The LA Kings chosen Liam Greentree with their first collection of the 2024 NHL Draft at Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. Greentree was chosen with the twenty sixth total choose within the first spherical.
Greentree, 18, entered the Draft because the No. 14 ranked North American skater by NHL Central Scouting. The 6-2, 214-pound ahead spent the final two seasons with the Windsor Spitfires within the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Serving as Windsor’s captain this previous season, Greentree recorded profession highs in targets (36), assists (54), and factors (90), main his group in all three classes and incomes a variety to the OHL Third All-Star Crew. By 125 profession OHL video games performed, Greentree has accrued 135 factors (61-74=135). Within the 2022-23 marketing campaign, Greentree’s 25 tallies was probably the most amongst OHL rookies and earned him a variety to the OHL First All-Rookie Crew.
A local of Oshawa, ON, Greentree represented Canada on the 2024 Worldwide Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Below-18 World Junior Championship this previous spring. Greentree’s 4 factors (2-2=4) in seven video games helped Canada seize their fifth gold medal in event historical past.
Rounds 2-7 of the 2024 NHL Draft might be held tomorrow, June 29 at Sphere in Las Vegas starting at 8:30 a.m. The Kings maintain picks within the second spherical by way of MTL (57th), fourth spherical (118th), sixth spherical (182nd) and twice within the seventh spherical (198th by way of MTL & 214th).