The Kings could trade one of their first-round picks for, say, an established NHL player, but general manager Rob Blake said he isn’t inclined to do that, barring something attractive that comes to his table. He remains committed to restocking the shelves as the Kings climb out of the Dean Lombardi era, which left them without a first-round pick in three of the four drafts before Blake became general manager.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 20, 2019 21:56 UTC