Posts About "Drew Doughty"
Why The Leafs Need to Trade for Drew Doughty
April 26th, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs have done several things right over the course of the last few hockey seasons. They have drafted phenomenally, brought in the right hockey people to the front office and made some key trades at critical positions such as goaltending. The trade for Frederik Andersen is the main reason the Leafs have been able to...
Drew Doughty, Forever a King?
April 21st, 2018 “I always wanted to be an L.A. King and I want to stay an L.A. King." Those exact words were uttered from Drew Doughty's mouth in a recent interview with NHL.com following his team's early 2018 NHL playoff exit. The encoded message was distributed through various mainstream and social media channels and decoded by Los Angeles Kings...
Doughty Deserves Norris After Career Season
April 13th, 2018 With the 2017-18 regular season ending this past weekend, many experts and pundits are releasing their picks for this season's awards. Among the most hotly debated topics is who will win the Norris Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman. Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning appears to be the favorite but I would argue that for my money...
Kings Dealt Major Blow After Game One
April 13th, 2018 On Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Kings suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Vegas Golden Knights in game one of their first round Western Conference Playoff series. Although the game was played in a tight checking, low scoring manner that is typically favorable for the Kings, the silver and black were unable to garner meaningful...
Will Karlsson or Doughty Test Free Agency?
February 22nd, 2018 Long gone are the days of big names dominating July 1; or ‘Free Agent Frenzy Day,’ as us hockey fanatics choose to see it. It is a new age in the NHL, as teams tend to lock up their franchise studs a year before their contracts end and star players’ longevity with their initial team is longer than ever before. High-end players have...
Matthew Tkachuk is More Than the League’s Best Pest
January 26th, 2018 Just 123 games into his young career, Matthew Tkachuk has 29 goals, 82 points, and 147 total penalty minutes. The sixth overall pick in the 2016 NHL draft has just eight less penalty minutes than the rest of the top 10 picks of that draft combined. Tkachuk has been coined a ‘pest’ by many around the NHL, but he is so much more than...
