LA Kings: First round targets if NHL Draft started today, Part I
By Ryan Sikes
In Part One of our series, we look at players the LA Kings should draft if the season were to end today. Up first, a defenseman.
With the loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night, the LA Kings look like they are a team that will miss the postseason for the fifth time in the last seven seasons. Los Angeles has the sixth-fewest points, and certainly, they’d have a shot at landing another top-two pick.
Assuming they’re not as lucky as last season and based on the current standings, the Kings would have somewhere around the seventh-overall pick in the 2021 NHL Draft. That also accounts for the Seattle Kraken guaranteed to pick within the top six. The draft is scheduled to be held over two days with the first round on July 23 and rounds 2-7 on July 24.
We’ll learn where the Kings will officially pick from in the coming weeks. Part I in our series looks at players to target if the draft started today. Up first, dynamic defenseman Brandt Clarke.
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1. Brandt Clarke, D
Vitals
- Age: 18
- Height: 6’2″
- Weight: 190 lbs
- Shot: R
Rankings
- Ranked #3 by CONSOLIDATED RANKING
- Ranked #4 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM
- Ranked #5 by FCHOCKEY
- Ranked #5 by NEUTRAL ZONE
- Ranked #8 by MCKEEN’S HOCKEY
- Ranked #2 by RECRUIT SCOUTING
- Ranked #6 by DOBBERPROSPECTS
- Ranked #2 by DRAFT PROSPECTS HOCKEY
- Ranked #7 by SMAHT SCOUTING
- Ranked #2 by THE PUCK AUTHORITY
- Ranked #6 by TSN/McKenzie