All The Kings Men
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The types of prospects that illicit that kind of trust are usually top 10 draft picksTrue enough, but if you have that much faith in a prospect you MAKE room for them, that's not something LA has done in 30 years if not forever....and when they did, they f***ed it up royally anyways by using it on the wrong player, Jokinen, Berg etc.
The Kings didn't have any of those until 2019, 2020 and 2021
They had Vilardi in 2017 at 11th overall but as we alllllllll know way too well, his health issue prevented him from being treated like a bonafide top prospect for at least 3 seasons.
Prior to Vilarid the highest pick the Kings had made was Forbort at #15 in 2010.
The complaints about not converting top level prospects should really be limited to
Turcotte, Byfield and Clarke and even then my list of forwards occupying Top 6 roles is still totally relevant to the conversation.
Name me a sport and a team where a legendary player was still active on the same roster playing the same position and in a similar role as their replacement for more than half a season.