With a roster that exceeded many expectations this season just by making the playoffs, the Kings are starting to believe that getting back to the top might not take decades again.
General manager Tom Fitzgerald hired Lindy Ruff two years ago to coach the New Jersey Devils because of his success developing young players in the NHL.
Quenneville resigned as Florida’s coach in October when specifics of how the Blackhawks mishandled allegations that a player was sexually abused by an assistant coach there in 2010.
