Via @LAKingsPR, four players will wear numbers different from those they’ve previously worn:
Derek Forbort – 7 (previously 84)
Previously worn by: Terry Gray, Bryan Campbell, Skip Krake, Dick Duff, Real Lemieux, Mike Murphy, Phil Sykes, Tomas Sandstrom, Jim Paek, Dan Quinn, Kevin Brown, Ed Olczyk, Steve McKenna, Nelson Emerson, Jaroslav Bednar, Cliff Ronning, Derek Armstrong, Rob Scuderi, Andrej Sekera
Christian Ehrhoff – 10 (previously 44)
Previously worn by: Howie Hughes, Jim Stanfield, Vic Venasky, Steve Carlson, Rick Martin, Bernie Nicholls*, Dave Morrison, Scott Gruhl, Brock Tredway, Victor Nechayev, Terry Ruskowski, Bob LaForest, Phil Sykes**, Blly O’Dwyer, Morris Lukowich, Sean McKenna, Mike Allison, Dennis Smith, Warren Rychel, Jeff Shevalier, Neal Broten, Don MacLean, Donald Audette, Mathieu Schneider, Nathan Dempsey, Alyn McCauley, Brayden Schenn, Marco Sturm, Mike Richards
Jordan Weal – 19 (previously 60)
Previously worn by: Brian Kilrea, Mike Corrigan, Howie Menard, Butch Goring, Jim Fox, Larry Robinson, Jim Thomson, John Druce, Jeff Shevalier, Russ Courtnall, Len Barrie, Bob Corkum, Nelson Emerson, Sean Avery, Kyle Calder, Kevin Westgarth
Nick Shore – 21 (previously 37)
Previously worn by: Bill White, Matt Ravlich, Al McDonough, Serge Bernier, Phil Hoene, Dennis Abgrall, Glenn Goldum, Scott Gruhl, Dave Morrison, Rick Blight, Anders Hakansson, Glen Currie, Peter Dineen, Bon Carpenter, Wayne McBean, Barry Beck, Tony Granato, Kai Nurminen, Olli Jokinen, Josh Green, Bryan Smolinski, John Tripp, Brian Willsie, Denis Gauthier, Scott Parse, Matt Frattin
*worn by Nicholls in November, 1981
**worn by Sykes in January, 1984
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