Dean Lombardi Trade History 2006-present

by Quisp on Jun 7, 2011 2:55 PM PDT

With the draft approaching, I got to thinking about Dean Lombardi's trading habits. I wondered whether there was any pattern to whom he trades with. This chart is the result of that time-wasting endeavor. So far, it doesn't reveal anything we didn't already know, except maybe that a number of the GMs Lombardi deals with are affiliated with USA Hockey.

This is a work-in-progress and will be updated as new trades occur. If anyone sees any connections I have missed -- not to mention trades I might have overlooked -- speak up. The hive mind is smarter than any one of us!

If I'm counting correctly, Lombardi has made trades with 28 GMs and 24 teams. He's made five deals with Brian Burke, three with Darryl Sutter. The six teams he has not traded with (yet) are: Predators, Canadiens, Senators, Devils, Islanders and Penguins.

Fun fact: Lombardi traded away Pavol Demitra, Brent Sopel, Craig Conroy, Mike Cammalleri, Mattias Norstrom, Jason LaBarbera, Ryan Munce, TJ Fast and this year's 1st round pick, and all he got back was:

Justin Williams
Trevor Lewis
Wayne Simmonds
Oscar Moller
Dustin Penner
Nicolas Deslauriers
Dwight King
Johan Fransson
Andrew Campbell
Kevin Gravel, and
Jean-Francois Berube

			Kings relinquished	Kings acquired	the other GM	rel.
1	6/24/06	Blue Jackets	7r194	2007/7r188 (Matt Fillier)	Doug Maclean
2	6/24/06	Rangers	4r104	4r114 (Niclas Andersen), 5r144(Martin Nolet)	Glen Sather
3	6/24/06	Wild	Pavol Demitra	Patrick O'Sullivan, 1r17 (Trevor Lewis)	Doug Risebrough
4	7/5/06	Canucks	2007/2r33, 2009/3r66	Dan Cloutier	Dave Nonis
5	9/30/06	Hurricanes	Eric Belanger, Tim Gleason	Jack Johnson	Jim Rutherford
6	1/20/07	Lightning	Ryan Munce	2008/4r92 (23)	Jay Feaster
7	1/27/07	Lightning	Jason Ward	5r137 (Joshua Turnbull)	Jay Feaster
8	1/29/07	Flames	Craig Conroy	Jamie Lundmark, 4r109 (Dwight King), 2008/r2r48 (18)	Darryl Sutter	Sharks coach 97-02
9	2/5/07	Rangers	Sean Avery, John Seymour	Marc-Andre Cliche, Jan Marek, 2008/3r81 (22)	Glen Sather
10	2/26/07	Canucks	Brent Sopel	2r61 (Wayne Simmonds), 2008/4r101 (22)	Dave Nonis
11	2/27/07	Stars	Mattias Norstrom, K. Pushkarev, 3r64, 4r94	J Modry, Johan Fransson, 2r52 (Oscar Moller), 3r82 (Bryan Cameron), 2008/1r28 (19)	Doug Armstrong
12	6/23/07	Capitals	6r154, 2008/4r93	4r95 (Alec Martinez)	George McPhee
13	12/10/07	Stars	Evgeny Fedorov	2008/6r179 (24)	Les Jackson, B. Hull
14	2/19/08	Flyers	Jaroslav Modry	3r88 (Geordie Wudrick)	Paul Holmgren	USA Hockey, Flyers
15	2/26/08	Ducks	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	7r185 (25)	Brian Burke	USA Hockey
16	2/26/08	Red Wings	Brad Stuart	2r61 (21), 2009/4r119 (34)	Ken Holland
17	6/4/08	Blues	T.J. Fast	2009/5r137 (34)	Larry Pleau
18	6/20/08	Flames	Mike Cammalleri, 2r48 (8)	1r17 (19), 2009/2r51 (31)	Darryl Sutter	Sharks coach 97-02
19	6/20/08	Ducks	1r17 (18), 1r28 (11)	1r12 (20)	Brian Burke	USA Hockey
20	6/20/08	Sabres	1r12 (20)	1r13 (Colten Teubert), 2009/3r74 (33)	Darcy Regier
21	6/21/08	Avalanche	2r61 (16)	Brad Richardson	Francois Giguere
22	6/21/08	Sabres	3r81 (9), 4r101 (10)	3r74 (Andrew Campbell)	Darcy Regier
23	6/21/08	Sharks	4r92 (6)	2009/4r117 (35), 2010/5r148 (Kevin Gravel)	Doug Wilson
24	6/21/08	Blackhawks	6r179 (13)	2009/6r178 (Brandon Kozun)	Dale Tallon	USA Hockey
25	6/21/08	Blues	7r185 (15)	2009/7r197 (Nic Dowd)	Larry Pleau	USA Hockey
26	6/30/08	Oilers	Lubomir Visnovsky	Jarret Stoll, Matt Greene	Kevin Lowe
27	7/1/08	Flyers	Patrik Hersley, Ned Lukacevic	Denis Gauthier Jr, 2010/2r59 (39)	Paul Holmgren	USA Hockey, Flyers
28	7/31/08	Stars	Lauri Tukonen	Rich Clune	Les Jackson, B. Hull
29	9/30/08	Ducks	cond.	Sean O`Donnell	Brian Burke	USA Hockey
30	12/30/08	Canucks	Jason LaBarbera	2009/7r202 (35)	Mike Gillis
31	3/4/09	Hurricanes	Patrick O`Sullivan, 2r51 (18)	Justin Williams	Jim Rutherford
32	6/27/09	Rangers	Brian Boyle	2010/3r70 (Jordan Weal)	Glen Sather
33	6/27/09	Flames	3r74 (20)	3r84 (Nicolas Deslauriers), 4r107 (34)	Darryl Sutter	Sharks coach 97-02
34	6/27/09	Panthers	4r107 (33), 5r137 (17)	2010/3r63 (38)	Jacques Martin
35	6/27/09	Thrashers	4r117 (23), 4r119, 7r202 (30)	4r95 (Jean-Francois Berube)	Don Waddell
36	7/3/09	Avalanche	Kyle Quincey, Tom Preissing, 2010/5r139	Ryan Smyth	Greg Sherman
37	3/3/10	Blue Jackets	cond.	Fredrik Modin	Scott Howson
38	3/3/10	Lightning	Teddy Purcell, 3r63 (34)	Jeff Halpern	Brian Lawton
39	6/25/10	Panthers	1r19, 2r59 (27)	1r15 (Derek Forbort)	Dale Tallon	USA Hockey
40	6/26/10	Avalanche	2r49, 4r109	2r47 (Tyler Toffoli)	Greg Sherman
41	6/26/10	Maple Leafs	3r79	2012/3rTOR	Brian Burke	USA Hockey
42	6/26/10	Thrashers	6r169, 7r199	6r158 (Maxim Kitsyn)	Rick Dudley
43	12/11/10	Bruins	cond.	Marco Sturm	Peter Chiarelli
44	2/28/11	Oilers	Colten Teubert, 1r19	Dustin Penner	Steve Tambellini

A few things:

the number with an "r" in it (e.g. ""1r19") indicates the round and overall number of the pick (1r19 means first round, 19th pick over-all) in the year the trade was made.
If the trade involves a pick from another year, that is indicated by the year followed by a slash (e.g. 2010/5r139 means the 5th round pick, 139th overall, in the 2010 draft).
There is one instance when the trade involves a pick in a draft that hasn't happened yet (trade #41, 2012 draft); since we can't know what exact pick that is, it's referred to as "2112/3rTOR," which means it's Toronto's 3rd round pick in 2012.
Every pick acquired by the Kings is followed in parentheses by the name of the player the Kings drafted; unless of course Lombardi subsequently traded away the pick, in which case you will see a number in parentheses instead of a name. This refers to the subsequent trade number (first column) in which Lombardi dealt the acquired pick.
If Lombardi traded away a pick he previously acquired via trade, that pick is followed by the number of the original trade in parentheses.
The trade numbers are assigned by me, as an aid in organizing the chart. I attempted chronological order.
Players names in italics are no longer in the Kings system.
The right-most column ("rel") indicates whatever scrap of connection I can come up with, between Lombardi and the GM in question. Maybe you'll help me fill in the blanks. Or maybe there's nothing to put there.

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Purcell for Halpern...

So far that looks to be the biggest dog of the lot. Well picking up Dan Cloutier for anything less than the trading team agreeing to pay his salary and supply a year’s supply of breakfast pastries is a bad deal too. How could ANY GM by that time think Cloutier would work out. Hell Detroit didn’t even give him a tryout this last season!

by Dutch71 on Jun 7, 2011 9:01 PM PDT reply actions

Maybe. But where would Purcell fit with the Kings? The top 6 is Kopitar, Penner, Williams, Stoll, Brown, and Smyth. Purcell doesn’t take any of those guy’s spots. So bottom 6? Handzus, Simmonds, Clifford, Lewis, Ponikarovsky, and Richardson. Who does he replace there? Nobody.

There was no role for Purcell so Lombardi moved him. And he got a chance with another club. Good for him that it worked out. It was never gonna happen in Los Angeles.

by Garrett79 on Jun 7, 2011 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

So it boils down to Cammy for Penner and Deslauriers

On paper at least that’s a great trade. I believe it will translate to greatness in reality too.

I also like how trading Patrik Hersley and Ned Lukacevic helped us land Forbort. Again, on paper it sounds like he’ll have an NHL career at the least while the other two may never make it.

Interesting chart Quisp, good read.

by Uni on Jun 8, 2011 11:38 AM PDT reply actions

That’s a useful way of looking at it. The way Deslauriers is shaping up, we might even be able to say in 5 years’ time that Cammy for Deslauriers straight up would have been a reasonable deal.

Seeing Norstorm defined that way makes me kind of misty-eyed. He came to the Kings as a young guy along with Ferraro (old guy with a couple of miles still left on him) and Lappy (another young guy who turned out well) in exchange for some old guys. And he left the Kings as an old guy in exchange for Modry (old guy with a couple of miles still left on him) and the pick that became Moller. It’s the pro sports version of the Circle of Life.

"Prepare your bladder for imminent release!" — Invader Zim

by DougX on Jun 8, 2011 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Now that I think about it

One thing really jumps out to me: DL has essentially traded only players who had proven they did not work for the Kings now or conceivably in the future. With the exception of Quincey where DL traded solid, young defense for more offense/leadership, I don’t see any true "give to get" scenarios here. In other words, who have the Kings ever traded that wasn’t essentially an unnecessary or problematic player? This includes past-prime during a rebuild types (Norstrom) and cap issue types (Visnovsky).

I think that as we begin to watch some of the better prospects reach the NHL-ready stage in their development we are going to see a shift in the kinds of trades that happen. I can see some rather uneasy-feeling trades coming up that feel like the Kings are losing quality players, or even taking risks. Otherwise, a lot of the trades to this point have been more or less weeding out the clear-cut misfits.

by Uni on Jun 8, 2011 12:14 PM PDT reply actions