Jake Muzzin had a unique path to the NHL, as despite being drafted by Pittsburgh in 2007, the OHL Defenseman was not signed.  Muzzin reentered the draft in 2009, but this time, no NHL team took him.  Muzzin was eligible to play one more year in the OHL, and he maximized the opportunity, winning the OHL Defenseman of the Year.   The Kings took notice, signed Muzzin, who made the team.

Over the first two seasons, Muzzin mainly played in the AHL over the first two seasons, though he was on the roster (though he did not play) when the Kings captured the 2012 Stanley Cup.  Muzzin was in the NHL to stay in 2012, gradually gaining more playing time with each passing year.  Helping the Kings win their second Stanley Cup in 2014, Muzzin would have at least 40 Points in three of the following four seasons, and he was arguably one of the better players for Los Angeles in the mid-10s.  

The struggling Kings traded Muzzin to Toronto in 2019, leaving the Kings with 213 Points.

Alec Martinez played his college hockey in the MAC with Miami (of Ohio), doing well enough to transfer his skills to the Los Angeles Kings early in the 4^th Round of the 2007 Draft.

Martinez first made the Kings in 2009-10, and in the following year, his AHL days were permanently in his rearview mirror.  A clean player who could be used well on the power play, Martinez had a five-year run of 20-plus Point seasons, two of which exceeded the 30-Point mark.  Martinez also played a part in the Kings two Stanley Cups in 2012 and 2014.

Martinez played for Los Angeles for 11 years, traded to Vegas early in the 2019-20 Season.  The Defenseman would score 198 Points as a King.

After two years in St. Louis and a year-and-a-half with the New York Rangers, Mike Murphy was traded to Los Angeles, where he played ten years and had the best run of his career.

Playing at Right Wing, Murphy had back-to-back 68 Point years (1974-75 & 1975-76) and was one of the few offensive threats that the Kings had at the time.  This season was his top output, but it wasn't the end for Murphy, who had two more years with at least 55 points. As Los Angeles acquired and developed more offensive stars, Murphy provided depth and grit on the lower lines.

Age and injuries caught up to Murphy, who retired after the 1982-83 Season.  He had 457 Points in 673 Games for Los Angeles.

Bob Murdoch first signed with the Montreal Canadiens in 1970.  Although he was traded to Minnesota, he was reclaimed by the Habs in the 1971 Intra-League Draft. The deep defensive corps that Montreal had prevented Murdoch from being a potential star for that team.  As Murdoch was expendable, Montreal traded him to Los Angeles, where he had his chance to shine.

Murdoch was a King for five-and-a-half years, where he grinded and play-maked better than any other Defenseman for Los Angeles in the 1970s.  He would have his best run in hockey with L.A., where, as a King, he had three straight 30-plus Point years.  Murdoch’s best season was in 1974-75, where he was named an All-Star with a career-high 42 Points with a third-place finish in Defensive Point Shares.  Two years later, Murdoch was ninth in Defensive Point Shares.

Murdoch left Los Angeles in early 1979 when he was traded to the struggling Atlanta Flames.  He might not have been a star in the NHL or even in Los Angeles, but Murdoch was an underappreciated player in the Kings canon, who had 171 Points with Los Angeles.