Even though, by this afternoon, everyone was fairly certain the Kings would draft defenseman Drew Doughty with the No. 2 pick, there was a nervous moment for Doughty just before the draft started.
Sitting in the stands with his family, Doughty watched as Kings GM Dean Lombardi and Calgary GM Darryl Sutter had a long conversation and shook hands. Doughty thought the worst.
``I kind of buried my head in my hands,'' Doughty said. ``I said, `Oh, no.' I really wanted to be a L.A. King.''
Doughty, who grew up as a fan of the Wayne Gretzky-era Kings, was concerned that the Kings had just traded their No. 2 pick to Calgary. Doughty was quite relieved to learn that while the Kings did trade a first-round draft pick, it was their No. 28 pick and had nothing to do with him or the No. 2 pick. A few minutes later, Doughty became a King.
the dude really wants to be a King!
and Colten Teubert after a few trades.
I don't know much about the guy, but Lombardi seemed to really like him.
according to rich hammond:
-- Doughty's hockey sense is ``off the charts'' and the Kings targeted Teubert from the beginning because of his great toughness, which he called ``an element that's missing in our group.''
Here's the official NHL video on himand today the Kings bought out Dan Cloutier! hoo-ray