The last time the Kings went looking for help on the left side it took almost the whole summer to figure out that Ilya Kovalchuk would be staying in New Jersey. Fortunately, this time around, it only took around 10 days to officially announce Marco Sturm had been traded to Los Angeles. While it may […]
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Sturm Completes St. Louis Circle
The Marco Sturm to LA trade is now complete. And while many will write about the past relationship between Kings GM Dean Lombardi and Sturm, there is another interesting aspect to the ‘full circle’ part of this story. It was on June 22, 1996 when Dean Lombardi – then GM of the San Jose Sharks […]
How the Sturm Trade Affects Schenn
About a week ago, in an article titled ‘The Complete Story on Brayden Schenn‘ we went through the trials and tribulations of the first 18-months between the Kings and their teenage center. It’s been marked by trade rumors, a knee injury, a one day contract, loopholes in league agreements and much, more. Well, just went […]
Final Audition?
When is the right time to cut bait with a prospect? Kings GM Dean Lombardi has openly said he probably waited a year too long with Brian Boyle, in terms of getting maximum trade value. It’s just so tough though. When a kid hasn’t even played a full season – or probably two – in […]
Kings-Wild Preview with Patrick O’Sullivan
Soon after Dean Lombardi arrived as GM of the LA Kings in 2006 he made two then-somewhat-unpopular trades. Eric Belanger and Tim Gleason were traded to Carolina for Jack Johnson. And Patrick O’Sullivan was acquired from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Pavol Demitra. It’s obvious at this point which ended up being the better […]