ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues have signed veteran forward Milan Lucic to a professional tryout, the club announced on Tuesday morning.
Lucic, 37, last appeared with the Boston Bruins in 2023-24 when he had two assists in four regular season games, last playing on Oct. 21, 2023; he played briefly for current Blues coach Jim Montgomery but had his career cut short at the time due to a domestic incident involving his wife and led to Lucic's arrest. He was enrolled in the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program after taking an indefinite leave of absence. Lucic has since completed the program and been reinstated by the NHL.
Lucic's wife, Brittany, has posted on her Instagram page, that the couple has been working strongly on putting their lives back together.
The Vancouver native has played in 17 NHL seasons, including nine with Boston, four with the Calgary Flames, three with the Edmonton Oilers, and one with the Los Angeles Kings and has played in 1,177 regular-season games. Lucic has 586 points (233 goals, 353 assists) and 1,301 penalty minutes and 29 goals, 48 assists (77 points) in 136 Stanley Cup playoff games, winning a Cup in 2011 with the Bruins.
There is also a history with Lucic involving Peter Chiarelli, who serves as the Blues' vice president of hockey operations and was Bruins GM from 2006-15; the Bruins drafted Lucic in the second round of the 2006 NHL Draft and he spent the first eight seasons of his career with Boston.
