Kings GM blasts Oilers over trade

if you've been fleeced twice should you open your mouth?....maybe get another team doctor?

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Originally posted 10:08 AM ET  07.09 by DENVERROB

if you've been fleeced twice should you open your mouth?....maybe get another team doctor?

no kidding!! he doesn't have a Dr check these guys out and he whines that he got taken?

Caveat Emptor.

The red droid had a bad motivator, so they'll end up taking the little blue R2 unit...

It was a BeeEss trade to move Smyth home, and shed some cap. Why get all worked-up about it? Take a second-rounder or something, and be done with it. Sheesh.

You would think that, going into the off-season (with the media hawking for every last scrap of dirt) that an experienced GM would know to play his cards closer to his vest, and learn to keep his yap shut.

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Originally posted 10:15 AM ET  07.09 by mhwings

no kidding!! he doesn't have a Dr check these guys out and he whines that he got taken?

You're right. If Dean Lombardi failed to have his team Doctor look into a player's health matters before agreeing to a trade, the joke's on him. He's guilty of gross negligence.

...Focus on signing Drew Doughty, Dean. That's the ticking bomb you really need to defuse.

Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice....

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Originally posted 10:39 AM ET  07.09 by icehound01

...Focus on signing Drew Doughty, Dean. That's the ticking bomb you really need to defuse.

You're exactly right. Sign Doughty! He should be thanking his lucky stars he was able to dump Ryan Smyth's contract, which is what he wanted. Now he has the money to sign Drew. Git 'er done!

It was more the legal aspect of these players' status, and why wouldn't Lombardi know? If these guys are unusable, how about Brad Richards? or Sid, for that matter.

Stamkos?

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Originally posted 10:37 AM ET  07.09 by roamer

You're right. If Dean Lombardi failed to have his team Doctor look into a player's health matters before agreeing to a trade, the joke's on him. He's guilty of gross negligence.

He is still pissed off about the fleecing he took in the Penner deal.

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Originally posted 11:12 AM ET  07.09 by whale2

He is still pissed off about the fleecing he took in the Penner deal.

Like Shiprock said in post #7, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice.... "

With a team that has been bad as the Oilers have been lately, you should trade for their draft picks not their players. Lombardi was fooled twice. To paraphrase the old adage, shame on you, Mr. Lombardi.

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Originally posted 11:00 AM ET  07.09 by shiprock

Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice....

He said it best?

QUOTE(#15):

Originally posted 11:19 AM ET  07.09 by Canuck eh?

He said it best?

LOL And was voted in a second time

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Originally posted 11:19 AM ET  07.09 by roamer

Like Shiprock said in post #7, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice.... "

I remember back when the N.Y. Yankees used to trade players with the old Kansas City As and fleece them every time. Some never learn.

The Oilers need to strike back!

Time to offer Doughty that 10-year $75 million offer sheet.

The Kings will match, but it will screw up their cap situation for years to come. If the don't match, which is unlikely, you get one of the games best at a price of only two firsts, a second, and a third.

...define, drama.

That was for the 'other' thread - how's that happen ???

QUOTE(#19):

Originally posted 11:39 AM ET  07.09 by Argos.

The Oilers need to strike back!Time to offer Doughty that 10-year $75 million offer sheet.The Kings will match, but it will screw up their cap situation for years to come. If the don't match, which is unlikely, you get one of the games best at a price of only two firsts, a second, and a third.

...Blew coffee outta my nose, reading this. Thanks, Argos. This needs to happen.