Lukas Reichel changed his number from 27 to 73 last season, but he was still the same disappointing player we have seen the past two years.
Reichel did not change his number as some sort of superstitious way to bounce back from an awful 2023-24 season. He did it out of respect for Jeremy Roenick, who was made 27 famous in Chicago, after he was elected to the Hall of Fame.
A nice gesture, but it would have been even better if Reichel reached stardom, much like Roenick did by his fourth season in the NHL.