MonkeysUncle
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Good points, I think when it came to Lombardi I get the feeling he was absolutely getting burned out, you had the Slava problem, the Mike Richards problem then on top of that you had Luc in ownerships ears telling them look I can do a better job with my people. Is it a coincidence that so many of Lombardi's people have left or have been forced out of the organization. The way to resolve situation is to either clean house, which is the preferred solution or bring someone in to replace Luc as President of all hockey operations and then let that person make changes they feel are necessary and that should be someone with zero ties to organization.Great point by Rosen about how there was no one in the room who disagreed that PLD would help the team. What does that tell you about everyone in the room?
As for Lombardi, he should have been given the chance to rebuild. I don’t care what bad trades were made. He deserved the benefit of the doubt. It’s clear Luc was in ownership’s ears telling them he knew how to continue generating playoff revenue. Yes, the direction needed to be changed, but unfortunately, Luc came in and changed the culture again.
You can put Luc back In marketing or a so called consultant for public relations.