Archive of posts tagged Dean Lombardi

Lombardi discusses recent fortunes

Just had the chance for a quick phone chat with Dean Lombardi, who is doing some scouting on the East Coast and also catching some Manchester Monarchs games. Lombardi noted the irony of the fact that, as part of his trip, he intended to get a first-hand look at two of the Kings’ top forward [...]

A few reunions tonight

There’s a longstanding Kings-Flyers connection in place. Dean Lombardi was a scout for the Flyers before becoming Kings general manager. Terry Murray was the head coach and assistant coach in two stints with the Flyers. Kings assistant GM Ron Hextall was a part of the Philadelphia organization as a player and front-office member. On the [...]

Lombardi talks Sturm trade

During the first intermission, Dean Lombardi spoke about his trade with Boston for forward Marco Sturm. Lombardi stressed that the trade is still contingent upon Sturm passing a physical. Sturm will fly to Los Angeles tomorrow and have the testing done, starting Monday at 10 a.m. If he passes the physical, Sturm will likely join [...]

Lombardi talks about Detroit loss

I caught up with Dean Lombardi at practice today, to get his thoughts on what happened to the Kings last night in Detroit… Question: Was there a lack of killer instinct last night? It seemed like, going into the second period, you could have put them away, but it went completely the other way… LOMBARDI: [...]