Posts Tagged ‘ Darryl Sutter ’

Paul Holmgren slips past Brian Burke to become Dean Lombardi’s #1 trade partner

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February 27, 2013
Paul Holmgren slips past Brian Burke to become Dean Lombardi’s #1 trade partner

Yesterday’s trade sending Simon Gagne to the Kings East Coast Affiliate gives Flyers GM Paul Holmgren a total of 5 trades with the Kings since Lombardi took over in 2006, surpassing Brian Burke, and taking over the number one spot. For a complete run-down of all 54 of Dean Lombardi’s trade, look here. For...
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Why the Kings won’t get stale — and why they will

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July 22, 2012

Does Dean Lombardi want to stand pat? – Jewels From The Crown Usually, Cup-winning teams lose a face or two in the offseason. But every roster player who was an unrestricted free agent re-signed with the Kings, even though they likely could have made more on the open market. This tidbit from Elliotte Friedman...
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Darryl Sutter’s Assistant Coach Checklist

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July 18, 2012

  • Former head coach
  • From the Western Conference
  • Young (at least, not over-the-hill)
  • Really hands-on
  • Good communicator
  • Better coach than me
  • Someone I want to spend 18 hours a day with, for 10 months

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Whither Clifford?

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July 4, 2012

Of the six left wings mentioned -- Brown, Penner, Gagne, King, Nolan and Clifford -- one of them (Gagne) is almost certain to leave after next season (if he can even make it through 2012-13 healthy), and another (Penner) is not any kind of lock to return after next year either. I would say,...
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Lombardi takes elevator to the top – ESPN Los Angeles

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June 28, 2012

The Los Angeles Kings had just clinched their first Stanley Cup title in franchise history, and general manager Dean Lombardi, in his sixth season at the helm, was rushing from the press box inside Staples Center to the arena floor, hoping to reach the ice in time for the Cup presentation by NHL commissioner...
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I love this I don’t understand this

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June 15, 2012
I love this I don’t understand this

How did this come to be?


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“These guys, you know what, since March 1st, they’ve lost about six games. They’ve taken a lot of public negativity towards them. Look what they’ve just done. Pretty awesome. Tells you what type of players they are.” – Darryl Sutter

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“You look at the big picture now, and I was right on how I thought about what type of players these guys were.” – Darryl Sutter

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Stupid Media Narratives, Ctd.

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June 7, 2012

My favorite part of all of this is how the talking heads (no, not those Talking Heads) whip themselves up in a frenzy with their own made-up narratives ("destiny" "inevitability" "unbeatable" "historic"), and then wheel around and mock their own made-up story like it betrayed them. They set their little plot in motion, and then...
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New Jersey has taken one perfect shot in this series, and it won them game 4

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June 6, 2012

This is why I hate home ice. I just f***ing hate it. I know it’s irrational. Meanwhile (and contradicting what I just said) Darryl Sutter is right. This game was just like the other three games. Could have gone either way. My eight year old was yelling at the TV, “PENNER YOU IDIOT!” I’m...
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