The Kings’ Corey Perry era has gotten off on the wrong foot, as Perry underwent knee surgery and will miss six to eight weeks, the team announced Saturday.

Perry sustained the injury Friday while skating at the Kings’ practice facility in El Segundo. John Hoven was the first to report the injury and indicated that Perry required a wheelchair when departing the Toyota Sports Performance Center.

The timeline provided by the team would push Perry’s Kings debut back to early to mid-November.

Earlier in the week, Perry threw the ceremonial first pitch at a Dodgers game, an early effort to ingratiate himself with a fanbase that loathed him across three decades.

At age 40, Perry had been a reviled foe of the Kings in various stops in his career, most notably with the Ducks from 2005-19. Perry

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