Kings at the All-Star break: What’s right, what’s wrong and what’s next

The NHL all-star weekend is upon us and for the Kings that will mean an unusually long break –11 days without a game — to reflect upon their 50 games to date and look ahead to their remaining 32 contests.
For Kings management and some of their players, the Feb. 24 trade deadline looms. The Kings are undoubtedly a team in transition that has an eye toward getting younger and tidying up a decidedly untidy cap situation.
They headed into this hiatus inauspiciously, losing seven of their