Thornton interview
Lombardi said that Thornton, who also had a no-trade clause, gave him a list of four teams he would like to go to that he thought could win the Stanley Cup. The Kings almost had a deal with one of these teams but then that team went and did a large deal that ended up keeping that one from happening.
The Lombardi interview is coming up next ...
``I wasn’t really looking forward to leaving my kids for a couple of months so I’m happy to be able to stay with them. I’m a little disappointed that this team is not in the playoffs. That’s probably the biggest disappointment right now.
``I just do the same thing every day, I come in and do my job. Who knows what they’re going to do down the stretch here, whether it’s going to be a revolving door of kids or if we’re just going to stick with what we got and play it out. I don’t know if they have a plan yet as to what they’re going to do. All we can do is come in and act like a pro every day.
``We all want to win. This is my 18th year and I haven’t won. So of course I would love to win a Cup, but I’m also aware it would have had to be a perfect fit for me to go somewhere and it just wasn’t meant to be. Meanwhile, I don’t want to cheat these guys out of anything the last 18 games so I just have to hold my head up and play hard every day.''
forgot the " at the end of the second quote.
I hope they keep you thornton!