Kings' Toffoli: It's hard losing Lucic

The Los Angeles Kings' top six will look a little different this season.

The club watched Milan Lucic sign a monstrous seven-year, $42-million contract with the Edmonton Oilers, leaving a large gap up front that forward Tyler Toffoli admits won't be easy to fill.

"It's tough," Toffoli said, according to NHL.com's Curtis Zupke. "He's a great player, a great guy to have in the room. But he's moved on and we're going to have to play against him and play hard against him."

Toffoli spent a large portion of last season playing alongside Lucic, and can thank the newest Oiler for much of his success.

The 24-year-old set career highs in both goals and points with 31 and 58, respectively, and Lucic had a hand in 18 of his 58 points.

With no big-time additions during the offseason, the offense will have to be replaced from within.