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Doughty Contract

That's not how I read it at all

Having just posted my thoughts on tonight's Rich Hammond post, I find that I wasn't the only one. Here's Surly and Scribe: Lombardi And Drew Doughty’s Agent Set The Parameters On His Deal Two Weeks Ago? That Sounds Familiar, Doesn’t It? " S U R L Y & S C

Reading the Doughty Tea Leaves

Lombardi: Not much new on Doughty front " LA Kings Insider [...] we’ll jump back into things with the latest update on the Drew Doughty contract talks, courtesy of a chat today with Dean Lombardi. There have been no new discussions in the past two weeks. Keep this in mind when

"I would not be surprised if he was a holdout"

I would not be surprised to find out that this comment was supposed to be off-the-record. [UPDATE: Rudy points out in the comments that "this is pretty clearly a plant by Dean to make Doughty nervous." I'm kind of embarrassed I didn't think of that.] Kings assistant Ferreira been around

I Disagree with Bobby Scribe

Shea Weber, Drew Doughty & Market Value " S U R L Y & S C R I B E L.A. Kings Hockey Blog Shea Weber received an award of $7.5 million for one season. That makes him the highest paid defenseman in the league. For one season. That does not

Weber award is $7.5MM (HIGHEST EVER); so Doughty deserves...

Whatever it was Drew Doughty was asking for, it just went up. I know it's apples-to-oranges. I know Shea Weber had arbitration rights and Doughty doesn't. I know Weber is a half a decade older. I don't think it matters. Of course it matters to Lombardi's argument. Doughty/Meehan can

Make Your Doughty Predictions Here -- Win a Terry Murray Golden Seals card (or something even better!)

Make your prediction in the comments. One prediction per commenter. No revisions. Your first prediction is your prediction. In case of a tie after the tie-breakers, the win goes to the person who got his prediction in first. Everyone who predicts the cap hit within $250,000, and term exactly

Meehan says Doughty "would be willing to stay"??

Did I read that right? The ball appears to be in the Kings' court in talks with Drew Doughty - latimes.com It's apparently up to the Kings to end the long lull in talks on a new contract for restricted free agent defenseman Drew Doughty. Don Meehan [...] said Tuesday