In what should be the final number news item of the offseason, Capitals forward Brendan Leipsic has chosen to wear number 28 next season.

It is a very enigmatic number.

.@19LEIP will wear 2️⃣8️⃣ with Washington. #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/4cgDSLe8cS

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) July 8, 2019

The number was most famously worn by Alex Semin from 2004 through 2012 after the Russian forward shed his rookie number, 74. During his seven seasons in Washington, Semin was nearly a point-per-game player, scoring 408 points in 469 games. He scored a career-high 40 goals during the 2009-10 season.

According to Hockey Reference, Leipsic will be the 24th player to wear 28 for the Capitals. The most recent player was trade deadline pickup, Jakub Jerabek, who was a member of the Capitals’ Stanley Cup championship team.

Gord Lane 1977-1980
Glen Currie 1980-1982
Chris Valentine 1982-1984
Mark Taylor 1985-1986
Dean Evason 1985
Gary Sampson 1987
Paul Cavallini 1988
Grant Ledyard 1988
Chris Felix 1989-1991
Brad Schlegel 1992-1993
John Slaney 1994-1995
Martin Gendron 1996
Eric Charron 1996-1997
Jeff Brown 1998
Jan Benda 1998
James Black 1999-2001
Matt Pettinger 2001
Jason Marshall 2001
Peter Ferraro 2002
Alexander Semin 2004-2012
Kris Beech 2006
Paul Carey 2016-2017
Jakub Jerabek 2018

Leipsic was signed to give the Capitals’ depth on the fourth line.

Other new numbers include Richard Panik (14), Garnet Hathaway (21), and Radko Gudas (33)