Quoting: tkecanuck341
If Quick goes anywhere, it's likely going to be to Seattle in the expansion draft. It's worth keeping him around for that reason alone, since making Quick available would distract them from going after a young forward or defenseman instead.
Let's just say for this hypothetical scenario that Necas stays in the AHL once he comes to LA and Luff and Wagner play the mandatory games required over this year and next year, and that Seattle gets their draft for the expected 2020-21 season.
Because its rumoured that the Seattle draft will use the same rules as the Vegas draft, this would exclude most of our young players that are worth protecting, even if they all made the NHL in the 2019-20 season (Clague, Brickley, Kupari, Thomas, Vilardi, Anderson-Dolan, etc.)
With that in mind, this is the likely protection list if every player listed above remains with the Kings until the draft:
Forwards:
Anze Kopitar (NMC)
Ilya Kovalchuk (NMC)
Jeff Carter
Tyler Toffoli
Adrian Kempe
Alex Iafallo
And say, Matt Luff for the 7th forward
Defencemen:
Drew Doughty (NMC)
Dion Phaneuf (NMC)
Jake Muzzin
And that would leave Cal Petersen for the goalie
This would leave Austin Wagner, Michael Amadio, Jonny Brodzinski, Jack Campbell, Alec Martinez, Trevor Lewis, etc as the most desirable players available, and trading to protect Wagner and Amadio wouldn't be too tough I would think.