Milan Lucic Loves the City of Boston, But He'll Have Other Options.
Former Boston Bruins winger Milan Lucic will forever be grateful for his time in Boston.
The 35-year-old will be an unrestricted-free-agent this summer, with that in mind he did win a Stanley Cup with the Bruins in 2011 and still has good friends on the team and in the city.
«Obviously, it's a special place for me, and it will always be a special place for me,» Lucic told Athletic Insider Pierre LeBrun recently.
Of course this doesn't necessarily mean that Lucic would come running back to Boston if Don Sweeney gives him a call. There is no reason for Lucic to not have multiple options this offseason � The Calgary Flames gave Lucic permission to talk to NHL teams ahead of the July 1 start of free agency. Lucic told LeBrun that choosing his next NHL team in free agency will be about fit and ensuring he has a regular role in the lineup. And the Bruins probably wouldn't be able to give him that, he would continue to be a 3rd-4th liner.
«We'll see what happens and then go from there,» Lucic pointed out. «The main thing is fit. What's my role going to be on a team? How will the coach use me? Who will I play with? All that type of stuff. If all that works out really well, then you're happy going to the rink, and if you're happy going to the rink, you're playing better, and you're playing at the top of your game.»
If not the Bruins, than Where?
On the latest 32 Thoughts Podcast, Sportsnet Insider Elliotte Friedman wondered to co-host Jeff Marek if Lucic could sign with the Anaheim Ducks.
Friedman: «I wonder about the Ducks,» Friedman opined. «I think he still has a place in California, and Jeff, what do we say about the Ducks?
The Bruins aren't completely out of the picture, but it is unlikely Milan Lucic returns.
Source: Bostonhockeynow
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