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Robitaille: Kings should go unaffected by AEG news

Echoes of Hope Honors AEG CEO And President Tim Leiweke At "ALL IN WITH TIM" Charity Poker Event

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 23: Canadian professional ice hockey player Luc Robitaille participates in the “ALL IN WITH TIM” Charity Poker Event held at the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on June 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images for Echoes Of Hope)

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The recent news of Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) being taken off the market and the resignation of Kings governor Tim Leiweke has some fans wondering if it will have a drastic effect on the team itself.

Los Angeles’ President of Business Operations Luc Robitaille tells Jon Rosen of L.A. Kings Insider that there shouldn’t be any issues with how the team is run.

“Nothing’s going to change from day-to-day operations. I run the business operations, and Dean [Lombardi] runs the hockey operations, and the way it is right now is the way it’s going to stay. Our ownership group stays the same. A lot of us were discussing with Dan [Beckerman] from time to time, so we don’t see anything changing.”

Considering how surprising the news was of AEG turn of events was, Kings fans should be relieved to hear this. After all, we’ve seen how ownership shuffling and front office issues have affected other teams negatively.

Hearing it come from Robitaille also has that added effect of getting good news from someone everyone in L.A. loves. Even if there was bad news, having it come from him would somehow make it a little better.