Drew Doughty is mad with a lack of team success and he is very open about not taking it anymore.
Speaking at the start of training camp today, Doughty stated that he wants the Kings to be a winning team again. ""We were embarrassed with the last four seasons," Doughty said. "Since we won the last Cup, it's been shit."
While Doughty's personal stats have looked great since the Kings Won the Cup in 2014, their second in three years, the team fortunes have gone down. In the last five season, they failed to make the playoffs three times and were eliminated in the first round the other two years. Doughty meanwhile, has had three All-Star appearance, won a Norris Trophy in 2016, and finished second in the voting in 2015 and 2018.
In the 2017-18 campaign, Doughty had a career best 60 points to go with +23 rating. That fell to just 45 points with a -34 last year, as the Kings dropped to below .500 with a 31-42-9 record. Clearly Doughty is frustrated with himself and the team, but the front office did very little in the offseason. Other than extending Adrian Kempe, trading away Jake Muzzin for a prospect and draft pick, and buying out Dion Phaneuf, the team looks to be leaning toward rebuild mode rather than contender status.
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