[99LetsGoBoys99]

Listen. This franchise is in the second year of a MAJOR overhauling. Kind of like the Miami Dolphins in the NFL. The fact we didn't make the playoffs last year or this year is not a surprise. We are grooming kids and prospects to be solid NHLers. We are going to build a team through the draft and some trades and are looking to make the playoffs next year or the year after. Look what the Penguins did. Crosby - draft, Malkin - draft, Malone - draft, Staal- draft, Whitney - draft, Orpik- draft, Fluery - draft. Those are cornerstones of their team, then they went out and made trades for players to compliment them: Sykora, Roberts, Gonchar, Hossa (used original draft picks like Esposito, Armstrong and Christensen and a #1 pick to get Hossa) This is how you build a team. They did not qualify for the playoffs for about 4 years in a row during this rebuilding process. I know the Kings haven't quaiified in a just about the same time but haven't made it to the postseason lately because we never actually ever were REBUILDING. Our prospects sucked, our minor leagues were filled with crap and had nothing the build from. Those of you who see where Lombardi's plan is going, then I commend you. Those who don't, please stop complaining and go down the freeway to Anaheim and jump on the bandwagon. They built their team around youth in their system and great trades. Remember, Selanne came in for a trade for Kilger and Tverdovsky (both Ducks draft picks) This is how draft picks come in handy, when you wanna pull the trigger. We aren't gonna get Stamkos and we have to deal with it. Hang in there folks!