A couple weeks ago, the Los Angeles Kings announced that Andrei Loktionov will be getting a professional tryout (PTO) agreement in advance of the 2017-18 season.
PTOs are common; Devin Setoguchi, Paul Bissonnette, and Tom McCollum are among those to receive PTOs from the Kings in recent years. PTOs for guys who already have pictures of themselves drinking out of a Stanley Cup for that team? Less common! The forward has been around the block since departing Los Angeles at the age of 22, though, and it certainly doesn’t hurt the Kings or Loktionov to see if this works out.