Lombardi expands on Dowd, Gravel, Mersch & Forbort's auditions in LA this year + why Kings development model still works + makes obligatory football and baseball references + talks how Reign/Monsters parallels Kings/Sharks in 2014
Jewels from the Crown: Do you see similar parallels between this Reign-Monsters series and 2014 against the Sharks? Down 3-0, beaten in uncharacteristic ways, feels like the team hasn't played close to their best yet?
Dean Lombardi: Not really because the first two games in San Jose that year, we were completely outplayed.
I think it's different too in a sense that because minor league team personnel changes.