Ahead ? Well, in a way he is; ahead of screwing up as he most often does!

He boasts all last season about the youth & he didn't have the balls to land a true star on day 1 of free agency. He he has to trade 2 players(1 a 24 yrar old) to get a 2nd tier, 33 year old Forward in Smyth, but to me, trading the young, strong potential power forward to be, Brian Boyle, for a weak 3rd round pick in the next draft, was a terrible move by Dean Lombozo !
He, & all true fans know we can use another power forward, after Brownie, but no, Deano trades him away ! In case you wonder, as solid as Kopi is up front, he is not a power forward as he rarely uses his large frame against opponents.
I think Lombozo had a decent last off season - Doughty was a no brainer, even for G(eneral) M(oron) Deano! But I feel there were 2-3 better players when he made the first round pick in this year's draft, But again, this is the moron who signed G Cloutier, who had not played a single minute after his injury & surgery, to a huge contract! Ooooh, nice move Lombozo ! I mean, he way over-spent for this clown, yet won't lay out the cash for healthy, proven players.
No, as long as this weak excuse for a GM has that title of oiur Kings, they will go nowehere.
I have been a fan of the Kings since the inaugural season, some 42 years ago & I have seen bad GM aftewr bad GM here; for many yearsm it was Maguire who traded away first round pick after first round pick for aging or aged vets, then Nick Beverly was not much better, McMaster the Disaster was just that, as much as I love the player Dave Taylor, he was not a good GM - first round pick on David Steckel ?!
The root of this current problem is the, ahem, "ownership". AEG cares more about real estate, over-rated soccer players & funerals, than the team they own in the NHL. I mean, they were way under the Cap last season, so what happened to all the Kings revenue, which we, the fans, paid ? And so far, with all the soild free agents gone, the Kings are again under the cap.
Commish Bettman needs to step in & boot out AEG as owners, due to their lack of lack of hockey knowledge & their adverse effect on an NHL team!
They make a big move to Staples, priced me out of season seats & for what ? Look at the Ducks fown the freeway, look at what they have accomplished in their relatively short history - why ? a good GM over the years & solid ownership; both things our team desperately lacks.
I am just sick & tired of mediocrity, & less, by a professional franchise in what, 37 of 42 seasons!
Face it Kings fans, as long as AEG is involved & their lack of hockey abilities, to even realize the incompetencew of their GM, this teram is what it is & I for one, am tired of this & the same tired lines out of the mouths of ownership & the GM; well, at least that's his title in the Media Guides.