LOS ANGELES — When Rob Blake stood up in a team meeting and addressed the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday as their new general manager, he got the same feelings he used to get when he was the Kings’ captain during his playing career.

The Hall of Fame defenseman has new responsibilities and sky-high standards to meet in his role charting the Kings’ return to championship contention.

The Kings introduced Blake and team President Luc Robitaille on Tuesday, one day after coach Darryl Sutter and general manager Dean Lombardi were fired despite winning Stanley Cup titles in 2012 and 2014.

Blake and Robitaille are beloved former Kings who became club executives in recent years. Both were promoted in the seismic front-office shakeup immediately following Los Angeles’ failure to make the playoffs for the second time in three seasons.

“The success this organization has had, Dean and Darryl took it to new heights,” said Blake, an assistant GM in Los Angeles since 2013. “The opportunity that arose to come and get back to that level again is something you would only dream of.”

Blake plans to turn his attention immediately toward hiring a head coach, but he isn’t in a rush. He also hasn’t decided whether to interview or retain associate head coach John Stevens, the former Philadelphia head coach. The Kings fired assistant coach Davis Payne later Tuesday.

Blake didn’t commit to a plan for a specific style of play in Los Angeles, but it’s clear that the Kings’ days as a deliberate, defense-first team could be ending.

“We don’t score,” Blake said of the Kings, who scored just 201 goals this season, fifth-fewest in the NHL. “It’s been that way this year. There needs to be some emphasis on how we’re going to do that.”