Ghosts of Kings past

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When Michael Cammalleri has had a tough game and needs advice, he turns to the locker next to his at the Kings’ Toyota Sports Center practice facility.

`` `Wayne, what do you think I should have done with that one,’ ’’ Cammalleri asks.

That’s former Kings great Wayne Gretzky whom Cammalleri is querying. And, even though Gretzky is there in name only and is actually the coach of division rival Phoenix, Cammalleri swears he answers back.

Gretzky isn’t the only Kings great who still has a locker at Toyota Sports Center. The five Kings whose jerseys are retired -- Gretzky, Luc Robitaille, Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor and Rogie Vachon -- all have lockers with nameplates, though Vachon’s is temporarily down to make room for Matt Moulson up from Manchester with Kyle Calder on injured reserve.

It’s the work of equipment manager Darren Granger, who said he got the idea from the Detroit Red Wings.

``It’s a nice tough,’’ Cammalleri said. ``I really like it. Obviously, when I got Gretzky beside me I was pumped. It makes you think of the guys who played here and the work they put in.’’

Patrick O’Sullivan is another King with a prime seat next to Robitaille, who still works for the Kings as president of business operations but prefers his office to the locker.

``I think more than anything it’s showing respect for what they’ve done for the organization, and it can be a reminder of where this game was before we got here,’’ O’Sullivan said. ``A lot of great players have played in this organization and it’s nice to see their names.’’