Jari Kurri was one of the legends in Edmonton in the 1980s, winning five Stanley Cups with the Oilers and earning five postseason All-Star Selections.  Kurri returned to Europe after the fifth Cup win. However, on May 30, 1991, his rights were traded twice: first to Philadelphia, who then dealt him to Los Angeles to reunite him with Wayne Gretzky.  Just like that, Kurri was ready to return to North America.

Kurri was not the explosive player he once was, but was still an above-average Right Wing.  Playing for L.A. for four-and-a-half years, Kurri averaged .89 Points per Game and was an All-Star in 1993, the same year the Kings went to the Stanley Cup Finals.  That year, he scored 87 Points, his best with Los Angeles.  He left L.A. when he was traded to the New York Rangers, where, coincidentally, he again joined a former Oiler legend, Mark Messier.

Kurri was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001.

Mattias Norstrom was traded from the New York Rangers to Los Angeles during his third NHL season as part of an eight-player trade, and the Defenseman would remain with the Kings for 780 Games, making him one of the more tenured players in franchise history.

Norstrom had far more ice time in L.A., and while he was not a blueliner who would rush the offensive end, he could protect his own end of the ice and was so well regarded that he was named an All-Star in both 1999 and 2004.  The shutdown defender managed to accumulate 142 Points for Los Angeles before he was traded to Dallas late in the 2006-07 Season. 

Jaroslav Modry was traded to Los Angeles late in the 1995/96 season, which was the third team in his young career.

As he did with his previous squads (New Jersey and Ottawa), Modry bounced back and forth between the parent club and the minors, but in 2000, the Czech Defenseman found his game.  Modry had a breakout 2001-02 Season, scoring 42 Points and earning a trip to the All-Star Game.  He had two more good years for the Kings, producing 38 and 32 Points, respectively, before signing with Atlanta as a Free Agent.

Modry would overall accrue 238 Points as a King.

Mario Lessard was a late-round pick in 1974, and the Goalie would make the Los Angeles Kings roster four years later, where he would become their primary netminder.

The Quebecer held that role for four years, one of which was particularly good, so good that it is primarily responsible for his high rank.  In 1980-81, Lessard led all Goalies in Wins (35), Goalie Point Shares (12.6), and was a Second Team All-Star.  Lessard might be best known for a blunder in the 1982 playoffs against Edmonton (he left the net open to try to beat a Glenn Anderson breakaway), but he had a good run.

Lessard’s play fell off in the 1983-84 season, and he retired shortly after.