Drew Doughty signed an eight-year, $88 million extension with the Los Angeles Kings over the weekend. Los Angeles keeps their core defensive piece in place. What does this all mean? What impact may it have down the road? Let’s take a look.
Drew Doughty contract explained
Again, thanks to CapFriendly, contracts are easier to dive into quickly. Doughty’s extension does not kick in until 2019-20. He will earn $7,000,000 for the 2018-19 campaign. Doughty negotiated this new deal with Rob Blake mostly by themselves. This quote from Helene Elliott:
Doughty regarding negotiating his own deal: ‘I was thinking about that for years.