We’ll examine Dean Lombardi’s rise and fall as the general manager of the Los Angeles Kings in detail in the coming days, but an interesting note from TSN and ESPN once again underscores how pivotal loyalty was to Lombardi’s greatest successes and his greatest failures as a GM. Upon news of Lombardi’s dismissal by the organization, it sounds like members of both the team and the larger staff personally visited Lombardi to offer condolences last night.
...last night several Kings players went to his house to console him after his firing. Not ruthless enough?