After hanging up the skates a few weeks ago, former Bruins forward Milan Lucic has hooked on as a pro scout with, of all teams, the Buffalo Sabres.
Lucic became Public Enemy No. 1 in Buffalo when he bowled over Sabres goalie Ryan Miller in 2011. Lucic, however, has always had a sharp hockey mind – teammates would often kid him for knowing stats of various players from around the league – and it should be a good entry point for him.
Lucic, voted one of the top 100 Bruins during the club’s centennial celebration three years ago, played 1,177 games in the National Hockey League and last played in the Elite Ice Hockey League in Britain, playing 26 games for Fife in 2025-26.
The bruising 6-foot-3, 236-pound Lucic spent the first eight seasons of his 17-year NHL career wearing Black and Gold. He amassed 139 goals and 205 assists for 344 points during his time with the Bruins and was a key contributor to the team’s 2011 run to winning the Stanley Cup. Lucic had a second stint with the Bruins during the 2023-24 season, but it lasted just four games.
Lucic also played with the Kings, Oilers and Flames over eight seasons and compiled 586 points in his career off 233 goals and 353 assists. He also racked up 1,301 penalty minutes.
“Looking back on my career, I feel truly grateful to have fulfilled my dream of playing professional hockey, culminating with a Stanley Cup win in 2011 with the Boston Bruins,” Lucic wrote in a release through the NHLPA when he announced his retirement earlier this month. “I want to especially thank the Bruins for giving me my start in professional hockey and for instilling the confidence to reach new heights as a player.”