* From NHL.com - His childhood hockey idol was Wendel Clark because of the way he could score goals and fight.
* NHL Central Scouting's Jack Barzee added "Derek Forbort has good top-end ability at both ends (of the ice). He's smart and skates so well, he's almost 6-5 and he's got everything there in front of him. It's just a matter of filling out and getting more experience. He's probably a top-two defenseman in the NHL if he reaches his potential."
* He spent the last two seasons with Team USA's development program. Although many media outlets are reporting that he won gold with Team USA at the World Junior Championships this past January, they're wrong. He wasn't in that tournament, which is the under-20 tourney. He did win gold...it was with the under-18 Team USA team though. That tournament was in Belarus. Forbort played in all 7 games, had 2 points, 6 PIM and led the team with a +9 rating. Read more about it on the IIHF website.
* Did he have a feeling he was going to the Kings in the first round? "I had like a two-minute interview with them, so (it was) kind of unexpected," Forbort told media after the selection. "It's definitely a good feeling. I didn't really know. It was a great feeling."
* "He's going to a great program (see next note)," Dean Lombardi said. "He's clearly raw. He's young, but when you get a kid with that type of range, you have to do it. He's raw, but there are some things to work with there."
