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Kings GM: Sutter has contract offer to return
- Updated: May 6, 2016
6:31 PM ET
LOS ANGELES — Coach Darryl Sutter has a contract offer to return to the Los Angeles Kings, and the club is waiting to find out whether he will accept it.
General manager Dean Lombardi said Friday that the Kings’ deal is “very fair” to the two-time Stanley Cup champion coach.
“Darryl has an offer on the table,” Lombardi said. “I think there’s an offer that’s certainly respectable. I don’t think this is about money. It’s (more about) are we ready to do this? That issue of where we’re going, and where we are, is always out there. It’s a different challenge.”
In his first public comments since the end of the Kings’ season, Lombardi said he isn’t concerned that Sutter might not return for a sixth season. Instead, Lombardi emphasized that he believes the 57-year-old Sutter just wants to make sure the Kings are going in the right direction after their second straight season ended too early for the former champions’ taste.
Los Angeles won the title in 2012 and 2014, but missed the playoffs last …
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