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If this mock draft holds, the LA Kings would have top-five picks in three consecutive years, taking Brandt Clarke here.
There are two ways to view this mock draft. The LA Kings will be terrible again in 2020-2021, but they’ll have a top-five pick via the lottery. It would mark the third time in as many years for such an occurrence, taking Alex Turcotte and Quinton Byfield in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
The 2021 NHL Draft is much deeper in terms of top-tier defensemen, in which the Kings organization lacks a blue-chip prospect along the blueline.