Jewels From The Crown, a Los Angeles Kings community

It was a wild day yesterday as the 2011 NHL Entry Draft got under way, with major trades making news around the league.

Will the Predators make a move to jump back into the 1st round? July 1 is approaching quickly, and I'm sure David Poile would like to extract some value out of pending free agents that he doesn't plan on re-signing.

What do you get a top-five draft pick in the NHL draft? A final look at 20 years of drafting history and how different the results are from pick #1 to pick #5.

If you're seeing this headline, it means you are implicated in the sordid history of King pick frittering!