1. "The future is bright." I read those words...a lot. Back when the Kings sucked, that was our calling card. "We're the fucking Stanley Cup Champions." That's our call now but it isn't enough and the main (if not sole) reason I was pissed off about the Robyn Regehr trade was the loss of two 2nd round draft picks. I want the future to always be bright. I know what Regehr is and what he … [Read more...]
Embracing Robyn Regehr, Dean Lombardi’s “Culture” and the Trade Deadline
April 3, 2013 By Bobby Scribe
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Craig Leipold, Dean Lombardi, Ed Snider, Joe Nieuwendyk, Robyn Regehr, Willie Mitchell
To Trade or Not to Trade…Dean Lombardi’s 2013 Dilemma (and who I think he will target!)
February 26, 2013 By Bobby Scribe
I don't know the man on a personal level but I think I'm a fairly good judge of character. I have listened to him, watched him, spoken with him and I get the sense Dean Lombardi is an obsessively hard-working guy...one of those guys whose brain won't shut off. The type where he could be in a discussion with his wife about dinner or her day, but he doesn't hear a thing she says because his mind is … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Dean Lombardi, Jake Muzzin, Keaton Ellerby, LA Kings trade speculation, Matt Greene, Ron Hainsey, Willie Mitchell, Winnipeg Jets
Keaton Ellerby… Like That’s A Real Name
February 8, 2013 By Surly Jacob
I don't mean to sound racist, but I thought only black guys were named Keaton. I just realized that I was confusing Keaton with Keenan. So maybe that's little racist. Ellerby though, there's a goofy Canadian white boy name if I ever heard one. Keaton Ellerby. King Keaton. Excellent Ellerby. We'll see. One thing we do know, he is not a tiny Russian forward. This is one big ball of … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Andrei Loktionov, Dean Lombardi, Florida Panthers, Jake Muzzin, Keaton Ellerby, Los Angeles Kings
Is Dean Lombardi Going to Make a Trade?
January 23, 2013 By Bobby Scribe
Matt Greene blossomed last season. He went from a defensive defenseman with questionable skating and average positioning to a defensive defenseman with better skating and much better positioning. Matt Greene just became a smarter D-Man while maintaining his physical edge. Willie Mitchell...well, I love Willie Mitchell. As Rob Scuderi is "the piece", I have coined Mitchell since his first L.A. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Dean Lombardi, Los Angeles Kings, Matt Greene, Willie Mitchell
L.A. Kings Extend Lombardi, Sutter and Luuuuuuuc…
January 18, 2013 By Bobby Scribe
From Lisa Dillman of the L.A. Times The Stanley Cup champion Kings took care of another bit of housekeeping -- an important one -- by finalizing the contract extensions of General Manager Dean Lombardi, Coach Darryl Sutter and executive Luc Robitaille on Friday morning. Lombardi also holds the title of team president and Robitaille is the team's president in charge of business … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Darryl Sutter, Dean Lombardi, LA Kings, Luc Robitaille, Stanley Cup, Tim Leiweke
Doubting Thomas…Hickey Going, Going, Waived.
January 15, 2013 By Bobby Scribe
Where did the 5 and 1/2 years ago? It feels like yesterday tens of thousands of L.A. Kings fans, present company included, went "WHO?!" to the announcement that the Kings had chosen Thomas Hickey as their number 4 overall pick in the 2007 NHL draft. "Lombardi is crazy!" "Who the hell is this guy?" "I wanted Alzner!" ...were all spoken around Kings country. As for me, I was trying to find … [Read more...]
Saturday with Scribe: Let’s Talk Puck
January 12, 2013 By Bobby Scribe
1. Jonathan Bernier "just wants to play". John Hoven (aka the "Mayor"...not the obtuse one from LA, the hockey one) first gave us the Bernier quote yesterday via his @MayorNHL Twitter about Bernier's desire to play (which we all knew) but which preceded this beauty, "...hopefully Suttsy can squeeze me in for a few." Suttsy? Yikes. Even our reader JT Dutchy may agree it is best not to refer to … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News, Non-L.A. Kings News Offerings, Surly & Scribe Humor Tagged With: Brian Burke, Darryl Sutter, Dean Lombardi, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jonathan Bernier, LA Kings News, Steve Simmons
Thoughts and Tidbits From the January 10 L.A. Kings Press Conference
January 10, 2013 By Bobby Scribe
Bob Miller - He was Bob Miller. Classy, a consummate professional, missed his voice. Tim Leiweke - The guy is passionate. He wasn't selling up there...well, not completely. You can tell he is a "fan". Fault him if you must for things in the past but the Stanley Cup has purged many sins...until new sins are committed. He made it clear Dean has the green light to spend to the Cap. He wants to win … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Darryl Sutter, Dean Lombardi, LA Kings hockey, LA Kings January 10 press conference, LA Kings News, Luc Robitaille, Tim Leiweke
LA Kings Defenseman Willie Mitchell Tweaked His Knee A Month Ago
January 6, 2013 By Bobby Scribe
L.A. Times sports writer, Lisa Dillman, spoke with Dean Lombardi earlier today. Dean stated, "Willie Mitchell tweaked his knee a month ago. So we'll be able to look at him when he comes in. I didn't get the details. Again it's nothing serious from what we've gathered. We won't know if sure until he gets here." I am guessing fishing accident. You can follow Lisa Dillman on Twitter. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Dean Lombardi, Los Angeles Kings, Willie Mitchell
Jonathan Bernier. Shut Up and Play.
July 13, 2012 By Bobby Scribe
I won't even link to the various articles from credible sources that have confirmed Jonathan Bernier has asked for a trade. It will just upset me more. The quote from him is that he asked the Kings to trade him before the trade deadline but Dean Lombardi refused and now that Conn Smythe winner and L.A. Kings Stanley Cup Champion goaltender Jonathan Quick (pbuh) has signed the 10 year deal, Bernier … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Dean Lombardi, Jonathan Bernier, Jonathan Quick, Martin Jones, Stanley Cup
So, I Just Talked to Shane Doan…
July 10, 2012 By Bobby Scribe
Surly is a sneaky bastard. If you have read us long enough, you know his stealth like ninja skills are inhuman. We have documented his accolades so future generations can marvel at his skill-set. Sure, I have completed a few missions here and there. The L.A. Kings Father-Son dinner, as one example, was challenging but, for the most part, danger is Surly's middle name. So when he called … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Surly & Scribe Skits Tagged With: Dean Lombardi, Dustin Brown, Los Angeles Kings, Phoenix Coyote, Shane Doan
Dustin Penner Signs One Year Contract with the L.A. Kings
July 1, 2012 By Bobby Scribe
It may become official as I type this, but it's not yet. The L.A. Kings have signed Dustin Penner to a one year contract. The dollar terms are not yet known although I will guess $3.2 to $3.5 (update: it's official. $3.25 million) I am happy about this. The length is right and allows Penner to prove that the last 15-20 games of the season and the playoffs is a better indicator of his skills and … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Dean Lombardi, Dustin Penner resigns with the LA Kings, Stanley Cup
Up Yours CBS and Andy Strickland. Jonathan Bernier Better Stay.
June 28, 2012 By Bobby Scribe
I want to poke out CBS' eye...the one they have on hockey. And Andy Strickland too, that Blues loving so and so. He claims his sources confirmed "Bernier has asked the team to move him to a team where he’d have a chance to play. Kings GM Dean Lombardi told the player he would look to move him once the Quick deal was completed." If Strickland doesn't shut his source up and is not careful, he … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Dean Lombardi, Jeff Zatkoff, Jonathan Bernier, Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings, Martin Jones
What a Strange Sequence of Events Led to The Stanley Cup Kings
June 25, 2012 By Bobby Scribe
Consider this... At the same time the Ryan Smyth soap opera took place, Dean Lombardi was in discussions with the Philadelphia Flyers about Mike Richards. The trades occurred within a day of each other. Mike Richards and his best friend, Jeff Carter, were separated from their Philadelphia roots and planted nearly across the country from each other. If it wasn't for Ryan Smyth's drama and trade … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Darryl Sutter, Dean Lombardi, Dustin Penner, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jeff Carter, Los Angeles Kings, Mike Richards, Stanley Cup
Jamie Kompon Contract Not Renewed
June 22, 2012 By Bobby Scribe
When I wrote the Jamie Kompon Appreciation Page many months ago, my tongue was firmly planted in my cheek. I also wrote it out of disgust. Those who have read us regularly know that I was not (and am not) a fan of Jamie Kompon...and that is being kind. I considered he and Terry Murray to be a major part of the L.A. Kings offensive problems, although Murray had the ever redeeming quality of … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Darryl Sutter, Dean Lombardi, LA Kings fire Jamie Kompon, Terry Murray
It’s Draft Day And I Don’t Care
June 22, 2012 By Surly Jacob
For the last several years we've looked forward to draft day in a big way. When you have a top 10, hell, a top 5 pick, it's easy to do and a welcome party as one of the few times that your silt-sucking franchise gets to be the belle of the ball. Two years ago it was in Los Angeles and we had such a ball sitting around, cheering for Derek Forbort even though we had no idea who the he was, booing … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Dean Lombardi, NHL Draft, Stanley Cup
The Dutch Perspective: For You …
June 13, 2012 By J.T. Dutch
... This is for the current team, the team that has never stopped working, the team that has saved their best for last. This is for the fans, the die-hards who've waited for so many years and have never received their just due, from the rest of the hockey World or from the media in their own city. This is for the alumni, the greats of the past who toiled mostly in obscurity while wearing strange … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: Dean Lombardi, Stanley Cup, Darryl Sutter, L.A. Kings, Bob Miller, L.A. KINGS PLAYERS
Source: Dustin Penner Close To Signing Two Year, $7MM Deal
April 1, 2012 By Surly Jacob
Yup. What the fuck, right? That familiar old term of contention, deal in principle, applies to this situation, but only in so far as the papers haven't been processed. We heard about this last night but hesitated in posting it out of a) disbelief and b) disgust. Ultimately that disgust churned itself into ire and as we are no stranger to lashing out against Lombardi's idiotic moves, we felt … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Surly & Scribe Humor Tagged With: contracts, Dean Lombardi, Dustin Penner, Los Angeles Kins
Should Dean Lombardi’s Fate Hang In The Playoff Balance?
March 15, 2012 By Bobby Scribe
Imagine the following hypothetical: 93 points and we make the playoffs. 92 points and we don't. We get 93 points and land in 8th. We play one of St. Louis or Vancouver. You're happy, high-five me, smack your girl friend's butt (which, if it came after you high-fived me, means I too smacked it) and let out a fuck yeah while you grab a beer! We get 92 points and land in 9th. You're angry, tell your … [Read more...]
Filed Under: L.A. Kings News Tagged With: AEG, Dean Lombardi, Los Angeles Kings, Stanley Cup Finals, Tim Leiweke, Wayne Gretzky
Kings Beat Hawks 3-2. Disaster Averted. For Now.
March 11, 2012 By Bobby Scribe
Patrick Sharp may have faked me off the couch with his move but he didn't fool Jonathan Quick. I may have gotten religious at the end of overtime but I was back to my old self by its end. We may have been one less outstretched glove and 2 inches away from losing this game but we won. This game nearly killed me but I survived and survived is exactly what the Kings did by the skin of their … [Read more...]
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