The Stanley Cup has made its way back East, into the hands of general manager Dean Lombardi. In the photo below, courtesy of Phil Pritchard’s Twitter account — @keeperofthecup — Lombardi shares a moment with his father, Paul, in Springfield, Mass. If you happen to be around Ludlow, Mass., tonight, and find the world-famous El Cid Lounge, there’s a good chance you’ll find Lombardi and the Cup…
Also, click here for a local television station’s report about Lombardi bringing the Cup to a local children’s hospital.
Atta Boy Deano!!! It looks like his Dad is really proud of Dean. Great pic. In Dean We Trust!!
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DiggerRocket Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
@Kings Fan Vancouver, WA, …..Let me just say it out loud… Awwwwwwwww.. that’s a pretty sweet moment with his dad.
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Dave Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:14 pm
@Kings Fan Vancouver, WA, Yeah, that’s a great pic. You can totally see the pride oozing out of pops.
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KC23 Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
@Kings Fan Vancouver, WA, Family and friends, it’s what life is all about. What an amazing summer for the LA Kings family of families.
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His dad?
I thought that was Truman Capote.
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What’s the back story on El Sid Lounge? I see it referenced from time to time but must have missed out on the story.
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Stuart Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
@yetiman_oc, they have live bands on Thursdays… and Penner was this close to batting clean-up for their softball team.
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Belexes Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
@yetiman_oc,
Here’s a link from “jewelsfromthecrown” about the story:
http://www.jewelsfromthecrown.com/2011/5/27/2193909/now-about-that-lombardi-quote-re-penners-beer-league-softball-status
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Duncanz Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 1:15 pm
@Belexes, Nice article by sometimes LAKI contributor, @Quisp who is “strangely confident” that Penns will show up in next years’ (2011/12) playoffs.
Good eye.
Ironically, the projected left side of Penns, Smythy, Parsley & KFC could hardly have ended up more different.
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Gustavo Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:45 pm
@Belexes,
Old news.
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KC23 Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:47 pm
@yetiman_oc, DL once gave it to Penner in the media that if he didn’t improve he would end up batting clean up for the Ed Cid Louge softball team.
To Penner’s credit (and this is what makes me a fan of Penner to this day), he took the media jab in stride and kept on working to improve. Basically laugh at himself with everyone else right in the middle of his divorse mess and long slump on the ice. Then to put in the media about his injury eating pancakes Penner is an amazing individual as far as mental toughness.
You won’t hear be bash Penner again. I have a ton of respect for the guy despite his problems on the ice prior to the end of last season.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
@KC23, Yup. Biggest of props to Pencakes!
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that’s awesome for Dean to be able to share with his dad!
Also, I dig how the back of that net is off the ground, so softies go through and whoever shot it has to chase it! Teaches them to get the shot up! Don’t they know, that the only way to score on JQ!
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Kenny44 Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 5:26 pm
@Stuart,
First thing I thought was: “My God, man, roll that thing up the driveway! Don’t you remember how those people drive?!”
I swear that pic feels like the teaser for an episode of World’s Most Extreme Dumb Driving Grave Danger Video Highlight Show on late night MSNBC.
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Shane Doan was taking the picture…
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Stuart Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 12:48 pm
@Belexes, actaully that’s not DL’s pops… it’s SD incognito!
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Rich i think i saw u or i saw a guy that looked just like you stuck in l.a. traffic this morning on Franklin curious if it was you lol.
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Rich Hammond Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Fortunately, it was not me…
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A true working class hero.
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Congrats, Dean and Papa Lombardi!!
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THANK YOU Dean for making our dreams a reality.
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OT: Looks like we might be in for another lockout
http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/blog/eye-on-hockey/19762535/meaningful-gulf-exists-between-nhl-and-nhlpa-season-wont-begin-without-deal
This is rediculous and Buttman is a serious detrament to the NHL. You would think they learned their lesson last time but I guess not. Its still not Sept. 15 so therer is still time but things are not looking up thats for sure.
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
oh yeah…great picture! Congrats Dean, we love ya! His dad looks like he may be pushing about 5 feet tall but even that might be overzelous by the looks of it.
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Duncanz Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 1:59 pm
@BrokeKingsFan,
Isn’t blaming my Uncle Gary for the wile( e.)s of the NHL owners about as accurate as blaming the Queen of England for Great Britain’s lousy economy?
Aren’t they both just figureheads at the end of the day, or am I missing out on something here?
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
@Duncanz, you must be missing something. yeah…for sure! let me bash on Buttman will ya? It makes me feel better and If not him than who else do we condemn to the stake?
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Duncanz Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:14 pm
@BrokeKingsFan,
Well, I have to stand up for a family member who is truthfully, after all, no more guilty than a suicide bomber.
He’s basically just an innocent mule with a megaton bomb strapped to its back.
Stuart Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:16 pm
@dizzle, yes, but this mule should ride off into the dessert and detonate itself there!
Duncanz Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
@Sizzle,
The AZ desert, I take it.
How very Sergio Leone of you.
Stuart Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 1:59 pm
@BrokeKingsFan, such BS! Why did they start talking once a week only about 4 weeks ago??? Why does Donald the Fehr need to travel to Europe to talk to players again? I can understand if this is 1857 and the trans-atlantic cable is a far fetched dream, but this isnt and why couldn’t a conference call have worked so the fat cats could stay around the table hashing things out???
All I know is that if there is another stoppage, it’s going to take a long time for me to feel charitable towards the NHL and its merchandise… (I’d better go and finish getting my 2012 SC champions stuff now!)
Something tells me Bettman still calls Stern for tips on how to commish.
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King Cobra Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 9:16 am
@BrokeKingsFan,
This Sucks!!!!
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Glad to see Dean and dad, great picture.
Looking like we will have to watch our reruns of the cup win, not too bad but, and we will have to get refunded on our tickets bought already for hockey, why cannot sides agree, and us fans do not have to suffer, oh why?
Go Kings Go!
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 1:33 pm
@Gail Web, It will be the most unhappy I have ever been in regards to getting a refund. Regular season aside I was really looking forward to frozen fury this year. I wonder if the resort I booked will give me a refund as well? sighhhhhh
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Gail Web Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 6:35 pm
@BrokeKingsFan, Hi and yes I too have tiks, and to the Oct 6 game in Ontario too, I know they will give us refunds on tiks, but however the air fare no, so looks like I will have a weekend trip in Las Vegas to lay around by the pool instead, and then see a show so I guess not too bad
Summer is so boring and I cannot wait for hockey, but it looks like there will be none for a long while now oh well
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Of course they can’t agree. The Kings won the stanley cup. Of course they won’t let us carry on as usual!
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Who else experienced a tinge of disappointment when they slowly realized the headline didn’t say, “Doan’s Day
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Lake Forest Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
@Duncanz, I went from midnight to six
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Stuart Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
@Lake Forest, it knocked your [stuff] in the dirt?
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Lake Forest Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
@Stuart, It’s like laying on the ground and wishing you were closer to it!
variable Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
@Duncanz,
you want to give him a key to the city…..?
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luc20rules Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 7:30 pm
@variable, Really, I don’t see the fixation on Doan at all. Ok, he would give us like a 1 or 2% boost in our quest for the cup. Maybe 3% if there is an injury and he move up to the top 6, but in that event the chances probably drop 5% first, so it a net -2%. Also long range it means one of our young guys doesn’t play & develop. I think at this moment without Doan the Kings realistically have a 30% chance of winning the cup next year. Things have to go right the top 5 & Quick have to stay relatively healthy and be completely healthy for and thru the playoffs. If that happens it maybe about 50+%. Then there’s momentum if the Kings are healthy and rolling going in kick it up to 60+%.
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I really need someone to explain to me why Bettman says they will not play under the current agreement
Am I wrong in recalling that the players caved completely in the last lockout and the owners got pretty much everything they wanted?
So now they’re still losing $$?
It’s insane. Either they’re (Bettman/owners) the worlds biggest bunch of morons, Greedy b@stards, or just have total hatred for the fans of the sport.
How else can you explain losing $$ from a deal you shoved down the players throat previously?
I really didn’t think either side would be stupid enough to allow the league to go thru what it went thru the last time.
Hopefully this is like most negotiations where there’s sabre-rattling until the final hours when they’re under the gun and get a deal done.
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
@nykingfan, all of the above….and he’s just a complete douche bag!
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Stuart Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 2:42 pm
@nykingfan, how can it be the players’ fault if the owners are donkeys that try to get around the CBA they demanded in order to sign the players to stupid-money contracts??? The owners are their own worst enemies!!! yet the players, and by way of the lockout – us fans, pay for their stupidity!!! I’m so glad the Kings won because if the NHL never opens it doors again, I can die a happy man!
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:13 pm
@Stuart, agree, agreed, in agreeance and….did I mention I think your right? concur +1000000000000000
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Duncanz Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
@Stuart,
For heights of stellarness, this rivals your argument that you’re happy with a Kings thug getting his own back on an oppsing player, even if it means losing a critical game for the penalty incurred …
…. Are you suicidal or something?
I might be wrong, but I think the rest of us want hockey.
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Stuart Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
@Duncanz, Then we can carpool to Ontario…
Duncanz Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
@Duncanz,
Well, I’m glad there’s a bright side!
KC23 Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:53 pm
@nykingfan, Again, you write exactly as I feel on a subject. You ever get out here for a game we’re meeting up. Well said!!!
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nice photo of father and son…
really cool…
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Isn’t it funny that 8 months ago we were calling for Dean’s head?
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Duncanz Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
@hockeyguy24,
Some of us (term used loosely) were …
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What, where’s all the Jonesing for Shane Doan today?
A take on HockeyNerd versus BringBackButchGoring, this blog’s very own World War Doan, if you will:
Forget about Shane Doan. As far as LAK is concerned, Shane Done. Although one never knows how things might shake out injury wise, and Doan would be an outstanding ‘depth insurance gambit’ at worst, there are too many good reasons to say adios, do svidanya, and adieu to Mr Doan.
1. In a ‘long view,’ he’s just not that _needed_, which IS relevant for several reasons. No need for shortsighted desperation driven by narrow ‘big fish’ delusions, especially since:
2. Next summer’s UFA class is pretty impressive. That looks like a FAR better time to go shopping with some significant cap room— for the likes of Corey Perry, Jarome Iginla, Ryan Getzlaf– plus Filppula, Morrow, Hartnell (purposely overlooking Alexander Edler since LAK probably won’t be looking so seriously at UFA defensemen). That’s a game Lombardi will want to get serious about, taking a run at Perry or Getzlaf– and man would I _love_ seeing Iginla lacing ‘m up for LA to finish out his career! This isn’t rocket science—at similar ages would you rather have Doan or Iginla? Exactly! A Doan deal cannot be allowed to mess with that. Lombardi’s too smart for that.
3. Although Brown is 2 years from going UFA, Dean Lombardi’s history would indicate an extension will be in the works next summer or fall, and the captain and heart of the roster is a lock for a nice raise (if other GMs are even considering paying Doan–a more worn and slightly lesser version of Brown–$7M, Brown would certainly be in that range or higher, and Lombardi won’t jeopardize that negotiation –in fact it would be prudent for him to step back and watch how this Doan hoopla works out in a market he’s not influencing; *this and other in-house business may be easily overblow, of course, ‘Gagne’s money’ should be available, some of Penner’s perhaps . . ., cap structure will have changed, so no one knows exactly how that all will work out).
4. Lombardi’s a patient man who naturally takes the long view, more of a chess player than a ‘heat of the moment’ guy (thank godness!), it’s not likely he’ll be all that smitten with some shiny Shane, just because he’s the biggest fish in a small UFA pond. And so _
Unless Mr Doan would rather don the black and white than make more money elsewhere, he’s Shane Done in LA. What will matter far more than the location of Doan’s next locker, is how healthy the present LAK roster is come March, April, May .. June. As a matter of record, the pieces are there on paper– at the moment. Job One — stay healthy. Nothing trashes a good team’s prospects like injuries do. Anyone recall the Jason Allison infirmary era?
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puck73 Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 9:08 am
@wes, Great insight on free agency next summer Wes. Man! although many may hate Perry on this site, that guy is dominant! If Dean could sign that guy next summer, wow! What a major coup that would be for this organization!
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Stuart Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 9:16 am
@puck73, no thank you! I would rather have Filpulla or even Hartnell… It would be worse than having Bird or McHale, heck, even Ainge, come to the Lakers in their primes. It would never feel right to root for them.
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KC23 Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 9:50 am
@wes, Perry would be awesome. Getzlof is a lazy bumb. I think the obvious choice there is Hartnell. Huge chemistry guy that is already tight with several King players.
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Man,does DL look old in that picture. Apparrently. working for Leiweike and having TM for a coach will do that to you!
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Duncanz Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:45 pm
@purge73,
Yes, but never underestimate the immense value of a good, healthy dollop of adversity!
Now maybe you will start to understand how crucial TM was to our inevitable Cup run.
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@Stubborn,
Maybe we can “mulepool” ….
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Memo to the NHL-Time to invest in a new and improved table skirt for the Stanley Cup
Memo to Dean-Time to buy Pops a house in a little better neighborhood.
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Duncanz Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:53 pm
@JackKentCooke,
You noticed the conspicuous lack of any type of curb and channeling as well, did you?
And did you spot that they don’t even dignify the Lord a real table to stand on.
It’s just the Stanley Cup trunk itself.
Horrors!
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Props to you Dean. Well deserved.
GKG!!!!!!!
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C’mon, Genius, don’t be shy. It’s OK to touch the thing now that you’ve WON IT! Congratulations, Dean and dad!
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Surprised Dean wasn’t on the Cell Phone with a GM trying to get a mid-round draft pick in exchange for a day with the cup.
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Gustavo Reply:
August 9th, 2012 at 10:05 pm
@luc20rules,
LOL..he was. You just can’t see his blue tooth on his left ear
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Dwight Howard to LA…bummer. Looks like the LAK will be relegated to 3rd fiddle at Staples Center deep into the playoffs for years to come.
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luc20rules Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 6:40 pm
@Gustavo, While Kobe still has flurries of greatness. I really think he is only about 86% of his peak ability. It isn’t age its just the abuse that he has taken over the years driving to the rim. His fingers on his shooting hand have been broken or dislocated how many times now? Then there is Howard’s back surgery which is very serious and he is unlikely to start the season(9 months after the surgery)? LAL is not built for the future like LAK are in my opinion. Even with Howard LAL still falls to the Heat in the finals.
DL enjoy the cup victory, you have earned it, and have many that have criticized your ways to the championship jumping on the much expanded bandwagon.
Go Kings Go!
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Good to see DL happy with his father and The Cup.
He deserves the fruits of victory.
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I have known Dean and his family for many years. His success has not changed his fine character. He is very modest and considerate of others and that is what counts. It is the inside of an individual and not the outside appearance that matters.. That he is still in contact with his buddies that he has known from the time he was 6 years old says a lot about him. He is not too proud to stay in contact with them He comes from good German stock on his mother’s side. His mother lives in Germany.
Dean, stay the way you are and also congratulations to your wife WandaMae, who also must get some credit for your success.
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tellmeY Reply:
August 14th, 2012 at 8:02 am
@Gustel MuellerU, nice posting….let’s have him stay and be a Life long KING!! He’s brought much happiness to the people of LA.
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Thank you Dean for bringing it home. UMASS is proud to be a part of the celebration. J. Quick is our man. Western Mass is riding the wave
Dean Thank you again. A life long Kings Fan from Greenfield Mass
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Well deserved, Dean! Thank you!
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