Drew Doughty out month to month after fracturing ankle

[jackjohnson]

Not the first time we've been without Doughty for a significant chunk of the season.

I think last time he had a major injury, you guys had more depth on D, right??

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I think last time he had a major injury, you guys had more depth on D, right??

That’s a fact Jack!

 

[Martyros]

at that age, more like year-to-year.

 

[Statto]

Why did they want them traded? Really weird

Several reasons.

Walker was poor in his last 2 seasons, very ordinary at best. Injury absolutely played a part in that. Durzi was a giveaway specialist that had a habit of causing back breaking goals. Throw in the fact they were ‘blocking’ Clarke and Spence along with salary cap pressures and they needed to be moved.

Pretty much everybody wanted Walker gone, although there was more of a split with Durzi. Both played far better last season than they did with the Kings. Character wise nobody had a problem with either and Durzi’s ‘jam’ was appreciated.

I think that covers it. For the record I wanted both gone and stand by that being the right decision. Whether we got value for Durzi is debatable but at the time the trade for Walker was fair IMO.