Multiple Los Angeles Kings players who helped bring a couple of Stanley Cup banners to the franchise, including a forward, a defenseman, and a goalie, have been named to the NHL Quarter Century Team from the NHL Network.
A trio of Los Angeles Kings players were named to the NHL Network's Quarter Century Team
The Quarter Century team for the NHL comes as the NHL Network has been releasing player lists and top rankings, counting down to the upcoming 2025-26 season for the league.
Included with the Quarter Century Team from the Kings from key teams for the franchise in the past couple of decades are center Anze Kopitar, defenseman Drew Doughty, and goaltender Jonathan Quick. It goes to show how many great players the Kings have drafted and developed in this current century in the NHL that the franchise has three players represented on this list.
Some of the more shocking exclusions from the Quarter Century Team were five-time All-Star defenseman Erik Karlsson, three-time Stanley Cup-winning center Jonathan Toews, and Hall-of-Fame caliber goaltenders Henrik Lundqvist and Carey Price.
Doughty, Kopitar, and Quick were all top players and crucial parts of the Kings teams that won two Stanley Cups in the past decade in the 2010s.
Here's a look at the complete NHL Quarter Century Team from the NHL Network. For context, all the players included in the Quarter Century Team for the NHL debuted on or after Jan. 1, 2000.
Forwards
Patrice Bergeron (Bruins)
Sidney Crosby (Penguins)
Pavel Datsyuk (Red Wings)
Leon Draisaitl (Oilers)
Patrick Kane (Blackhawks, Red Wings, Rangers)
Anze Kopitar (Kings)
Nikita Kucherov (Lightning)
Nathan MacKinnon (Avalanche)
Evgeni Malkin (Penguins)
Connor McDavid (Oilers)
Alex Ovechkin (Capitals)
Steven Stamkos (Lightning, Predators)
Defensemen
Drew Doughty (Kings)
Victor Hedman (Lightning)
Cale Makar (Avalanche)
Alex Pietrangelo (Blues, Golden Knights)
Duncan Keith (Blackhawks, Oilers)
Shea Weber (Predators, Canadiens)
Goaltenders
Marc-Andre Fleury (Penguins, Golden Knights, Wild, Blackhawks)
Jonathan Quick (Kings, Rangers)
The Kings were one of 10 teams to have more than one representative player on the Quarter Century Team. Four teams that have three representatives on the list won multiple Stanley Cups in this century, including the Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Chicago Blackhawks, and Tampa Bay Lightning.