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Doughty Told His Ice Time Will Drop; Top Pair Hard at Work

Elliotte Friedman's latest edition of 30 Thoughts features plenty of Kings talk. He leads off with discussion of Slava Voynov's self-deportation and Mike Richards' eventual hearing, but he then moves on to some tidbits on the defense which were not previously revealed. The full article is here.

First off, how about Drew Doughty being told that his new goal for time on ice is... 25 minutes per game? In 82 games last season, Doughty only played under 25 minutes in SIX. Two of those were in the season's opening week, while three of those were in the season's closing stretch, which lends some credence to the fact that Doughty was finally feeling a little worn out.