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Sun Nov 06 10:44am EST

Video: Let’s all be thankful Drew Doughty wears a visor

By Greg Wyshynski

Visors, visors, visors … since Chris Pronger's(notes) eye injury on Oct. 24, and his prickly reaction to potentially having to don a visor upon his return, the issue has been at the forefront at the player safety debate.

Defenseman Drew Doughty(notes) of the Los Angeles Kings wears one; and after this shot by James Neal(notes) of the Pittsburgh Penguins deflected up into Doughty's face on Saturday night, let's be happy he does:

Doughty played 25:01 in the shootout loss, taking regular shifts for the rest of the third and into overtime.

From The Royal Half, it appears Doughty also had a screw loose. Or two:

Video: Let’s all be thankful Drew Doughty wears a visor

TSN's Gord Miller wrote on Twitter last night, "We'll never know for sure, but after watching a shot hit Drew Doughty in the visor, it's quite likely that the shield saved Doughty's eye."

While that might be a bit of hyperbole, Doughty's lucky he didn't test the theory; and the Kings are lucky their $56 million investment is well protected.

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