If you love something, let it go. If it's meant to be, it'll come back.

The Los Angeles Kings signed forward Andrei Loktionov to a professional-tryout contract, the team announced Thursday.

Loktionov was a fifth-round pick of the Kings in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. He went on to play a total of 59 regular-season games and two playoff contests with L.A. from 2009-12 and was part of the 2012 Stanley Cup-winning team.

He also played for the New Jersey Devils and Carolina Hurricanes before leaving for the KHL following the 2013-14 season. He finished his first NHL stint with totals of 22 goals and 48 points over 155 games.

Loktionov spent the past three seasons with Yaroslavl Lokomotiv of the KHL, totaling 29 goals and 64 points in 140 regular-season games. He played in the postseason each year and was a standout in the 2016-17 playoffs, scoring four goals and adding eight assists in 15 games.