"Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi said Tuesday he won't trade the rights to restricted free-agent defenseman Drew Doughty even though they've been unable to agree on a new contract.

"There's no way," Lombardi said when asked about trading Doughty to break the stalemate.

The Kings have offered Doughty up to nine years at an average annual value of $6.8 million but he indicated he doesn't want to sign for that long and give up several years of unrestricted free agency. Doughty also rejected offers of six to eight years. He remained home in London, Canada, while the Kings prepared to start exhibition play with a pair of split-squad games against the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday.

Although a five-year deal seems a reasonable compromise, the Kings want to avoid that because it would put Doughty and top-line center Anze Kopitar on the unrestricted free-agent market at the same time. The Kings then might have trouble retaining both players under a salary cap whose formula will be determined in the next collective bargaining agreement. The current labor deal between the NHL and the NHL Players' Assn. expires next September.

Lombardi also said he had not spoken to Doughty's agent, Don Meehan, on Tuesday.

Visor works for Stoll

Veteran center Jarret Stoll can clearly see the benefits of wearing a visor.

After experiencing a few close encounters with errant pucks last season — and mindful of the serious eye injury suffered by Vancouver Canucks center Manny Malhotra — Stoll decided to wear the eye protection in training camp. He plans to keep it this season, starting Wednesday against the Coyotes at Staples Center.

"I've been wearing it all summer and I don't even think about it now," said Stoll, who is expected to center for Kyle Clifford and Scott Parse on Wednesday. "I don't expect any changes back to just the helmet."

He adopted the visor, he said, "to prolong my career, is probably the easy way to say it. The game's so fast. It can be dangerous at times if we don't protect ourselves. There's been a lot of situations lately, Manny Malhotra for one. I guess last year I had a couple times where I had some scares."