The outsized impact that these veterans exert, however, obscures the job the Kings have done bringing in a younger crop of skaters, even if they've failed to get over the first-round Oilers hump for the past two years.
There's a lot to be said for any team led by Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. But absent a pair of all-time greats in their prime, the L.A. roster fits together so nicely that even if, say, a piece like Viktor Arvidsson goes down with injury or Pierre-Luc Dubois struggles through an uncomfortable year, it doesn't ding the larger body too badly.
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