EL SEGUNDO — It’s a dead issue. The past is in the past. Dustin Brown said he has moved on.

The start of training camp Friday eased his and the Kings’ leadership transition, helping to put the upheaval of the off-season into their figurative rear-view mirrors.

Brown is no longer the captain of the Kings, a position he held after taking over for Rob Blake following the 2007-08 season. Anze Kopitar was given the job in a shakeup of Kings leadership after their first-round playoff ouster at the hands of the rival San Jose Sharks last spring.

Kopitar will debut as the Kings’ captain when he returns from playing with Team Europe in the World Cup in Toronto. Kopitar and Kings teammate Marian Gaborik advanced to the semifinals to play Sweden on Sunday, and it could be a few more days before they rejoin the Kings.

Meanwhile, Brown skated purposefully during the first of two training camp sessions Friday.

“It’s not really a fun thing to go through, but you try to learn from it and take the positives from it,” he said. “The only other option is an option I’m not interested in. Adversity, both individually and teamwide, if you take the right attitude, can make you better. That’s my approach.”

Brown referred to a demand for a trade, which he did not and will not make.

At season’s end, it seemed a shakeup was inevitable. Brown completed his fourth consecutive season without reaching 30 points after scoring 45 or more for six in a row. He scored only 11 goals for the second consecutive season in 2015-16, matching his career low for a full 82-game schedule.

Kopitar led the Kings in scoring for the ninth consecutive season and was named the Selke Trophy winner, given to the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game. He had 74 points, including a team-leading 49 assists while being matched against the top centers in the NHL.

Kings management, rather than the players, stripped Brown of his captaincy in June. Kopitar was the obvious replacement.

“The most important thing is on the ice he needs to be the player he is,” Brown said of Kopitar. “I think the off-ice stuff will take care of itself. He’s just got to be ready to play hockey. I think that’s the most important thing for him.

“I don’t think really much has changed inside this (dressing) room. That’s all I really care about. People are going to write what they write and think what they’re going to think outside this room. Coming back into this room, it’s all the same group of guys. We’ve all been through a lot worse. This is a minor hiccup, really, in the grand scheme of things.”

Carter update

As expected, Jeff Carter skated with his teammates. He suffered a lower-body injury during off-season training and was forced to drop out of the World Cup. Team Canada replaced him with Ducks forward Corey Perry, a fellow gold medalist from the Sochi Olympics in 2014.

Looking ahead

The Kings skated in two groups Friday and will do the same Saturday before holding a scrimmage at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario. The Kings vs. Kings exhibition will feature standard 5-on-5 play, plus 4-on-4 and 3-on-3 action to liven things up. The game will end with a shootout no matter the final score.