Tomorrow's picks
The Kings have 12 more picks tomorrow...
Second round: No. 35.
Third round: No. 74.
Fourth round: Nos. 96, 117 and 120.
Fifth round: Nos. 126 and 138.
Sixth round: Nos. 156 and 179.
Seventh round: Nos. 186, 198 and 203.
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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.
Thats a whole lot of late round pics.
Anyone like Carl Klingberg @ 35? (MPS fans)
Rich,
I think some of those Kings picks you posted are wrong.
Should be: 35,74,96,117,119,125,137,155,178,185,197,202
I believe Tron is right. I think Rich is working off an old list that doesn't factor in the fact that Toronto had to forfeit the 118th pick as a penalty for doing something naughty. Thus, everyone moves up one, which is why the last eight picks are all one off.
Although I half-expect DL to pick someone I've never heard of, one of these five guys will be available, although I wouldn't hold out hope for Klingberg or Budish.
Carl Klingberg
Zach Budish
Drew Shore
Chris Brown
Joonas Nattinen
i like morin...a tall LW...i think if he's there we go for him...
I got an error message trying to submit a comment. So I will repost and then go to bed.
One of Klingberg, Budish, Shore, Brown and the Finnish guy whatsisname...Nattinen I think, will be available by the time we pick. I hope DL gets Budish or Klingberg but of course there are four picks in front of us. Cross fingers....
Quisp
I will predict the guy DL drafts that you probably have not heard of is Tomas Tatar.
I hope we get a chance for Morin or Eakin.
Detroit hasn't drafted in the first round for ... forever.
Today is the day champions are built. The players you pick in Round 2 and thereafter are just as, if not more, important than the gems you find in Round 1.
That said, I will trust Lombardi and staff to do a good job. As much as I like Dave Taylor, this current front office staff is way better than its predecessor. The Kings are fairly loaded in the farm system and that puts them in position to make the trades we all want to see.
My crystal ball says Gaborik and Clowe are Kings next season.
Make that 84 and 107. Scratch 74.