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This year’s NHL Draft could be a big one for Southern California kids, as five of them are ranked in the top 100 by NHL Central Scouting. Emerson Etem of Long Beach is ranked No. 8 and probably will be gone by the time the Kings pick, but a couple mock drafts have suggested the Kings might go the homegrown route at No. 19 and take Torrance native Beau Bennett, who is ranked No. 32. There’s also 51st ranked Jason Zucker of Newport Beach, 68th-ranked Jacob Fallon of Riverside and 88th-ranked Jacob Aronson of Placentia. NHL.com did a nice feature story on them that you can find here…

Gretzky-generation Californians get noticed at Draft

Also, here’s an interesting Q&A done with Kings scout Steve Greeley, which sheds some light on the pre-draft process, followed by two more of the Kings’ draft quizzes.

Q&A with Steve Greeley

Kings draft quiz 5

Kings draft quiz 6

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