“I debated saying something but I didn’t. I don’t know … whatever. He can say whatever he wants. It doesn’t really affect us,” Doughty said. “I don’t even know what to say about that.”
Added Doughty, “To be honest everyone talks about this ‘buddy’ thing but we really aren’t that close. We really aren’t. We basically work out at the same gym and that’s about it.”
This hits back at a big storyline from two playoffs ago when Couture talked about how he and Doughty spend social time with one another every summer, but had to put their bond on hold for the postseason.
“We hang out by the pool, play some tennis, play some basketball and just be kids,” Couture said. “Two summers ago — I don’t know if the Kings want to know this — but we were short a goalie and he threw the pads on and played goal. He was actually a pretty good goalie, he stopped me a couple times. He brings that up often.”
Before their 2011 playoff series,
Doughty called Couture “a good buddy of mine.”