OK, FINALLY I have a little time to start putting some of the Lombardi stuff up here. And since tomorrow is the draft lottery, and the draft seems to be the big topic of discussion these days, I'll start with Lombardi's thoughts on the draft. I had him address two areas, one being the concern, expressed here and elsewhere, that the Kings might not take Stamkos if they got the first pick. The response to that was:
"I'm all for communicating with the fans and media, but I'm not going to tell anyone what my plans are. What I was trying to say (in previous comments) was that we're doing our job and looking at everything out there.''
And what, I also wanted to know, is "everything out there''? Does that mean the possibility to significant movement on draft day? Perhaps packaging some of those picks to move up? Lombardi said:
