Drafting Question

[JJDrums]

Who was the last player the Kings developed from draft through to quality NHL’r?

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[Axl Rhoadz]

Who was the last player the Kings developed from draft through to quality NHL’r?

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[JJDrums]

Troll

Actually not at all. Just curious since I can’t come up with anyone since Kopitar era and watching other teams dig out gold nuggets from time to time brought forth the question.

 

[GoldenBearHockey]

This should help you out,

There is literally a dozen...since the Kopitar draft....

Los Angeles Kings Draft History at hockeydb.com

 

[King'sPawn]

Who was the last player the Kings developed from draft through to quality NHL’r?

The Kings have turned many players into NHLers and quality NHLers (in my opinion). You can look at their draft history here: https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr00006664.html

The question is what do you consider a quality NHLplayer?

 

[bland]

Mikey Anderson.

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Is this some sort of epiphany of self-awareness or something? Its long overdue.

 

[kilowatt]

A few guys on the current roster that the Kings have drafted:

Jaret Anderson-Dolan
Quinton Byfield
Arthur Kaliyev
Adrian Kempe
Anze Kopitar
Rasmus Kupari
Gabriel Vilard
Mikey Anderson
Drew Doughty
Matt Roy
Sean Walker
Jonathan Quick

But ya, no one, Kings suck, can’t draft, shouldn’t be in the league, etc. Piss off troll.

 

[kingsboy11]

A few guys on the current roster that the Kings have drafted:

Jaret Anderson-Dolan
Quinton Byfield
Arthur Kaliyev
Adrian Kempe
Anze Kopitar
Rasmus Kupari
Gabriel Vilard
Mikey Anderson
Drew Doughty
Matt Roy
Sean Walker
Jonathan Quick

But ya, no one, Kings suck, can’t draft, shouldn’t be in the league, etc. Piss off troll.

That's not even including guys who are currently in the AHL who have played NHL games this year. Bjornfot, Spence, Fagemo, Moverare. Kings are one of the better drafting teams in the league.

 

[Bandit]

That's not even including guys who are currently in the AHL who have played NHL games this year. Bjornfot, Spence, Fagemo, Moverare. Kings are one of the better drafting teams in the league.

Or guys that are on other teams now, like the Great Mike Amadios Amigos! I kid but... Toffoli, Pearson, etc.

 

[BringTheReign]

Who was the last player the Kings developed from draft through to quality NHL’r?

Which NHL teams have drafted the best and worst since 2005?

Short answer: Quite a few depending on your definition of a quality NHLer
Long answer: They are consistently one of the best teams in the league at producing players that go on to play 200 games or more. They also lead the league since '05 in games played per draft pick. The article linked above ranks them in many categories that I'd encourage you to check out. Their impact player record is top 10 if you go back to '05, but it has dropped a tad since we weren't drafting high from about '10-'18. It'll have lots of chances to pick back up with Spence, Kaliyev, QB, Clarke, etc, and players like Vilardi and Kempe are looking pretty solid as "projects" after longer-than-usual development curves. That doesn't even touch on a player like Anderson who plays top pairing minutes.

 

[bland]

That's not even including guys who are currently in the AHL who have played NHL games this year. Bjornfot, Spence, Fagemo, Moverare. Kings are one of the better drafting teams in the league.

Taking the post at face value, other than Kempe Anderson is the only one in the last several years that I would count as a "quality NHLer" at the moment. Vilardi and Kaliyev would need another year of solid production to reach that level in my opinion. One terrific half season for Gabe and some outstanding numbers from a limited role for Arthur hasn't turned them into reliable standards for the lineup yet.

And yeah, they have drafted well but lets not crap on anyone who is questioning the team's developmental record because it IS highly questionable.

 

[kilowatt]

Which NHL teams have drafted the best and worst since 2005?

Short answer: Quite a few depending on your definition of a quality NHLer
Long answer: They are consistently one of the best teams in the league at producing players that go on to play 200 games or more. They also lead the league since '05 in games played per draft pick. The article linked above ranks them in many categories that I'd encourage you to check out. Their impact player record is top 10 if you go back to '05, but it has dropped a tad since we weren't drafting high from about '10-'18. It'll have lots of chances to pick back up with Spence, Kaliyev, QB, Clarke, etc, and players like Vilardi and Kempe are looking pretty solid as "projects" after longer-than-usual development curves. That doesn't even touch on a player like Anderson who plays top pairing minutes.

From the article specifically: "The Kings light up green the most, ranking first in total games played and games played per pick, second in total NHLers and total points produced by those NHLers and third in hit percentage."