The return of Patrick O’Sullivan means that, at some point, the Kings will have to make lineup moves. O’Sullivan will all but certainly regain his spot alongside Kopitar and Brown, which will bump down Matt Moulson to…somewhere. Murray doesn’t have to make that decision just yet, of course, but here are his thoughts about the way O’Sullivan’s return might impact the rest of the players, particularly the young ones…

Question: You seemed pretty sure about what you wanted to do with the lines a couple days ago. With Patrick coming in, is that going to require some shuffling at some point?

MURRAY: “Yeah. I met with a couple of the young guys yesterday and just congratulated them for making the team and being here, but I prefaced that by saying, `There is a player out there that is still unsigned, and whenever that does happen it is going to make a change.’ So we just have to prepare ourselves for today, for the start of the season, and we’ll see what happens as we go forward. It will make us take a look at what we have for line combinations and we’ll have to make decisions whenever it’s time for him to get in the lineup.”

Question: So the competition isn’t necessarily over here…

MURRAY: “Competition is never over. We have a couple extra forwards here that are out of the lineup, so the evaluation process never ends. We’re always trying to push the players to another level, and if things start to slide because of youth and (them) not being used to that consistent performance, then we’ll sit people down and take them out of the lineup and put other guys in and try to keep the gas pedal right to the floor boards at all times.”