Murray liked what he saw from Doughty

As noted yesterday, Drew Doughty made his preseason debut in Hamburg and played a regular rotation with partner Willie Mitchell. No official time-on-ice statistics were kept, but given that the Kings rotated four defensive pairs, instead of their standard three, it allowed Terry Murray to ease Doughty back into the lineup. Here’s what Murray said about getting Doughty back, and whether he saw what he needed to see, in terms of Doughty’s preparation for the start of the season.

MURRAY: “Just in terms of being involved in the game, just to feel the pressure of what it’s going to be like when we get started. There was a lot of forecheck, a lot of speed coming at the defensemen. The Freezers, they have some players that are very quick, very fast and putting pressure on the defensemen. We turned some pucks over and they almost capitalized on a couple of others that they had, through smart forecheck pressure. I did like what I saw out of Doughty, in the fact that he got his first taste of the game this year.’’