Dean Lombardi Article

[Stunner_At_Staples_Kings]

Interesting read (From a Sharks Site).

Basically asking if Dean was actually just lucky in building the 2012 and 2014 teams, since he's made some questionable signings and then his most recent building of Team USA for the World Cup of Hockey.

The Daily Chum: Dean Lombardi doesn’t know why the Kings are good

Only part I really don't think is valid is Quick's Contract. His cap is a pretty good number and he makes significantly less ($5.8mil/year) than a lot of elite goaltenders (And about $3mil/year less than Lundqvist's $8.5mil/year). He even makes less than Corey Crawford ($6mil/year). Pekka Rinne at $7mil/year. Carey price $6.5mil/year. Kari Let-one-in $5.9mil/year.

But as for the article, it's hard to fault Lombardi for some of his moves to strike when the Kings are in "win now" mode, but he gave up an incredible haul for Lucic, only to lose him for nothing.

 

[Deader2818]

Seems silly to think a guy just got lucky building a team that won 2 cups in 3 years and went to the WCF in between.

Voynov making a poor life decision is what hurt us the most.

 

[Kings4OT]

Of course he got lucky, you have to get lucky to win once. Takes more then luck to win a second time. Unfortunately in the cap era you can hurt your club for years making a mistake. Sometimes you can overcome it but most times its the difference between winning a series and not. In the end you can make all the right choices and still not win