TORONTO — Oh, Drew Doughty. Never change.



In a sport dominated by polite athletes wanting to avoid stirring the pot, the superstar Los Angeles Kings defenceman continues to be as unfiltered as they come in the NHL.



In recent years, he enjoyed coming back to his native province to stir things up. His contractual future was a popular subject as Maple Leafs fans drooled in their dreams at the thought of Doughty patrolling the Leafs blueline one day. The native of London, Ont., was only too willing to stoke the fire by dropping some comments the last few years pondering what it might be like to play for Leafs.



And you never quite knew with him whether he was only kidding or not, or whether it was a Machiavellian side to him to tease the rabid fan base.



“The things I said to the media, they were a little bit true, but at the same time I was just saying those things to make sure L.A. didn’t think I was for sure staying so they could...