The 30 First Round Picks of the Los Angeles Kings
Thirty picks in forty-three years. The eighteen picks they kept. The twenty three they traded. The twelve picks they picked up along the way.
Year by Year
- 1967 - #1 - Rick Pagnutti [never played an NHL game]
- 1968 - #7 - Jim McInally [never played an NHL game]
- 1969 - traded pick (#5 - Dick Redmond) and 1972 1st round pick (#4 - Future Hall of Famer Steve Shutt) to MTL for Gerry Desjardins.
- 1970 - traded pick (#3 - Reggie Leach) to BOS for Skip Krake. [Krake scored 8 goals for the Kings over two seasons.]
- 1971 - traded pick (#6 - Ron Jones) and 1973 1st round pick (#6 - Andre Savard) to BOS for Ross Lonsberry and Eddie Shack.
- 1971 - NOTE: the Kings also traded Dennis Hextall and their 2nd round pick (#20 - Future Hall of Famer Larry Robinson) to MTL for Dick Duff. [Dick Duff scored 6 goals in 37 games for the Kings.]
- 1972 - no pick (see 1969); for good measure, traded 1976 1st round pick (1976 #13 Rod Schutt) (also a '73 2nd and a '75 3rd) to MTL for Terry Harper.
- 1973 - no pick (see 1971)
- 1974 - traded pick (#12 - Mario Tremblay) to MTL for Bob Murdoch and Randy Rota.
- 1975 - traded pick (#15 - Pierre Mondou) to MTL for MTL's 1st round pick (#16 - Tim Young). Traded Tim Young two months later, for a 2nd round pick.
- 1976 - no pick (see 1972)
- 1977 - traded pick (#13 - Ron Duguay) to NYR for Gene Carr.
- 1978 - traded pick (#8 - Danny Geoffrion) to MTL for Glenn Goldup.
- 1979 - traded pick (#8 - Future Hall of Famer Ray Bourque) to BOS for back-up goalie Ron Grahame [Grahame was a back-up goalie for the Kings over three season, with GAA in the 4-5 GPG range.
- BUT ALSO traded 1981 first round pick (#18 - Gilbert Delorme) to MTL for Murray Wilson and 1979 first round pick (#16 - Jay Wells).
- 1980 - traded Dale McCourt, rights to restricted free agent Rogie Vachon to DET for Andre St. Laurent, 1980 first round pick (#4 - Larry Murphy) and 1981 first round pick (#2 - Doug Smith).
- 1981 - #2 - Doug Smith
- 1982 - traded pick (#6 - Phil Housley) to WIN for Jerry Korab.
- 1983 - traded pick (#5 - Tom Barrasso) to BUF for Rick Martin.
- 1984 - traded pick (#3 - Ed Olczyk) to CHI for Bob Janecyk, first round pick (#6 - Craig Redmond), third round pick (#48 John English), fourth round pick (#69-Tom Glavine).
- 1985 - #9 - Craig Duncanson
- 1986 - #2 - Jimmy Carson
- 1987 - traded pick (#6 - Dave Archibald) to MIN for 1987 first round pick (#4 - Wayne McBean). That's right: TRADED UP!
- 1988 - #7 - Martin Gelinas (traded two months later, in Gretzky trade)
- 1989 - no pick (Gretzky trade)
- 1990 - #7 - Darryl Sydor
- 1991 - no pick (Gretzky trade - Oilers take Martin Rucinsky)
- 1992 - no pick (Coffey trade)
- 1993 - no pick (Gretzky trade)
- 1994 - #7 - Jamie Storr
- 1995 - #3 - Aki Berg
- 1996 - traded pick (#4-Alexandre Volchkov) to WAS for Byron Dafoe and Demitri Krystich.
- 1997 - #3 - Olli Jokinen
- 1998 - traded Stephane Fiset, first round pick (#17-Martin Skoula) to COL for Eric Lacroix, 1998 first round pick (#21-Mathieu Biron).
- 1999 - traded Olli Jokinen, Josh Green, Mathieu Biron, 1999 first round pick (#8-Taylor Pyatt) to NYI for Palffy and Smolinski.
- 2000 - #20 - Alexander Frolov
- 2001 - #18 - Jens Karlsson;
- ALSO traded Rob Blake, Steven Reinprecht to COL for Adam Deadmarsh, Aaron Miller, Jared Aulin, 2001 first round pick (#30 David Steckel), 2003 first round pick (#26-Brian Boyle)
- 2002 - #18 - Denis Grebeshkov
- 2003 - #13 - Dustin Brown;
- ALSO DET's first round pick (#27-Jeff Tambellini) from Mathieu Schneider trade
- and COL's first round pick (#26-Brian Boyle) from Blake trade.
- 2004 - #11 - Lauri Tukonen
- 2005 - #11 - Anze Kopitar
- 2006 - #11 - Jonathan Bernier,
- #17 Trevor Lewis (from MIN, Pavol Demitra trade)
- 2007 - #4 - Thomas Hickey.
- 2008 - #2 - Drew Doughty; #13 Colten Teubert (from DAL/CGY/BUF: Norstrom, Mike Cammalleri trades).
- 2009 - #5 - Brayden Schenn
- 2010 - #19 - ?
Picks by Decade:
- 1960s: 2
- 1970s: 2
- 1980s: 6
- 1990s: 5
- 2000s: 15
Here are the 30 1st round picks:
*indicates pick acquired via trade
- 1967 - #1 - Rick Pagnutti [never played in the NHL]
- 1968 - #7 - Jim McInally [never played in the NHL]
- 1975 - #16 - Tim Young* [traded that summer for a 2nd round pick]
- 1979 - #16 - Jay Wells*
- 1980 - #4 - Larry Murphy*
- 1981 - #2 - Doug Smith*
- 1984 - #6 - Craig Redmond* [191 NHL games]
- 1985 - #9 - Craig Duncanson [38 NHL games]
- 1986 - #2 - Jimmy Carson
- 1987 - #4 - Wayne McBean* [60 games for the Kings]
- 1990 - #7 - Darryl Sydor
- 1994 - #7 - Jamie Storr
- 1995 - #3 - Aki Berg
- 1997 - #3 - Olli Jokinen
- 1998 - #21 - Mathieu Biron*
- 2000 - #20 - Alexander Frolov
- 2001 - #18 - Jens Karlsson [never played in the NHL]
- 2001 - #30 David Steckel* [never played for the Kings]
- 2002 - #18 - Denis Grebeshkov
- 2003 - #13 - Dustin Brown
- 2003 - #27 - Jeff Tambellini* [played 4 games for the Kings]
- 2003 - #26 - Brian Boyle*
- 2004 - #11 - Lauri Tukonen [played 5 NHL games]
- 2005 - #11 - Anze Kopitar
- 2006 - #11 - Jonathan Bernier
- 2006 - #17 - Trevor Lewis*
- 2007 - #4 - Thomas Hickey
- 2008 - #2 - Drew Doughty
- 2008 - #13 - Colten Teubert*
- 2009 - #5 - Brayden Schenn
- 2010 - #19 - ?
Here are the 23 picks (plus a bonus 2nd rounder) we traded away:
- 1969 - Dick Redmond
- 1970 - Reggie Leach
- 1971 - Ron Jones
- 1972 - Steve Shutt (HHOF)
- 1973 - Andre Savard
- 1973 (2nd rnd) - Larry Robinson (HHOF)
- 1974 - Mario Tremblay
- 1975 - Pierre Mondou
- 1976 - Rod Schutt
- 1977 - Ron Duguay
- 1978 - Danny Geoffrion
- 1979 - Ray Bourque (HHOF)
- 1981 - Gilbert Delorme
- 1982 - Phil Housley
- 1983 - Tom Barrasso
- 1984 - Ed Olczyk
- 1987 - Dave Archibald
- 1988 - Martin Gelinas
- 1991 - Martin Rucinsky
- 1992 - Jason Bowen
- 1993 - Nick Stajduhar
- 1996 - Alexandre Volchkov
- 1998 - Martin Skoula
- 1999 - Taylor Pyatt
The Roster Players We Traded the Future For
- Gerry Desjardins
- Skip Krake
- Ross Lonsberry
- Eddie Shack
- Dick Duff
- Terry Harper
- Bob Murdoch
- Randy Rota
- Gene Carr
- Glenn Goldup
- Ron Grahame
- Murray Wilson
- Andre St. Laurent
- Jerry Korab
- Rick Martin
- Bob Janecyk
- Wayne Gretzky
- Paul Coffey
- Byron Dafoe
- Demitri Kristych
- Eric Lacroix
- Ziggy Palffy
- Brian Smolinski
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Wasn’t Teubert in the same year as Doughnuts?
by Booby_McNipples on Jun 18, 2010 2:29 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, he was drafted in 2008, not 2007.
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by Great Ice-Pectations on Jun 18, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Man the Kings certainly had a penchant for trading their picks away in the early years.
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by Great Ice-Pectations on Jun 18, 2010 2:38 PM PDT reply actions
I'll offer no comment on the obvious stomach-turners
Instead, I’d like to note that there are several entries where the problem was not giving up draft picks, but what the Kings did with picks kept or acquired — like giving up on Larry Murphy after having spent a #4 overall on him, or trading up… and drafting Wayne McBean.
Also, there are a couple of deals in there that are debatable, rather than obviously bad. The Kings certainly got good service out of Terry Harper (and losing the chance to draft Rod Schutt doesn’t hurt nearly as much as losing the chance to draft Steve Shutt). Ditto Bob Murdoch, though not as much as if they had had Mario Tremblay in his prime.
Darryl Sydor
Crap, he was awesome in Dallas… Why did we have to trade him?
Sex addiction? Two words=get married.
Sydor and others
including Murphy, Zhitnik, Galley and the often overlooked Gary Sargent. Then Duchesne (not drafted, a free agent signing with no prior NHL experience)…
And to think Duchesne and Galley played together for a season.
Ah, Gary Sargent
Bittersweet memories. Definitely should have been a King for much longer than he was. Even though I was just a kid at the time and didn’t know much about anything, I knew it was a bad thing when he left the team.

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