This is the worst.....

Dugay, Borque and Housley.........really?
 
I love that video...a clear summary of the lack of foresight of Kings "management" that all started with Jack Kent Cooke.

The Kings ended up with only ONE of their own 1st round picks in all of the 1970s. The Kings took Tim Young in 1975. He didn't want to play for the Kings so they traded him two months after the draft to Minnesota for a future 2nd round pick. Another classic example of the period.

jom
 
You're the worst!
Around!
Everything's gonna ever keep you down!
You're the worst!
Around!

:Dancing_mad:
 
Saw this yesterday...we really did a nice job helping other teams out. Especially Montreal.
 
Dick Duff....GOLD!

Ron Duguay....those beautiful locks blowing in the no helmet breeze!!!!!
 
JETS GARAGE said:
Well, George Maguire was not the best GM the Kings ever had. It was a different league back then too. Sigh.

The Kings only managed to retain TWO first round draft picks during the entire decade of the 1970's. (Tim Young and Jay Wells)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles_Kings_draft_picks

Compare to the Canadiens, look how many draft picks they squirreled away and had in the 1970's

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Montreal_Canadiens_draft_picks
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That's true except Jay Wells was a pick from Montreal I believe. Their own pick, of course, was gone to Boston (Bourque). So basically the Kings only kept ONE of their own picks in the 70s.

GM Maguire wasn't great but he did was Kent Cooke wanted. Unfortunely, Buss didn't replace Maguire when he bought the team. He had a "hands off" approach at the beginning. It worked great for the Lakers but not for the Kings as it allowed those later trades for Martin and Korab. Buss seemingly wasn't paying much attention.

jom
 
I don't see the problem. I mean, half those guys ended up playing for the Kings at one point or another.
 
jom said:
That's true except Jay Wells was a pick from Montreal I believe. Their own pick, of course, was gone to Boston (Bourque). So basically the Kings only kept ONE of their own picks in the 70s.

GM Maguire wasn't great but he did was Kent Cooke wanted. Unfortunely, Buss didn't replace Maguire when he bought the team. He had a "hands off" approach at the beginning. It worked great for the Lakers but not for the Kings as it allowed those later trades for Martin and Korab. Buss seemingly wasn't paying much attention.

jom
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That pretty much sums it up.
 
Reg or Rog? said:
That was...for lack of a better term...hilarious.
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Yes, and the real funny part is that at the draft this video clip was made (I believe it was 1984) the Kings proceeded to take the only player in the top 12 who didn't have a good career: Craig Redmond. However, in this case it was Vachon who made the pick as Maguire had already been fired (finally). So for a good 15 years the Kings had to make due with lower round picks or picks they got from other teams (Wells, Larry Murphy and Doug Smith)....and let's not discuss the poor way the latter two were handled. Thanks Jack, George and Jerry!

jom
 
jom said:
Yes, and the real funny part is that at the draft this video clip was made (I believe it was 1984) the Kings proceeded to take the only player in the top 12 who didn't have a good career: Craig Redmond. However, in this case it was Vachon who made the pick as Maguire had already been fired (finally). So for a good 15 years the Kings had to make due with lower round picks or picks they got from other teams (Wells, Larry Murphy and Doug Smith)....and let's not discuss the poor way the latter two were handled. Thanks Jack, George and Jerry!

jom
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And, ironically, in that same 1984 draft, the Kings drafted Robitaille in the 9th round! It could be said that was the turning point of the Kings drafting fortunes. Yes, 1985 (Duncanson) was a big miss, but Jimmy Carson in 1986 was another hit.
 
jom said:
Yes, and the real funny part is that at the draft this video clip was made (I believe it was 1984) the Kings proceeded to take the only player in the top 12 who didn't have a good career: Craig Redmond. However, in this case it was Vachon who made the pick as Maguire had already been fired (finally). So for a good 15 years the Kings had to make due with lower round picks or picks they got from other teams (Wells, Larry Murphy and Doug Smith)....and let's not discuss the poor way the latter two were handled. Thanks Jack, George and Jerry!

jom
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It's cool dude.

Kings got Brian Wilks in the 2nd round for 48 games & 12 points narrowly avoiding that scrub Scott Mellanby and his 1431 games & 840 points.
 
Bogey said:
It's cool dude.

Kings got Brian Wilks in the 2nd round for 48 games & 12 points narrowly avoiding that scrub Scott Mellanby and his 1431 games & 840 points.
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In addition: If you look back to the 1981 draft where they got the 2nd overall pick (from Detroit) they took Doug Smith....narrowly avoiding Bobby Carpenter and Ron Francis. Whew...we really dodged a bullet there.

jom
 
1970's analytics: Trade for perpetually bad teams 1st round picks
Did the Kings even have scouts?
 
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