Kings' hiring of Peter Laviolette signals a shift toward more offensively minded hockey

In hiring Peter Laviolette as their new head coach, the Los Angeles Kings signaled a break from the too often defensive-focused hockey that won them two Stanley Cup titles in three seasons in 2012 and 2014 but hasn't yielded a postseason series victory since. On Wednesday, general manager Ken Holland confirmed the addition of the well-traveled Laviolette is intended to kickstart Los Angeles' lagging offense. “You still got to know how to defend, so defending is going to be important, but certainly we want to do some things that can increase our scoring,” Holland said at a news conference.

By Jason Griffith for PeeDeeWire

Yahoo Sports reports: In hiring Peter Laviolette as their new head coach, the Los Angeles Kings signaled a break from the too often defensive-focused hockey that won them two Stanley Cup titles in three seasons in 2012 and 2014 but hasn't yielded a postseason series victory since. On Wednesday, general manager Ken Holland confirmed the addition of the well-traveled Laviolette is intended to kickstart Los Angeles' lagging offense. “You still got to know how to defend, so defending is going to be important, but certainly we want to do some things that can increase our scoring,” Holland said at a news conference.