Kings Article: Los Angeles Kings — All Things History Thread

[Choralone]

Put a few of mine down (and added one extra category):

Best Coach: Daryl Sutter. HM: Terry Murray, Andy Murray
Best GM: Dean Lombardi
Most Exciting: Ziggy Palffy
Most Underrated: Glenn Murray
Biggest Nemesis: Craig Muni's knee. HM: Patrick Kane, Theoren Fleury
Best Punch: Petr Prajsler's one-punch KO of Kelly Buchberger

Worst Trade: Alexei Zhitnik, Robb Stauber, Charlie Huddy and a fifth-round draft pick, to the Buffalo Sabres for Grant Fuhr, Denis Tsygurov and Philippe Boucher
Worst coach: Mark Crawford

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Fun idea, especially with the team's 50th anniversary approaching. Here's my stab at it.

Best D-Man: Drew Doughty HM: Rob Blake
Best Forward: Wayne Gretzky HM: Anze Kopitar
Best Goaltender: Jonathan Quick
Best Player: Wayne Gretzky HM: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty
Best Coach: Darryl Sutter
Best GM: Dean Lombardi
Best Trade: Jeff Carter HM: Ziggy Palff (along with Bryan Smolinski), Mattias Norstrom (along with Ian Laperriere, Ray Ferraro and Nathan LaFayette), Luc Robitaille (for Kevin Stevens)
Best Free Agent Signing: Willie Mitchell HM: Mathieu Schneider
Best Draft Pick: Anze Kopitar HM: Drew Doughty, Jonathan Quick
Most Likable: Luc Robitaille HM: Drew Doughty
Best Skater: Robert Lang HM: Paul Coffey, Drew Doughty
Best Slap Shot: Rob Blake HM: Mathieu Schneider
Best Passer: Wayne Gretzky HM: Anze Kopitar, Jason Allison
Best Goalscorer: Luc Robitaille HM: Bernie Nicholls
Best Stickhandler: Ziggy Palffy HM: Jason Allison
Best Hitter: Dustin Brown HM: Rob Blake
Best Leader: Wayne Gretzky HM: Luc Robitaille
Biggest Heart: Mattias Norstrom HM: Adam Deadmarsh, Marty McSorley
Most Exciting: Wayne Gretzky HM: Ziggy Palffy, Jeff Carter
Best Chemistry: The Triple Crown Line HM: Ziggy Palffy, Jason Allison and Adam Deadmarsh
Most Underrated: Marty McSorley HM: Glen Murray
Most Memorable Goal: Alec Martinez vs. NYR Game 5, Deadmarsh vs. DET Game 6, Gretzky vs. TOR Game 6
Biggest Nemesis: Patrick Roy (eliminated Kings in playoffs in '93, '00 and '01)
Toughest Defeat: 1993 vs. MTL, 2013 vs. Chicago


Worst Player: Roman Cechmanek HM: Kevin Stevens, Grant Fuhr, Denis Tsygurov
Worst Coach: Barry Melrose HM: Larry Robinson
Most Unlikable: Roman Cechmanek HM: Kevin Stevens, Grant Fuhr
Most Overrated: Donald Audette
Worst Skater: Charlie Huddy
Worst Shot: Charlie Huddy
Worst Trade: Zhitnik to Buffalo for Fuhr HM: Robitaille to Pittsburgh for Tocchet, Gretzky to St. Louis for Roman Vopat, Patrice Tardif, Craig Johnson and a 1st Round Pick that turned into Matt Zultek
Worst Draft Pick: 2003 Draft (Boyle and Tambellini) HM: Matt Zultek, Lauri Tukonen, Jens Karlsson, Dave Steckel
Worst FA signing: Steve Duchesne in 1998 HM: Petr Klima