Los Angeles Kings Mount Rushmore

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Anaheim Teemu Selanne Paul Kariya Ryan Getzlaf J-S Giguere	ARI/WPG Shane Doan Dale Hawerchuk Keith Tkachuk Teemu Selanne	Boston Bobby Orr Ray Bourque Eddie Shore Phil Esposito
Buffalo Dominik Hasek Gilbert Perreault Ryan Miller Pat LaFontaine	Calgary Jarome Iginla Al MacInnis Lanny McDonald Miikka Kiprusoff	CAR/HAR Ron Francis Rod Brind'Amour Eric Staal Cam Ward
Chicago Stan Mikita Bobby Hull Tony Esposito Patrick Kane	COL/QUE Joe Sakic Peter Forsberg Patrick Roy Peter Stastny	Columbus Rick Nash Sergei Bobrovsky Zach Werenski Cam Atkinson
DAL/MIN Mike Modano Sergei Zubov Jere Lehtinen Ed Belfour	Detroit Gordie Howe Steve Yzerman Nicklas Lidstrom Ted Lindsay	Edmonton Wayne Gretzky Mark Messier Paul Coffey Connor McDavid
Florida Aleksander Barkov Roberto Luongo Pavel Bure Jonathan Huberdeau

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[norrisnick]

f***...this one is legit hard

Do I leave Wayne off this list?

Dionne, Luc, and Anze are stone cold locks. Then I get stuck.

Went Taylor. Doughty, Quick, Wayne, so many legit good options.

 

[Regal]

Gretzky, Dionne, Kopitar and Doughty are pretty clear imo. Gretzky was the best player to play for the team, and was so important in terms of growing the game in the States and in LA. Dionne was their first big star, the second best player in franchise history and played a ton there. Kopitar and Doughty are both future Hall of Famers, spent their entire careers with the team and were the back bone of the only two championships for the team. As good as Robitaille was, he wasn’t as good as the other 4, left for a part of his prime, and never won anything.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Gretzky, Dionne, Robitaille, and Quick.

Of the 3 that won the 2 Cups, I took the Conn Smythe winner.

 

[bobholly39]

Gretzky, Dionne, Doughty and Kopitar

Quite easy.

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

Dionne, Kopitar, Robitaille, Doughty

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

Gretzky, Dionne, Doughty and Kopitar

Quite easy.

Robitaille has more impressive stats than Wayne in LA. Wayne can be on Edmonton and League mountains, but I think Lucky Luc deserves a spot.

 

[Voight]

Gretzky, Dionne, Doughty and Kopitar

Quite easy.

Switched Kopi with Robitaille.

 

[Boreal01]

Dionne, Robitaille, Gretzky, Kopitar

 

[innitfam]

Kopitar
Gretzky
Dionne
Robitaille

Feels wrong to leave Doughty off...

 

[Albatros]

Kopitar, Dionne, Robitaille, Taylor.

Could also have Gretzky over Taylor, but Taylor spent his entire NHL career with the team and stayed even after his retirement.

 

[bobholly39]

Robitaille has more impressive stats than Wayne in LA. Wayne can be on Edmonton and League mountains, but I think Lucky Luc deserves a spot.

Switched Kopi with Robitaille.

To me mount rushmore is "most important", not necessarily best.

I think Gretzky is the #1 choice for most important players in Kings history. He helped make hockey as popular as it became.

If its "best" - he again obviously ranks #1.

The only way Robitaille could be argued ahead is if you look at overall on-ice value to team with a strong emphasis on longevity. To me that's the least interesting way of looking at it.

I think Gretzky and Dionne are locks. I could see swapping one of Doughty or Kopitar for Robitaille (all 3 are close), but i used the 2 cups as a differentiator.

 

[Regal]

I just don’t see how anyone has Robitaille over Kopitar or Doughty. He’s not far behind, but he’s not as good as either as a player (unless you’re stat watching a guy who played through the late 80s and early 90s), they all spent roughly the same time with the team at this point, and Kopitar and Doughty won two cups. I get Robitaille is a fan favourite, but so are they, and they also spent their entire careers with the team so far.

 

[biturbo19]

Jeeez this one is tough.

Gretzky and Robitaille are obvious. But i feel like you also have to include Kopitar, and probably Doughty. But Quick was such a huge part of that era's success too, and it feels like there should be a goalie on there. It also leaves Dionne on the outside looking in, which doesn't seem entirely right either.

 

[Gurglesons]

Lucky, Wayne, Drew, Kopi

 

[bsu]

Dustin Brown has to be included right? I mean he's getting a statue

 

[Mrb1p]

Dionne, Wayne, Anze and Doughty.

I feel dirty leaving off Luc.

If you leave off Dionne you arent legally allowed to watch hockey anymore. Beating out prime Gretzky, Lafleur, Trottier and Perreault in scoring gives you an automatic spot.

Robitailles claim to fame is his goalscoring and his 6 consecutive AS's. Dionne has more top 10 goal scoring seasons for once.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Difficult.

Two players I had to drop (Quick & Kopi).

Robitaille, Gretzky, Doughty & Dionne.

 

[Buck Naked]

Kopitar, Dionne, Robitaille, Taylor.

Could also have Gretzky over Taylor, but Taylor spent his entire NHL career with the team and stayed even after his retirement.

So did Brown? And he also captained the team to the cup.

 

[kings11]

Switched Kopi with Robitaille.

Luc is nowhere near the player Kopi is.. not sure how you justify that

Kopitar is arguably, the greatest Kings player ever.. Wayne is the great one but Kopi is the greatest King!

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I can understand outside fans choosing Luc since his name is synonymous with Kings but he's far from the greatest or most important, I think he's pretty far down both lists honestly

Gretzky, Dionne, Kopitar, Doughty.

Feels gross leaving out Quick, though. and Brown/Taylor HM as well.

 

[dire wolf]

I just don’t see how anyone has Robitaille over Kopitar or Doughty. He’s not far behind, but he’s not as good as either as a player (unless you’re stat watching a guy who played through the late 80s and early 90s), they all spent roughly the same time with the team at this point, and Kopitar and Doughty won two cups. I get Robitaille is a fan favourite, but so are they, and they also spent their entire careers with the team so far.

Robitaille played 14 seasons with the Kings and scored an insane number of goals. He's the Kings' all-time leading goal scorer and No. 2 in points. He's now President of the team and has been an exec with the club for 15 years, including their 2 Cups. I don't see how you leave him off.

This is legit the hardest one of these surveys I've done. Very hard to leave off Kopitar or Doughty who were instrumental in bringing the team's only 2 Cups (and to a lesser extent Quick). On the other hand, how do you not have Wayne and Dionne?

At the end of the day, I'm going Dionne, Gretz, Robitaille and Kopitar. It's pretty crazy leaving Doughty off this list though. No right answer here.

 

[Gurglesons]

I can understand outside fans choosing Luc since his name is synonymous with Kings but he's far from the greatest or most important, I think he's pretty far down both lists honestly

Gretzky, Dionne, Kopitar, Doughty.

Feels gross leaving out Quick, though. and Brown/Taylor HM as well.

Interesting. I would have thunk Dionne is the one that gets overrated by outside fans and Luc the opposite.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Interesting. I would have thunk Dionne is the one that gets overrated by outside fans and Luc the opposite.

I could be reading the room wrong. I just feel like people forget how much time Robitaille spent away from LA, and on and off rather than consecutively, as well.

I could be convinced to replace Dionne with Luc but the others are untouchable imo

 

[Gurglesons]

I could be reading the room wrong. I just feel like people forget how much time Robitaille spent away from LA, and on and off rather than consecutively, as well.

I could be convinced to replace Dionne with Luc but the others are untouchable imo

I agree with the three. I just feel like Luc is synonymous with the LA Kings and a huge fan favorite.