ON THE disaster that is the Kings: "I'll be really blunt," he said. "I'm worried about hockey. I'm not a fool, I understand this league and sport has challenges."
For starters, the NHL needs a better team in L.A. For his part, Leiweke stepped aside, and hired experts at finding young talent. In the meantime, hockey fans suffer here, still paying top dollar to watch the team with the fewest points in the league.
"Until we get this team consistently into the playoffs, there are going to be a lot of people out there who don't respect this organization and it bothers me immensely," Leiweke said. "This organization has done a lot of great things for the city and industry, but we have not done a good job so far with the Kings.
"I'm going to change that, and I'm telling you, in two years we're going to have a very good team."
The truth about Leiweke: He talks a great game (LATIMES) 
