I’ve never agreed with the idea that there was this intense fan pressure to keep Kopitar and Doughty “for the culture” once it looked like the rebuild was on. This is LA. I really think a good third of fans who go to games these days wouldn’t recognize either player off the ice and if they do they don’t have some deep understanding of what they’ve done in their careers. If either had been dealt for a good return, the fans would have quickly gotten over it.
I mean he traded Quick for no reason and still had plenty of folks lining up to shill for what a genius he was for trading a 1st for two rentals.