The legendary duo, with a combined 32 seasons in Los Angeles, couldn’t be more different until it comes to the ice and their shared desire to compete and win
Now in their third decade with the Kings, captain Anze Kopitar and alternate captain Drew Doughty have transformed from fixtures into granite sculptures inside the dressing room.
“They are different, in terms of personality, but if you see the big picture, they’re the same,” Kings winger Kevin Fiala said. “They want the same things, they know the same [experiences], they just want to win and they know exactly what it takes.”“Kopitar is more, um, adult. I can say that. That says it all,” Fiala said.
Doughty was a generational talent prospect on defense that could have been a No. 1 pick in many drafts, though he ended up being taken second in 2008 behind another two-time Stanley Cup winner, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Steven Stamkos. “Kopi and Drew, they know what it takes to win, they know what it takes to play in Los Angeles. The L.A. Kings logo means something to them,” he continued. “We’re very fortunate that we didn’t have to go get that type of player just to be part of the rebuild, they happened to still be our best players.”
While Kopitar and Doughty will undoubtedly bring their seasoned and sagely presences to the Kings’ mix this season, coach Todd McLellan said he now had the “ability to hand some of that off to others,” like alternate captain Phillip Danault and leading goal-scorer Adrian Kempe.
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