EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – This year is not only the best Jake Muzzin has played in the regular season, according to Dustin Brown.



“This is the best I’ve seen Jake ever play,” Brown said of Muzzin, who helped the Kings win the 2014 Stanley Cup and had 12 points while averaging 23:34 of ice time in 26 games that postseason.



Brown went even stronger in his praise of Muzzin.



“This season, I think he’s been our best defenseman overall and he’s been really, really consistent, which is, I think, something that every player battles with is consistency. And he’s been rock solid,” Brown said. “For the most part he has been really good for us every night and provided a lot of leadership.”



For one, Brown is the team’s longest-tenured player, so he has seen Muzzin progress from relative unknown journeyman prospect, when he made his NHL debut in 2010-11, to a top-pairing defenseman. The...