OK I decided to drop DirecTv. I added Spectrum streaming for TV. A good side thing, I replaced my old modem and went from 60mbph to 480mbph. The old one was fine before but will need more data now. I guess I will be adding Bally sports for hockey. Buying it by they year isn't so bad, I only hope not to get too many blackouts.
I also imagine the streaming service would already have Bally's.
I switched from DISH to YT TV when Sunday Ticket moved from DTV. It's awesome and I highly recommend it.
I use the VPN and ESPN+ for Kings games. Best part about that is you also get most every other NHL game this way.
Bally's app was an abomination when I was using it the first season that DISH stopped carrying FSW. Would freeze up when fast forwarding through intermission or commercials and then you had to start over from the start of the broadcast if you were watching it on delay. Problem there is that you would have to try and fast forward all the way to where it froze, usually meaning that it would freeze again.
Thankfully, that was during a period of immense suck so catching the highlights on Twitter via KingsGifs or whatever was actually good enough.
But yeah: I would recommend YT TV as your base service and ESPN+ and a VPN for the Kings games. Having YT TV will cover you for when the Kings are on ESPN or TNT. They don't have NHL Network, however. Thought that would be a problem for me but I've just gone on living my life and it hasn't mattered one bit.