HockeyThe St. Louis Blues have signed forward Milan Lucic to a professional tryout, the club announced Tuesday. Lucic last played in the NHL in 2024 with the Boston Bruins, the team with which he spent the first eight seasons of his 17-year career.Forward took indefinite leave in 2023 and entered league’s player assistance programThe Canadian Press · Posted: Aug 19, 2025 10:31 AM EDT | Last Updated: August 19Vancouver native Milan Lucic has 233 goals and 586 points in 1,177 regular-season NHL games with the Kings, Oilers, Flames and Bruins, pictured. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/File)The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Milan Lucic to a professional tryout, the club announced Tuesday.Lucic last played in the NHL during the 2023-24 season with the Boston Bruins, the team with which he spent the first eight seasons of his 17-year career. He had two assists in four games.The 37-year-old took an indefinite leave of absence from the team in Nov. 2023 and later entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program.Lucic has since completed the program and been reinstated by the NHL.The Vancouver native has 233 goals and 586 points in 1,177 regular-season games with the Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames.The six-foot-three, 236-pound Lucic also has 29 goals and 77 points in 136 playoff contests, having also won a Stanley Cup with Boston in 2011. The Bruins drafted him in the second round (50th overall) in 2006.
St. Louis Blues sign Vancouver’s Milan Lucic to professional tryout after year away from NHL
