Fantasy Update
Apr 16, 2014
Rotoworld
Drew Doughty (upper body) will be available for Game 1 on Thursday.
LA Kings Insider 13 hours ago
April 22 morning skate quotes: Kings
Drew Doughty, on whether there’s a way to explain the defensive lapses: There is a way to explain it. The bottom line is we weren’t playing the way the LA Kings play normally. We completely got off our game, not for the full 60 minutes. There were flashes of where we showed how the LA Kings should be playing and we dominated at those points. We need our leaders to step up, lead the way and then we need everyone else to follow and we need to come together as a group. Be the team we know we can be. [...]
LA Kings Insider Apr 19, 2014
April 19 practice quotes: Darryl Sutter
On whether an extra day between Game 1 and Game 2 is beneficial: Yeah, it’s good. [Reporter: Do you get a reset coming home a little bit, too? You did that last year, too, when you had the extra day.] I don’t think last year’s got anything to do with this year. On his evaluation of Drew Doughty’s first game back: Good. [Reporter: Anything that stood out in the way he played? Or just normal Drew?] He was fine. On what Mike Richards needs to do to “get going”: I don’t think it’s one player. I think Mike was good [...]
Rotoworld Apr 16, 2014
Drew Doughty (upper body) is 'good to go' - Drew Doughty (D) Los Angeles Kings
Drew Doughty (upper body) will be available for Game 1 on Thursday.
LA Kings Insider Apr 15, 2014
Doughty participates fully; “I’ve known I’m good to go”
With Robyn Regehr having returned for Saturday’s game against Anaheim and Drew Doughty participating fully in practice, the Los Angeles Kings appear to be in as good health as can reasonably be expected after 82 regular season games. “We’re a hundred percent,” Darryl Sutter said. “That was the importance of having a full practice today. A full practice means everybody out there. That’s a good thing.” And while Doughty has been given the clean bill of health – he was deemed to be 100% after the the Anaheim game – a more significant question will be addressed when he...
Ducks Blog | Orange County Register Apr 13, 2014
Doughty sits out, reiterates he'll be ready for playoffs
LOS ANGELES – Drew Doughty’s playoff preparation will be limited to the Kings’ practice ice. Doughty, the Kings’ top defenseman, is recovering from a shoulder injury and missed his fourth consecutive game Saturday, but Doughty remains adamant...
LA Kings Insider Apr 11, 2014
Doughty: “I’m ready to go whenever”
Drew Doughty resumed practicing on Monday, and though he traveled with the team to Alberta this week, he has not yet drawn into a game since suffering an upper-body injury in the first period of a 2-1 loss at San Jose on April 3. Along with Andrew Campbell, Tanner Pearson and Jonathan Quick, he was on the ice for practice at Toyota Sports Center at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Saying that he didn’t know whether he’d play against Anaheim in the season finale at Staples Center on Saturday, Doughty expressed confidence in his ability to step into the lineup when [...]
LA Kings Insider Apr 9, 2014
Eager Doughty prepares for eventual return
It happened on such an innocuous play. First period, divisional rivalry game, potential playoff preview. Drew Doughty was closing a gap on San Jose’s Tyler Kennedy when the Sharks forward backhanded it towards the Kings’ goal. The Los Angeles defenseman made a hard hit, though one that happens over a dozen times in any NHL game. Kennedy, who was steered toward the corner by the contact, was well-balanced and remained on his skates. “I think it was just kind of the way I hit him is what caused it to happen,” Doughty said after the team’s morning skate in Calgary [...]
LA Kings Insider Apr 8, 2014
King getting closer; he and Doughty travel
Dwight King, who hasn’t played since March 29 due to an undisclosed injury, has practiced for a full week and should be available for Darryl Sutter as the Kings finish up the road portion of the 2013-14 regular season schedule with games in Calgary and Edmonton on Wednesday and Thursday. “I think the week helped me,” King said. “Obviously to get back on the ice with the team is good and I got a couple reps in before these last couple games.” On a separate note, Drew Doughty has also made the trip to Alberta, per Lisa Dillman of the [...]
Los Angeles Times Apr 7, 2014
Kings' Drew Doughty returns to practice
The defenseman, who injured his shoulder in the first period against San Jose on Thursday, hopes to be ready by the start of the playoffs.For Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, the bottom line is being ready by April 16, the start date for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
LA Kings Insider Apr 7, 2014
No clear indication of Doughty’s return
Though Drew Doughty took part in line rushes, he did not remain on the ice for the full practice and declined to speak with reporters during the team’s post-practice media availability. With a playoff spot and the third seed locked up, and games that don’t have any bearing on the team’s standing approaching, it remains to be seen when Doughty’s return to the Kings’ lineup will take place. When asked whether it was an encouraging step forward to have Doughty take the ice for practice, Darryl Sutter’s response was brief. “Yep,” the coach answered. The Kings conclude the season...
LA Kings Insider Apr 7, 2014
Doughty practices; minor changes in lines, pairings
Drew Doughty is participating in Los Angeles’ practice at the Toyota Sports Center this morning, four days after he left a 2-1 loss at San Jose when he suffered an upper-body injury while making an open-ice hit on Tyler Kennedy in the Kings’ defensive zone. Paired with Robyn Regehr in line rushes, he left the ice shortly before 10:20 a.m. – roughly five minutes before practice began to wind down – though I wouldn’t read a ton into his early departure. We’ll learn more about his participation and recovery after practice. Lines and defensive pairings from today’s skate: Gaborik...
Los Angeles Times Apr 4, 2014
Kings coach downplays severity of Drew Doughty's injury
Doughty, who appeared to injure his shoulder in Thursday's game, continues on the trip with the team although he does not practice. On a positive note, sitting out may help him recharge before playoffs. VANCOUVER, Canada — The panicked hue and cry from the Kings' fan base when defenseman Drew Doughty left Thursday's game in San Jose was almost like that bleak November night in Buffalo when goalie Jonathan Quick suffered a serious groin injury.
LA Kings Insider Apr 4, 2014
Doughty’s injury not believed to be severe
The “upper-body” injury suffered by Drew Doughty in the first period of Thursday’ 2-1 loss in San Jose is not believed to be serious, and the Kings were guardedly optimistic that they may have dodged an injury bullet to the team’s most important defenseman. “He might play tomorrow,” Darryl Sutter said. When asked if the injury was serious, Sutter responded “No.” Doughty, who suffered the injury while making a hit on the Sharks’ Tyler Kennedy less than 10 minutes into Thursday’s game, did not take the ice at practice at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Friday as the Kings...
LA Kings Insider Apr 4, 2014
Doughty injured in loss to Sharks; team reacts
Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, who was playing in his 199th consecutive game, did not return after this open-ice hit on San Jose’s Tyler Kennedy during the first period: Announced as an upper-body injury by the team’s public relations staff during the game, the extent of the injury was unclear following Los Angeles’ 2-1 loss to San Jose. “I haven’t even talked to him,” Darryl Sutter said. “He didn’t feel good enough to come back, so leave it at that.” As of the time the team left the arena, it was not clear whether Doughty would travel with to Vancouver, where [...]
Home Ice | SI.com Apr 4, 2014
Kings' Drew Doughty leaves game vs. Sharks with upper-body injury
By Darian Somers It looked like a harmless play, but it caused Drew Doughty to leave the game. The Kings’ defenseman left Thursday’s game with an upper-body injury and is not expected to return, according to Lisa Dillman of the LA Times. Per Kings, Upper body injury. Not expected to return. #Doughty— lisa dillman (@reallisa) […]
