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About This Page: This is a discussion on LA Kings Talk within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. Thanks to Matt for posting this.
http://www.insidesocal.com/sb/inthis.../lombardi.html
"I get to talk to them in February, at my GM town meeting. We haven't set the date yet. ... It's funny, I
"I get to talk to them in February, at my GM town meeting. We haven't set the date yet. ... It's funny, I get e-mails, and they say this and this and this, and I say, 'This is where we're at.' A lot of times you throw the options out to them and it hits them ...
"For some people, the 30 years of frustration, maybe I deserve to let them get up and vent. That's the least we can give them at this point."
The F'N LEAST!
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"This is entirely different. It's one of the challenges I knew I was going to face in coming here. You've got a 40-year history of no Cup. You've got, in the last 15 years, four playoff appearance, which is lowest in the league. You've got one playoff round won in the last 15 years, which is the lowest in the league. And you've got a fan base, which I noticed as a pro scout, is very passionate. And what can you say to them? They've paid their dues. It's unfortunate because you've got teams like Dallas and Denver that have won Stanley Cups. In Denver, the pain of growing came in Quebec. In Dallas, the pain came in Minnesota. Those were two cities that got hockey clubs that already had done the hard work someplace else.
& I swear to god, I'll never watch hockey again if that continues with THIS team!
Last edited by The Natural; January 11th, 2008 at 05:27 PM.
Thanks for the link. Good read. The guy has a plan and I applaud him for sticking to it. Save me that "40 years" ****. I've been a fan since '86, over 20 years, and this team FINALLY has a GM with a direction and patience.
Last edited by petey; January 11th, 2008 at 05:37 PM.
"This is the first year ... You say second year, but this is the first year I've got my staff with the people I want. I completely rebuilt the amateur staff, the way we use technology, the pro staff, and this takes time and again, great organizations are the ones that have been together a long time and they do things a certain way."
"As a practical matter ... we were active this summer in the free agency and everyone was all excited, but this to me, when you're this active, you've got holes. Free agency should be used once your core is together and you add a player to your core, who fits in the core you've built, or you're getting that role player that fills a critical role that you just haven't been able to get to in the draft or via trade. That's one sign you've got a lot of holes in your reserve list. You've got to go get six free agents to fill some holes. I remember in the summer people saying this is great, but it's not a good sign."
And once again I bring up, is everyone SURE you REALLY want to deal every movable UFA for the 2nd season in a row...
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"And I'm totally fine with that. This is another thing you do when you talk about a plan. You can't just put kids on the rink to show fans you're getting younger. This is one thing we did at San Jose which is very hard to do, but we got better six years in a row, and we got younger every year. We did it when the kids were ready. If you do it the other way ... you just put kids out there and they're not ready, you tell fans you're young and everything, but they're not ready, they're not going to succeed and you have to end up trading them.
and THIS is why you don't "trade everyone over the age of 25," Doc.
Last edited by Die Radio Die; January 11th, 2008 at 06:59 PM.
and THIS is why you don't "trade everyone over the age of 25," Doc.
Don't you know hyperbole when it walks down the street and beats you over the head?!
EDIT : I have also been one of the loudest and earliest proponents of the "THIS is actually year ONE of the build, NOT year two" crowd. In fact I was saying it at the outset of LAST season.
Don't you know hyperbole when it walks down the street and beats you over the head?!
EDIT : I have also been one of the loudest and earliest proponents of the "THIS is actually year ONE of the build, NOT year two" crowd. In fact I was saying it at the outset of LAST season.
So.... yay me.
Psst, if that message really was just for you I would've sent it to your inbox.
The Natural
Dean Lombardi Interview Transcript (1/8) 
