To look forward, Drew Doughty and Anze Kopitar have to look back. That's when they start rattling off the names of the people who guided them when they first broke into the NHL.
Rob Blake is one of them. So is Dustin Brown. Matt Greene is another, as are Dean Lombardi, Mattias Norström and Jarret Stoll. The guidance they all provided helped take Doughty and Kopitar from promising teenagers - Doughty was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2008 NHL draft and Kopitar was the No. 11 pick in 2005 - to franchise-changing stars who spearheaded the Los Angeles Kings' run of two Stanley Cup championships in three seasons from 2011-12 to 2013-14.