London minor hockey product cashes in

Congratulations to London minor hockey grad Drew Doughty on his newly minted $56-million, eight-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings. Pretty sure this makes Doughty the highest paid athlete from the London region, ahead of Jeff Carter of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Joe Thornton of the San Jose Sharks and Brian Campbell of the Florida Panthers.
Personally, I was hoping the contract impasse with the Kings would lead to a swap of Luke Schenn and someone to LA for Doughty.
No such luck.
Here's what hockey writer Damien Cox of the Toronto Star said about the Doughty deal - and the very real possibility the Kings will win the Stanley Cup this season.

Couture in running for Calder

Congratulations to London, Ont., minor hockey product Logan Couture for being one of the three finalists for the Calder Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year.
A former Junior Knight (naturally), Couture is a buddy of the greatest young defenceman in hockey, also a London product, Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings.
Couture stars for the San Jose Sharks - amusing that the Sharks and Kings are playing each other in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Toronto Star has the rookie nominees story. And The London Free Press has a great piece about this city's Stanley Cup participants.