Kings on thin ice with fans

As the Kings finish their season of rebuilding with a hopeless record, I can’t help being bitter. Teams change, understandably. General managers and coaching staffs in all sports come and go. For the Kings, the time had come last season.

But the new regime went further by ousting loyal and competent staff members who had worked 15, 20, even 30 years for the organization. The new regime erased a whole history of the team they loved. They disowned the Kings’ past. That is why I request that Philip Anschutz, Tim Leiweke and Dean Lombardi rename the team.

Long lived the Kings. The Kings are dead.

TINA GUSTIN

Westminster

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Alas, another dismal Kings season comes to a close. Management, and that includes Luc Robitaille, told us that we are three years away from a Cup contender. As it looks right now, the team is three years from making the playoffs.

The team had two young goaltenders in [Mathieu] Garon and [Jason] LaBarbera. Last year with those two, when one went cold, the other was hot and vice versa. Why ruin that and bring back a guy who hadn’t played in two years and now three years? [Dan] Cloutier proved he couldn’t stop a beach ball in goal. Waive him, cut him, but do something because he is not the answer, not even in the short term.

And as long as changes are being made, is it possible to get a sportswriter to cover the Kings who knows something about hockey? Chris Foster is the absolute worst writer The Times has ever had to cover the team.

MATT JAROSCAK

San Dimas

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Losing never felt this good. After 40 years, the Kings are finally doing something right. After 40 years, we finally have a future to look forward to, with a stable of young talent and draft picks to build on. After 40 years, the team actually has a plan and somebody intelligent enough to carry it out, even if he did make a bonehead decision on Cloutier. After 40 years, my dream of a future Stanley Cup finally looks a lot closer.

BRUCE SALTZER

Glendale