So often on the ice, Drew Doughty takes matters into his own hands. So it would make sense for him to do so off the ice.
When it came to negotiating a contract extension with the Kings, Doughty eschewed his representation and took the unusual route of dealing with general manager Rob Blake himself. That resulted in the eight-year, $88-million extension that became official Sunday, along with the signing of Ilya Kovalchuk.
“My agent did an amazing job for me forever and I’ll be friends with him until the day I die, but in the end, if you punch the numbers in and they’re taking 3%, the amount of money I saved doing the deal myself is ridiculous,” Doughty said.