Lombardi, on the future (Inside the Kings)

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One last squirt...

This is the last part of the Lombardi stuff I got a few days ago. To really understand this, you have to go back to last summer. Or, for those of you who were at the GM breakfast recently, you might have gotten a taste of this. Basically, it goes back to Lombardi's grand scheme for the future, in which he pencils in what he wants the Kings to look like, long-term. Players he thinks are going to be around a while (Kopitar, Brown, Johnson, Bernier, etc) are written into roles, some other players are projected and other spots are left open. Those spots, such as for a second-line center or a third-line winger, are what Lombardi refers to when he says he has ``boxes'' he needs to fill. So here's what he had to say, in regards to those boxes:

Inside the Kings