This is because Deano won't trade or sign a true NHL Goalie - he sings the likes of an injured Cloutier a few years back & the guy came off surgery & had not even played in an NHL game since the surgery !

But as long as the Kings are owned by guys whho are out putting up & taking down Real Estate signs & messing w/ over paid soccer players, they will never see Deano for the bad GM he really is.

Tim Leiwieke knows less about the game & Kings in particular than I have forgotten ! I have been a long suffering fan since the Kings started in '67 & the common denominator has been first, terrible GM's - George Maguire traded away 1st round pick after 1st round pick for a boatlaod of fading stars. And since Rogie patrolled the crease, we have had no Netminders worth a damn except for Hrudey who was good, never great & for a time, Mario Lessard, who didn't have a team around him.

The NHL should force AEG to sell this team as they have no interest in the product on the ice whatsoever & get a hockey knowledgable owner(s) and a true proven GM in here then & only then will we have a shot.

And the Kings part time beat, ahem, write of the times, Helene Ellito says 2 days ago the Kings need a Goalie -gee, Helene, ya think ?! Then again, she shares the duty with AP, aka Asscoated Press as even the LA Times can'd find a quality hockey writer!