Sutter: Doughty 'a long ways' from potential

Darryl Sutter, via LA Kings Insider, on the development of defenseman Drew Doughty.

"When you do all the analytics on athletes, he’s a long ways from being as good as he’s going to be, just because of his age.”

Do tell.

“You learn to manage your ice time better, you learn to manage what’s going on on the ice, you become a better shot selection guy, you become a better penalty killer, you become a better power play guy, you learn the league better, you learn players on the other team better, you learn nuances of star players, you learn to handle the schedule better in terms of your practice habits and your nutrition and what you do on game days, all that stuff. What can you do better? As I said, there’s a big difference between being 25 and 35.”

Source: Jon Rosen, LA Kings Insider

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