LA Kings: Three best trades made by Dean Lombardi

Dean Lombardi made several terrific trades as general manager of the LA Kings.

LA Kings fans are, and always will be indebted to former general manager Dean Lombardi. He was an architect. After taking over GM duties in 2006, inheriting key players such as Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar, and Jonathan Quick, Lombardi was able to take those strong columns and create his own Parthenon.

Dean made numerous, very much notable trades to acquire key players for the Kings. In fact, eight out of the 19 players that played for LA in the 2012 Stanley Cup Final were acquired via trades made by Dean Lombardi.

While most of Lombardi’s moves were regarded as good trades, a few did not turn out so great.

Let’s take a look at three of the best trades made by the former LA Kings GM.