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Draft picks, first round history under Lombardi

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The Los Angeles Kings have nine selections at the 2014 NHL Draft, which will take place Friday and Saturday and the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA.

The selections:

First Round / 29th overall*
Second Round / 60th overall
Third Round / 90th overall
Fourth Round / 120th overall
Fifth Round / 150th overall
Sixth Round / 157th overall**
Sixth Round / 180th overall
Seventh Round / 209th overall***
Seventh Round / 210th overall

*New Jersey will select 30th overall in the first round as part of sanctions due to cap circumvention while signing Ilya Kovalchuk.
**Los Angeles received Carolina’s sixth round pick as the result of a trade that sent Kevin Westgarth to the Hurricanes in exchange for Anthony Stewart, a 2013 fourth round pick, and this pick on January 13, 2013.
***Los Angeles received New York’s seventh round pick as the result of a trade that sent Daniel Carcillo to the Rangers on January 4, 2014.

Leading up to the draft, LAKI will take a look at previous draft picks per round in Dean Lombardi’s tenure as general manager while also identifying players who were selected with the corresponding overall pick.

For example, here are the players chosen in the first round under Lombardi:

And here are players selected with the 29th overall pick over the same time period:

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