The Kings, after reaching a verbal agreement last night, have signed restricted free agent defenseman Drew Doughty to an eight-year contract, Kings President/GM Dean Lombardi announced today. The eight-year contract is the longest player contract in club history. Kings center Anze Kopitar and defenseman Jack Johnson both signed seven-year contracts, and former Kings great/Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky signed an eight-year contract in 1988 (after the first year that contract was extended from seven years to nine years).