Numerical roster
According to the Kings' site, here's what it will be...
Forwards
7 -- Derek Armstrong
9 -- Oscar Moller
11 -- Anze Kopitar
15 -- Brad Richardson
17 -- Wayne Simmonds
19 -- Kyle Calder
22 -- Brian Boyle
23 -- Dustin Brown
24 -- Alexander Frolov
25 -- Matt Moulson
26 -- Michal Handzus
28 -- Jarret Stoll
41 -- Raitis Ivanans
56 -- Rich Clune *
67 -- Marc-Andre Cliche *
73 -- John Zeiler *
Defensemen
2 -- Matt Greene
3 -- Jack Johnson
5 -- Peter Harrold
6 -- Sean O'Donnell
8 -- Drew Doughty
21 -- Denis Gauthier Jr.
42 -- Tom Preissing
Goalies
31 -- Erik Ersberg
35 -- Jason LaBarbera
* - injured reserve
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Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at rich.hammond@dailynews.com.
Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews.com.
Really excited about numbers being out?
So nice you posted it 7 times?
you can post it 7 more times, but until I see O'Sullivan nestled neatly in between Kopitar and Richardson, it's just one big pile of stank.
Thanks Rich, didnt quite get it the 1st time
I really thought Purcell would get in the lineup
wow that's a lot of rookies.
I'm going for a #8 Doughty jersey.
I taught Rich how to post post.
Last Thursday, I finally sent an email to the Kings' web guy asking him to correct the roster errors that always seem to be a problem. In part I said:
"Fans really want to be able to go to lakings.com and see an accurate, updated roster all of the time. Jersey numbers are a no brainer. Every player on the ice has a number and it should be on the site regardless of where each player might end up. Just my two cents, but I have to tell you, a LOT of people feel the same way."
Sure enough, the guy answered my email right away and after a little back-and-forth that I won't post here, he was kind enough to correct the mistakes and log the jersey numbers! So if you see a mistake, let the guy hear it.
worth a look. http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/10591/manchester_monarchs200809_season_preview/
I really like keeping the jersey numbers for the forwards and defensemen, for the most part, between 2 and 29. You know, old school.
Wow, I count 7 rookies if you include Richardson and Ersberg (aren't they still rookies??)
And I count 9 if you count Cliche and Clune (they're on the list).
What does everybody think -- too young and a prescription for disaster or the best approach??
Or both??
"What does everybody think --too young and a prescription for disaster or the best approach?"
Well, we've been debating that all summer long, over and over and over again.
Time to drop the puck and see.
We need to sign a player whose last name starts with "N."
Well...we signed a POS...and we need one less Z in the lineup...
average of $2.925 million per year but will pay him $4 million in the upcoming season
Per KuklasKorner.com
The Kings will announce their captains tomorrow at 10am on their official website