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Los Angeles Kings best draft class includes two franchise greats

Over the franchise history, the Los Angeles Kings have put together some excellent draft classes and the 1980 draft class is one that immediately comes to mind. They would draft five players who would play over 500 NHL regular season games, including Hall of Famer Larry Murphy.

However, in terms of impact on the franchise, there is no better draft class than what the Kings were able to do in 2005. They would draft eight players that year, but only two would make it to the NHL level.

Those two players would end up being Anze Kopitar and Jonathan Quick, two players who will go down in the record books as some of the greatest LA Kings players.