Through the first couple weeks of the 2014-15 season, the Los Angeles Kings' "That '70s Line" has picked up from where it left off in the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs. The line of Tanner Pearson, Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli has come together to tally 17 goals and 17 assists for 34 NHL points and tons of points for me in fantasy hockey.
Their chemistry on the ice, production to date and ability to keep churning out points has been unprecedented, especially when you consider how they came together in Los Angeles.
Tanner Pearson was passed over during the 2011 draft and was selected 30th overall in 2012. Carter and his "untradeable" contract went to Columbus, and he was jettisoned to L.A. after only wearing the Blue Jackets uniform for 39 games. Toffoli, on the other hand, was a prospect drafted way back in 2010, and he made it to the NHL for the majority of last season.
No matter how you slice it, this line was not created through conventional means. You have a league veteran, a rookie and another youngster who is getting his feet wet in the NHL.
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