(Ed. Note: Welcome to the Puck Daddy 2013 summer project, the National Hockey League of Nations. We’ve recruited 30 writers/blogs to identify the best player in their favorite team’s history for each major nationality that creates the fabric of our beloved NHL: Canada, USA, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Finland and The Rest of The World. It’s their criteria, as long as they can justify it. Read, debate and enjoy! If you want to do so on Twitter, it's #NHLoN.)

By The Royal Half

When it comes to the long history of winning Stanley Cups, the Los Angeles Kings don't rate up there with the best of them. (Unless you are in St. Louis, Buffalo, D.C. or San Jose, of course.)

But when it comes to looking at players from different nationalites that have skated for the LA Kings... well, unlike your favorite NBC sitcom... the Kings are as diverse as you get.

Canada



At first glance, selecting the best Canadian of all-time to play for the Los Angeles Kings seems like a no-brainer, right?

Sup.

I mean, Wayne Douglas Gretzky has done it all as a professional Canadian hockey player. He's won Stanley Cups, he's influenced NHL expansion, he's fathered gorgeous and talented children and in true Canadian fashion... he's whined his way to an Olympic Gold Medal. To most people, Wayne Gretzky is a first-ballot Most Canadian Player on the LA Kings.

But not so fast. You see, as he's gotten older... Wayne Gretzky has become less Canadian and more "fancy."

Sup.

So that's why our nominee for Most Canadian LA King of All-Time is a player that knows exactly what it means to be a true, loyal Canadian. A player that has won multiple Stanley Cups. A player that spends his summers on Sylvan Lake in Alberta instead of hop-nobbing with the rich and famous at Westlake Village in Los Angeles. A player that loves Nickleback and isn't afraid to admit it.

And that player is...

...Colin Fraser.

Now that's a Canadian!

Finland

The LA Kings have had their fair share of Fins play for the franchise over the years... and it always hasn't been easy for the LA Kings Hall of Fame Broadcaster, Bob Miller.

This one is pretty easy though as one of the all-time greatest Finnish high-scoring 1st Line Right Wingers spent 5 seasons as a defensive-minded 2nd Line Center for the Los Angeles Kings. Because that's just how the LA Kings rolled in the 1990s.