San Jose’s loss means that the pick we got from them in last year’s pick swap moves up from #149 all the way to #148. Woot. Philadelphia’s win means that the pick we got from them in the Denis Gauthier trade, which had already been on the move from #45 down to #57, now drops further to #59. It’s the only Kings pick that could still change. If the Flyers win the cup, the pick becomes #60.
The silver lining in Philly winning the cup is that they traded their first round pick to Anaheim, in the Pronger trade. That pick was one shoot-out away from being #13 overall. Getting into the playoffs made it drop to #15. Now that they’re in the cup finals, the pick is at #29. And could go to #30.
Here are the Kings picks, as it stands. They have nine: one in the first, two in the second, two in the third, one in each of the last four rounds.
- Kings 1st — pick
#22#19 - Kings 2nd — pick
#52#49 - Flyers 2nd (Denis Gauthier trade) — pick
#45#59. - Rangers 3rd (Brian Boyle trade) — pick #70
- Kings 3rd — pick
#82#79 - Kings 4th — pick
#112#109 - Sharks 5th (pick swap 2008) — pick
#149#148 - Kings 6th — pick
#172#169 - Kings 7th (Fredrik Modin trade; Kings keep pick due to not winning the Cup) — pick
#202#199
Kings 5th — pick #142 #139 was sent to the Avs in the Ryan Smyth trade.