 2018 First Round by Vegas, an Expansion Team in Its First Season
  • Lost Four Straight First-Round Series to the Oilers (2022 to 2025), 16 Playoff Games Lost in Total
  • Missed the Playoffs 23 Times in 58 Seasons, Including Five Since the 2014 Cup

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