Kings' sixth pick

By Rich Hammond on June 23, 2007 9:02 AM | | Comments (1) |

With their second fourth-round pick (109th overall), the Kings selected center/winger Dwight King out of Lethbridge of the WHL. (By the way, I just looked it up. He would be the first player named King ever to play for the Kings.) King is 6-3, 218 pounds and was ranked as the 104th-best North American skater by Central Scouting. His bio said he patterns his game after Joe Thornton. King had 12 goals and 32 assists in 62 games with Lethbridge last season. He is the brother of St. Louis' D.J. King.

Hockey News thought well of King and had him as their 79th-best prospect. ISS had him ranked 100th.

At this point, I'm going to step away for a while. The Kings are scheduled to make five more picks, so I'll recap them later, plus I'm told Lombardi will do a conference call after the draft concludes, so I'll post his comments then...

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Reaper said:

If he's anywhere near as tough as his brother, I'll be happy with this pick.

June 23, 2007 10:03 AM

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Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at rich.hammond@dailynews.com.

Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews.com.

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