Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Los Angeles Kings.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Kings made it to the playoffs but were dispatched early by the Edmonton Oilers.  There were no changes to the top five, though two of them are still active with the team.  There were no new entrants and two elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Marcel Dionne
2. Drew Doughty
3. Anze Kopitar
4. Luc Robitaille
5. Wayne Gretzky

You can find the entire list here.

Drew Doughty, a former Norris Trophy winner, remains at #2, though he was close to overtaking Dionne for the top spot.

Like Doughty, Anze Kopitar could not overtake Dionne nor Doughty, though he can eclipse them both when this is revised in twelve months.

Adrian Kempe advanced a dozen spots to #26.

Defenseman Matt Roy went from #50 to #46.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Los Angeles Kings.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Kings made it into the playoffs, but were defeated in the first round by Edmonton.  Based on last season, there were changes into the top five, other elevations and one new entry.

As always, we present our top five:

1. Marcel Dionne

2. Drew Doughty

3. Anze Kopitar

4. Luc Robitaille

5. Wayne Gretzky

You can find the entire list here.

Doughty climbed to # 2 from $4 and Kopitar advances from #5 to #3, and he could become the franchise scoring leader in the future.  Both are primed to overtake Dionne in the next year or so.

Goalie, Jonathan Quick, who is now with the New York Rangers, went to #6 from #7.

Adrian Kempe shot to #38 from #48.

The lone new entry is Defenseman, Matt Roy, who debuts at #50.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

As of this writing, Kempe is entering his ninth season in North American hockey, and the Swedish Wing is really coming into his own.

A late First Round Pick in 2014, Kempe debuted for the Kings during the 2016-17 Season and he found a place on a lower line.  In 2021-22, Kempe took his game to a higher level, bringing his Points to 54,  and it earned him a place as Los Angeles’s All-Star representative.  Kempe has continued to grow his point output with a 41 Goal-67 Assist year in 2022-23 and highs in Assists (47) and Points (75) last season.

Kempe could easily take another step, and has the potential for a three-digit point output..