I had a chance to sit down with Dean Lombardi earlier this week and he went in many different directions and touched on many different topics. Below there are 41 images, all of which were mentioned in the interview (except 1). I will start posting the interview on Friday (not sure yet how many parts it will end up being). Until then (some are easy, some are not so easy, some are automatic) take a stab at identifying as many people, places, books, movies/actors or logos as you can, without cheating!
WTF?? man this place really has gone down hill…
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LBlocal Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 6:14 pm
Lighten up, Francis.. http://youtu.be/0OnpkDWbeJs
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pr0cess Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 9:14 am
@LBlocal, **yawn
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I’m guessing that the building behind those Olympic runners is the El Cid Lounge.
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The Kings need to find a replacement for Rich soon this blog is going down fast!!!
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This blog will suck until there is hockey to play.
The fact that it now sucks so badly is a testament to the bloggers, and Kings fans in general. We are the most loyal, passionate and knowledgeable fans as any out there.
As long as this blog is run by the NHL __________________.
You fill in the blank.
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Munchrat Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 8:23 am
@Munchrat, *of any out there.
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What are you people complaining about? Hammond had intros to interviews many times over before he gave them. It wouldn’t surprise me that all of these subjects were discussed in an interview with Lombardi…
There is nothing to talk about. You’re going to take that out on Fox, Miller, and Evans? Really?
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Sancho Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 10:10 am
@Telos, yep, I agree 100% they’re doing the best they can. There’s no news, so it’s just filler until they resume play.
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LB Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 10:24 am
@Telos,
Exactly. What else is there to write about? An interview with Lombardi is actually interesting.
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luc20rules Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 6:13 pm
@Telos, +1
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The first one is a crotch shot of Diane Finestien. The second is a picture of an old Dodge truck. The 3rd is Sean Odonell last week pretending to go to work. 4rth is a pose the hockey gods make when denying your prayers to avoid a lock out. 5 is Ricko Suave. 6 is colonel Duesches Bagges. 7 is the fat guy from the street fighter game taking on Chun Li. 8 is the national banner for Gay Pride.
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DesertKing Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 11:33 am
@Dominick (defrim65),
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luc20rules Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
@DesertKing, Dom stopped at 8 the black ops helicopters must have gotten him.
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Kingsfanone Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
@luc20rules,
Those damn black ops!
Stuck Working... Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
@Dominick (defrim65),
I had to hold in my laughter in my office!
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Copper10-8 Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
@Dominick (defrim65),
Still laughing!
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Michael J. Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
@Dominick (defrim65),
Nice Dom, you brought a smile to my face on a cloudy day
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luc20rules Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
@Dominick (defrim65), didn’t see the Ducks banner anywhere?
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If you hover the mouse cursor over the picture, it tells you what it is. I don’t know how you fit General Robert E Lee in a discussion about hockey but I can’t wait to find out.
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luc20rules Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 9:14 pm
@Geronimo, Reference the Vancouver Cannots to a leader/team that wins a ton battles/Reg.Season Wins, but always loses the war?
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Anyone going to El Segundo tomorrow night besides puck and I? Hope I can buy tickets at the door.
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Michael J. Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 3:49 pm
@Dominick (defrim65),
I haven’t broken the news to my wife yet. If “all is well” I’ll text you when I’m on my way.
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I’m always up for a good Deano interview. Fire away Jim (and please disregard the haters, your work is appreciated).
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this is fantastic foxy! those images are so random, but i guess coming from Dean that’s to be expected. Hard to say what that “except 1″ is as I’m betting it’s something obvious like Jeter just to throw us off.
Thanks boys for all the hardwork in maintaining this blog. We do miss Hammond, as he’s been a staple to Kings reporting for so long. So ignore the haters, adjustment is always hard. Better to have you guys post up stuff than nothing at all. Hextall interview was phenomenal. Love hearing about players and management’s thoughts on things, so the more of that, the better.
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Kings Fan In Temecula Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 10:51 am
@aj, true but it still hurts :S
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today might be the most crucial day of negotiations…if momentum is lost after today, it’s gonna take longer for hockey to get back on the ice – if it does at all…
i sincerely thought that if the winter classic got cancelled, so would the season shortly after….i was wrong…however, I think if they can’t get at least 50 games in, it’s not much of a season…
reports say that the NHL only needs 10 says to get the season started if a deal is struck…
really….?
that seems optimistic to me….
anyway, with the 50/50 split being agreed to, the major topics still left on the table are…:
- the “make whole” provision that would honor current deals at their full value…
- entry-level contracts
- UFA rights
- escrow
those are just the major ones still needed to be agreed upon….
well…i’m starting to feel more optimistic right now…i hope I feel the same way tonigh/tmrw…(!)
as in life, this is a fluid situation…
stay thirsty, NHL and NHLPA…(!)
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DesertKing Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
@variable,
You forgot:
- Evil Load”s bar tab
- Fehr’s “escort” tab
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goldielocks Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
@variable,
The report said NHLPA offered 2 proposals. One for revenue sharing and one for “make whole provision”. As for the “make whole”, they are still proposing phase-in that gets 50/50 by year 3. So they withdraw the previous proposals to make “make whole”? NHL thought they agreed to it but apparently not.
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luc20rules Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 6:28 pm
@variable, The NHLPA should have made the “w” in “make whole provision” in caps because the past history is the NHL mounting the NHLPA every 7 years or so in negotiations.
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This lockout is really killing my buzz!!!
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I have been a silent reader of this blog for many years and am troubled about the comments that this blog and it’s content now being furnished by Fox, Miller, and Evans has gone down hill. I would like to commend and applaud these three great hockey people for there contributions to this blog for all Kings fans during this terrible lockout. Fox’s enthusiasm, Miller’s historical perspective, and Evans informative point of view are welcome in my eyes. Yes, Mr Hammond made this a very successful blog and place for all things Kings. But to be so googly eyed over him when he was an admitted non Kings fan is silly, and the bashing of his replacements is wrong. The Kings organization will find a great replacement to bring us news about the team we so dearly love. Until then, Thank you, Bob, Jim and Daryl. Looking forward to your DL interview Jim.
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Historical figures- Grant, Lee, Rommel-”Desert Fox”, Jeter, WWII Soldiers-Iwo Jima, Lombardi, bust of Plato, I beleive that is young picture of LEE at West Point, Ali, Lamorelo, Holland, A picture from the Paper Chase-series or A Simple Mind, Lombardi’s law philospohy book his first year of law school, Brian Murray, OJ Simpson, The Cover of Titus Andronicus?
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@Fox @Miller @Anybody- Why were the Kings not featured on the cover of sports illustrated? I will take my answer at pwrsk8@aol.com if anybody knows the answer.
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DesertKing Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 6:26 pm
@Bonvivant,
They don’t look good in bikinis?
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Kingsfanone Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 8:02 pm
@DesertKing,
Yeah, but the girls still look great lying in nachos & cheese tho!
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DesertKing Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
@Kingsfanone,
mmmmmmmmmmmmm, nachos…………..
Thanks Jim Hope all is well
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Wow! What did Dean miss? Looks like the only things he forgot were Bob Eucker, the Shah of Iran, and feminine products.
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The meeting is over. Don Fehr will address the media shortly.
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Lake Forest Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
@goldielocks, keep the updates coming! THANKS MAN!
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goldielocks Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 4:59 pm
@Lake Forest,
They will meet again tomorrow. The good thing is Bettman is not complaining this time.
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variable Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 4:54 pm
@goldielocks,
cue the leonard cohen…
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is this blog still on DST….?
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Neil Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 7:13 pm
@variable, We are all ahead of time in our lives!!!!
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Kingsfanone Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
@variable,
Strangely enough, my initials are DST. I had nothing to do with it!
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here’s the latest from tsn…published about 15 minutes ago…
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=409085
so we wait another day…but at least they are still talking…:)
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goldielocks Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
@variable,
I heard the process will take at least a week at the begining of the meeting this week. So I’m speculating it’s going to be sometime in the next week if they are to reach the agreement.
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variable Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
@goldielocks,
time is of the essence….
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goldielocks Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
@variable,
Yes, indeed. The ideal situation at this point is reaching agreement by the Thanksgiving, and opening the camp after that. So they can start the season Dec 1st.
There is a rumor for 72 game season but I don’t know … 60 games sounds reasonable to me.
DesertKing Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 6:36 pm
@goldielocks,
Kings would open on the road in that scrnario.since the Clippers have a 7:30pm game at Staples on the 1st and the Lakers have Staples on the 2nd starting at 6:30pm.
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luc20rules Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 9:11 pm
@DesertKing, It could be a day game. Dec 1st is a Saturday & Dec 2 is a Sunday.
DesertKing Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 9:39 pm
@luc20rules
They won’t raise the banner at a day game.
luc20rules Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 6:37 pm
@goldielocks, Word is that this season the NHL is planning to go thru the end of June. That means an extra 18 days to add to the regular season April 25th or so instead of the regular April 7th. Also I would imagine they would add about 6 days to the schedule by cancelling the All Star Game as well. They could likely save a few days by tightening up playoff schedules toward the end of the series. How many times did the Kings wait more then 10 days in the last playoffs for other teams to finish a series.
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Michael J. Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
@variable,
I know… But, WHY could they not have met in August???
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variable Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
@Michael J.,
because peeps that negotiate in all sports play a game of chicken until they convince kramer that he bought a rooster – and it’s mainly because of a huge lack of trust between owners and players…
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Bettman: “We have a lot of work to do and we’re working hard.”
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Robert R Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
@goldielocks, He still sucks fat tool.
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luc20rules Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 6:39 pm
@goldielocks, There was a ton of work in August, and Robert R addressed whats happened for most of the summer.
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I saw the photos of today’s NHLPA practice in the TSC. They all look in good shape. I suspect Cliffy lost some pounds on him.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20137022@N05/sets/72157631964739444/
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Shakes Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 10:10 pm
@goldielocks, whoa. I forgot about Kyle Clifford.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-finally-getting-serious-bargaining-194900391–nhl.html
About as pro-Bettman as can be.
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@TreyParker & @MattStone, when will there be a South Park about the NHL CBA Negotiations?
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Lake Forest Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 10:11 pm
@luc20rules, I would freaking LOVE that. Both Kings fans
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DesertKing Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 10:15 pm
@luc20rules,
+1, but since they provide insprational Cartman videos for the Kings games, I am sure that the Evil Load would find some connection forcing South Park into taking a job with an OC newpspaper covering UCLA football.
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luc20rules Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 12:31 am
@DesertKing, LOL, that Evil Load and his half peanut rotten heart.
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Hello, you have reached the voicemail for Dean Lombardi, general manager of the Stanley Cup champions Los Angeles Kings Hockey Club. Sorry, I can’t answer your call right now so please follow the prompts. If you are a reporter with a question, please press “1″ so you can be connected to our “no comment” line. If you are a player seeking information, please also press “1.” If this is Tim Lieweke calling reference my contract extension, please press “6″ then “11″ then “12″ to hear the last 5 minutes of game 6 when we WON THE STANLEY CUP then add “0′s” to the offer. If this is Gary Bettman, please press “1″ also so you can check our “no comment” line. If you are a charity wondering why the Kings organization hasn’t been participating in its normal charity events, please hang up and call 1-800-EVIL-LOAD to a receive an explanation reference the connection between the words “stupidity,” “lockout,” and “collateral damage.” If this is The Briggs wondering why you haven’t been called for opening day, please remember that this is LA, our city our home, the home of the STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS. If this is Rich Hammond, yep, we all miss you. For everyone else, please wait for the tone and leave a message.
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100% OFF TOPIC…has anyone received the Bob/Jim calling game#6 DVD yet?
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luc20rules Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 8:18 pm
@A Cup B4 I Died!, I got mine weeks ago. You had be one of the 1st 1000 to order the Kings Championship Book. Kings Win the Cup, got my DVD, all before death could come knocking I am on a roll.
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