3 LA Kings free agent targets other than Mitch Marner to reach another level

After Mitch Marner, who can help the LA Kings get to that next level?
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Brock Boeser

After Bennett, all these players have question marks but at their best can certainly be different makers for the LA Kings. That includes Brock Boeser, who played nine seasons for the Vancouver Canucks.

This past season he took a step backwards with a +/- of -25 and only 50 points with 25 goals. However, he has shown he can produce much more than that as the year prior he had 40 goals and 33 assists.

Boeser is only 27 years old so he is still in the prime of his career and the question that the Kings need to answer is whether the 2023-24 season was just a one-time thing or if this past season Boeser regressed due to the mess that the Canucks were with the drama around J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson.

There is plenty to like about Boeser and his fit with the Kings and they could end up with a bargain depending on the contract.