Blues sign Milan Lucic to professional tryout after year away from NHL

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.