"This summer of free agency could shape up to be another one fraught with high-level pursuit for the Los Angeles Kings. Last summer, they pursued and failed to attain Ilya Kovalchuk and this summer it's likely they'll be in the hunt for Brad Richards. They've got some other business to attend to first and getting soon-to-be restricted free agent defenseman Drew Doughty signed to a long-term deal is at the top of the list.

Last season's Norris Trophy finalist is set to cash in in a major way and with a few teams set to have a lot of cash to spend and salary cap room to play with, taking a chance on having Doughty hit the restricted market isn't too appealing. While the Kings are set to have plenty of cap space themselves, leaving it up to other teams to set the stipulations isn't too appealing."