NHL musical chairs

TSN's Bob McKenzie's most recent article is all about the expected avalanche of hrings and firings at the end of the season. What should concern Flyers fans in this article is the mention of head scout Dean Lombardi as being targeted by the Islanders and the Bruins. Lombardi was previously GM of the San Jose Sharks and is credited with drafting and developing several solid players including Patrick Marleau and Brad Stuart (since traded to -- yes, you guessed it -- Boston). In my dream world, Bob Clarke is finally put out to pasture and Lombardi is given control of the Flyers. This, however, will never, ever happen until either Clarke or team president Ed Snider dies. Since that's the case, if I were the Flyers, I would offer Lombardi however much money it would take to make him stay and give him the promise that whenever Clarke steps down he'll be next in line.