Sean O’Donnell was traded to the Los Angeles Kings before he made it to the NHL with the team that drafted him, the Buffalo Sabres, and it was with the Kings where he first proved his merits.
O'Donnell played his first five NHL seasons with the Kings, using his grit and fists to protect his end and display traditional stay-at-home defensive acumen. The blueliner had triple-digits in PIM in year two to year five of his run with L.A., and his toughness may not have yielded goals but did prevent them.
Left unprotected in the Expansion Draft, O'Donnell departed Los Angeles for Minnesota in 2000, but he returned as a Stanley Cup Champion in 2008 when the Anaheim Ducks sent him back to Los Angeles. He served the Kings for two more years before leaving as a Free Agent to Philadelphia.
Overall, O'Donnell played 541 of his 1,224 Games with the Kings, with 98 Points and 940 Penalty Minutes.
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