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The 30 First Round Picks of the Los Angeles Kings

Posted on by Daws Butler

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

  1. 1967 – #1 – Rick Pagnutti [never played in the NHL]
  2. 1968 – #7 – Jim McInally [never played in the NHL]
  3. 1975 – #16 – Tim Young* [traded that summer for a 2nd round pick]
  4. 1979 – #16 – Jay Wells*
  5. 1980 – #4 – Larry Murphy*
  6. 1981 – #2 – Doug Smith*
  7. 1984 – #6 – Craig Redmond* [191 NHL games]
  8. 1985 – #9 – Craig Duncanson [38 NHL games]
  9. 1986 – #2 – Jimmy Carson
  10. 1987 – #4 – Wayne McBean* [60 games for the Kings]
  11. 1990 – #7 – Darryl Sydor
  12. 1994 – #7 – Jamie Storr
  13. 1995 – #3 – Aki Berg
  14. 1997 – #3 – Olli Jokinen
  15. 1998 – #21 – Mathieu Biron*
  16. 2000 – #20 – Alexander Frolov
  17. 2001 – #18 – Jens Karlsson [never played in the NHL]
  18. 2001 – #30 David Steckel* [never played for the Kings]
  19. 2002 – #18 – Denis Grebeshkov
  20. 2003 – #13 – Dustin Brown
  21. 2003 – #27 – Jeff Tambellini* [played 4 games for the Kings]
  22. 2003 – #26 – Brian Boyle*
  23. 2004 – #11 – Lauri Tukonen [played 5 NHL games]
  24. 2005 – #11 – Anze Kopitar
  25. 2006 – #11 – Jonathan Bernier
  26. 2006 – #17 – Trevor Lewis*
  27. 2007 – #4 – Thomas Hickey
  28. 2008 – #2 – Drew Doughty
  29. 2008 – #13 – Colten Teubert*
  30. 2009 – #5 – Brayden Schenn
  31. 2010 – #19 – ?

Here are the 23 picks (plus a bonus 2nd rounder) we traded away:

  1. 1969 – Dick Redmond
  2. 1970 – Reggie Leach
  3. 1971 – Ron Jones
  4. 1972 – Steve Shutt (HHOF)
  5. 1973 – Andre Savard
  6. 1973 (2nd rnd) – Larry Robinson (HHOF)
  7. 1974 – Mario Tremblay
  8. 1975 – Pierre Mondou
  9. 1976 – Rod Schutt
  10. 1977 – Ron Duguay
  11. 1978 – Danny Geoffrion
  12. 1979 – Ray Bourque (HHOF)
  13. 1981 – Gilbert Delorme
  14. 1982 – Phil Housley
  15. 1983 – Tom Barrasso
  16. 1984 – Ed Olczyk
  17. 1987 – Dave Archibald
  18. 1988 – Martin Gelinas
  19. 1991 – Martin Rucinsky
  20. 1992 – Jason Bowen
  21. 1993 – Nick Stajduhar
  22. 1996 – Alexandre Volchkov
  23. 1998 – Martin Skoula
  24. 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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