2023-07-03 15:51:05
Forward Milan Lucic was obviously keen to return to the Boston Bruins uniform next season and he made it clear to general manager Don Sweeney in no uncertain terms.
Signing a one-year, $1.5 million deal, the 35-year-old skater saw himself in Massachusetts and nowhere else. Thus, even before sealing his association with the club, he went to a specialized store in Vancouver – his hometown – to buy items bearing the effigy of the Bruins for the members of his family and himself. . Then, a minute after the free range market opened, he texted Sweeney, complete with a photo showing him with a team cap on his head.
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“It was kind of a handshake, a meeting that we had talked about. I wanted Bruins merchandise as quickly as possible and that’s why I made the purchase on the spot,” Lucic said, as reported by the Boston Sports Journal.
Indeed, if the terms of the contract were determined on Saturday, the parties concerned had already broached the subject long before, because the previous organization of the forward player, the Calgary Flames, had allowed him to speak to other teams about the National League.
“He asked me if I was interested in coming back and certainly this place holds an important place in my heart, commented on Zoom the one who won the Stanley Cup in Boston in the spring of 2011. I took advantage of this opportunity and you can see the smile on my face. It’s a bit like coming home. I’ve always felt like a Bruin and I’m grateful for the chance.”
Divorce hard to accept
According to Sweeney, the departure of the veteran who was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in the summer of 2015 was a heartbreaking decision. For him, the divorce should never have happened.
“Because of that, I had to walk the streets of Boston with a hard hat and a bulletproof vest. These transactions were not pleasant to conclude, nor popular. It’s not something I wanted to do. […] But with six guys who were going to order long-term agreements, it was necessary to decide, recalled the DG. It was one of the toughest trades of my career and it happened early. In an ideal world, he would never have left. I’m happy to bring him back here and allow him to have the impact he wants.”
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