He played for the Kings?

[Vamos Rafa]

Who are some of the former superstars or big names that had, should you say, forgettable stints with LA? You know, players that we had 10 years too late.

Jarome Iginla
Vincent LeCavalier
Not a superstar by any means but he was a top 5 defenseman in his absolute short peak, Dion Phaneuf

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[Reclamation Project]

He almost dropped it and I remember him yelling for KOPI!

 

[kilowatt]

Since the lockout, some weird ones:
Ben Bishop
Devin Setoguchi
Kris Versteeg
Marco Sturm
Jeff Halpern
Freddie Modin
Oleg Tverdovsky

 

[Docgonzo]

Terry Sawchuk

 

[Bandit]

Ronning
Carter
Gretzky

 

[Reclamation Project]

Kovalchuk is another, one of my favorite players in the last 25 years.

 

[DoktorJeep]

Jeremy Dancing Queen Roenick

 

[KINGS17]

Steve Shutt
Ralph Backstrom (left for the WHA after scoring 49 points in 63 games for the Kings)
Ron Grahame (Boston kicked the Kings ass in that deal. The Kings acquired Grahame for a 1st round pick which Boston used to select Raymond Bourque.)
Dave Schultz
Rick Martin
Bill Harris

 

[yankeeking]

How about Rick Martin part of the French connection line in Buffalo, 1 game for a first round pick and you thought bishop was the biggest waste

 

[johnjm22]

Not a superstar by any means but he was a top 5 defenseman in his absolute short peak, Dion Phaneuf

He absolutely was a superstar for a time.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

The 90s had quite a few of these types, like Neal Broten, Rob Brown, and Petr Klima. Grant Fuhr really sticks out for his god awful performance here.

Then you have the likes of Valeri Bure and Alyn McCauley. Household names among us Kings fans.

 

[johnjm22]

Martin Straka
Kevin Stevens

 

[kovacro]

Steve Shutt

Just doesn't look right after spending his entire career as a Hab. 41 points in 59 games in LA wasn't too shabby for his final season in the league.

 

[kovacro]

Los Angeles Kings all-time player list

Los Angeles Kings all-time player list at hockeydb.com

 

[kovacro]

How about Rick Martin part of the French connection line in Buffalo, 1 game for a first round pick and you thought bishop was the biggest waste

Kings were able to squeeze 4 games (6 points) out of Martin. Great deal!

1981-Mar-10 Traded from Buffalo Sabres to Los Angeles Kings for round 3 pick in the 1981 draft (Colin Chisholm) and round 1 pick in the 1983 draft (Tom Barrasso)

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Kings were able to squeeze 4 games (6 points) out of Martin. Great deal!

1981-Mar-10 Traded from Buffalo Sabres to Los Angeles Kings for round 3 pick in the 1981 draft (Colin Chisholm) and round 1 pick in the 1983 draft (Tom Barrasso)

You guys want to experience pain? Watch this.

 

[kovacro]

You guys want to experience pain? Watch this.

Well....at least the Kings got Shutt back...12 years later.

Ron Duguay too.

Trading all those 1st's to Montreal..Jeebus.

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Getting guys like Mitchell and Regehr on the squad was pretty cool for me. Always was low-key interested in their careers after noticing them years earlier.

 

[cyclones22]

Rick Tocchet

 

[onlyalad]

Tiger Williams
Larry Robertson
Pete Klima
Billy Smith 5games

 

[KINGS17]

You guys want to experience pain? Watch this.

Um yeah, I can't wait until Blake and Robitaille start dealing more draft picks for "established players". It almost never turns out well for any team that does it.

 

[ibleedkings]

Eddie Olczyk

 

[ibleedkings]

Kovalchuk is another, one of my favorite players in the last 25 years.

Still makes me mad how misused he was RP.

 

[Basilisk]

Roman Čechmánek

Grant Fuhr

 

[KingsHockey24]

Luke Schenn
Brad Stuart