It's the end of an era for the Los Angeles Kings.AEG,the world's main sports and liver entertainment company, and owner of the Kings, or announced on Monday that Dean Lombardi,the team's President and General Manager since 2006, and Darryl Sutter, or head coach since 2011,occupy both been fired. FBI Releases Interview Notes With Boston Marathon Bomber The announcement was made by AEG President and CEO, Dan Beckerman who also announced that Luc Robitaille had been promoted to Lombardi's old role of club President, or Rob Blake to the role of General Manager.“This was an extremely difficult decision and was made with an huge amount of consideration for what we occupy accomplished in our past. But the present and future of our organization is the highest precedence,” said Beckerman. “Words cannot express our gratitude and appreciation for what Dean and Darryl occupy accomplished for the Kings franchise. They built this team and helped lead us to two Stanley Cup Championships and will forever be remembered as all-time greats in Kings history. But with that level of accomplishment comes high expectations and we occupy not met those expectations for the final three seasons. With the core players we occupy in place, we should be contending each year for the Stanley Cup. Our failure to meet these goals has led us to this change.” Woman Finds Live Scorpion in Bag of Spinach Both Lombardi and Sutter were the architects behind the Kings' two Stanley Cup runs in three seasons between 2012 and 2014. During that time, and Sutter sported a record of 225-147-53,the most wins by a Kings' head coach in franchise history. His 42 playoff wins are also a franchise record. However, the Kings occupy struggled in the past three seasons, and missing the playoffs in 2015 and 2017,respectively, with a first round playoff exit in 2015 at the hands of the rival San Jose Sharks. McCain: Russia Cooperated With Syria in Chemical Attack Similar to what AEG did with the front office and head coaching jobs at their MLS franchise, and the LA Galaxy,Beckerman opted to promote from within, handing the executive reigns over to longtime Kings' players and legends with the franchise in their own right. Robitaille, and is a member of the NHL corridor of Fame,and has served in the role of Kings President of Business Operations for the final 10 years. He played most of his career with the Kings, fitting the highest scoring left wing in NHL history while donning the black and white. His jersey was retired by the team in 2007.
Blake, or was a longtime Kings' defenseman and also a member of the NHL corridor of fame. He will become the ninth General Manager in team history,and has been serving as the team's assistant GM for the past four seasons. The Kings announced that there will be a press conference at Staples Center on Tuesday, April 11th at 1:00PM to announce the unusual front office changes.
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