Jesus these trades are awful.

Kings aren't going to trade Clifford if all that's coming back is a 7th round pick. He's the unsung hero of the team and he's a coach and teammate favorite. If someone wanted him as a throw in on a bigger trade, I could see the Kings considering it, but they're not just going to give him away.

Fantenberg and Lovejoy are both UFAs at the end of this season. With neither team likely to make the playoffs, why would either team do this?

Thompson is worth more than a 7th to a team looking to improve their PK and faceoff prowess. I would say a 4th is more likely.

Burakovsky is 3 years older than Kempe, not as good, and will require a qualifying offer of $3¼ million to prevent him from becoming a UFA at the end of the season. The Kings want to have nothing to do with his contract, let alone give up a quality young player for him.

Trevor Lewis is the same as Kyle Clifford. Coach/player favorite. Voted unsung hero on the team every year. The Kings won't give him away unless there's something good coming back.

Kings won't trade away a 1st round pick in this draft. Hayes is a quality player, but he's a UFA at the end of the season. If the Kings really wanted him, they'd just wait until the offseason and make him an offer.

The Arizona trade is the worst one yet. If the Kings are trying to get younger and faster. Why would they trade away one of their fastest players and one of their youngest quality prospects for an undrafted 22 year old that's not even producing in the AHL.

The Ottawa trade is fine I guess. Ceci isn't that good though. I think they'd rather just give the spot to a young defenseman like Walker that's already in the system rather than pay an overrated defenseman $4.3M.