After the Los Angeles Kings lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference First Round for the fourth consecutive ...

Kings general manager Rob Blake, left, and Kings president Luc Robitaille attend the 2024 NHL draft together in Las Vegas. (Jeff Vinnick / NHLI / Getty Images) ...

FILE - Los Angeles Kings general manager Rob Blake speaks to reporters at the NHL hockey club's training complex in El Segundo, Calif., May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Greg Beacham, file) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) ...

The Kings are clinging to their status as a playoff participant and nothing more. And there’s the fear of a continual slow slide toward mediocrity under Blake, which in today’s NHL might be ...

Kings general manager Rob Blake answers questions from reporters May 6, 2024, in El Segundo. (Photo by Brittany M. Solo, Press-Telegram/SCNG) ...

Kings general manager Rob Blake addresses the media during a press conference to introduce new head coach Jim Hiller on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at Toyota Sports Performance Center in El Segundo ...

Los Angeles Kings general manager Rob Blake speaks to reporters at the NHL hockey club's training complex in El Segundo, Calif., May 23, 2024. Credit: AP/Greg Beacham ...

Kings general manager Rob Blake answers questions from reporters May 6, 2024, in El Segundo. (Photo by Brittany M. Solo, Press-Telegram/SCNG) By Andrew Knoll | UPDATED: May 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM PDT ...

Blake, whose No. 4 is retired in the rafters of the Kings' downtown arena, retired in 2010 and joined the Kings' front office during the 2013-14 season, Los Angeles' second Stanley Cup ...