The potential scoring line of Milan Lucic, Anze Kopitar and Marian Gaborik sounds awfully deadly. It also might be short-lived.
Both Lucic and Kopitar will need new contracts after this season, and one would reasonably assume that the Los Angeles Kings view their franchise center as a higher priority than their new winger.
Lucic told Puck Daddy that, ideally, he’d stay with Los Angeles.
“In a perfect scenario, this would be a place I could see myself playing out the rest of my career,” Lucic said on Saturday. “Again, obviously it’s no secret I’m on the last year of my contract and going into a summer where I could potentially be a UFA, but at the end of the day, I’m not too worried about that.”
Is it possible that Lucic was doing a little bit of damage control after acknowledging his childhood dream to play for the Vancouver Canucks to TSN in late August?
Lucic translated: "Totally shouldn't have indicated I want to play in Vancouver w/ every fiber of my being recently" http://t.co/AsFrQ8CsH1
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) September 19, 2015
It seemingly almost happened before Lucic eventually landed in Los Angeles ...
One way or another, Lucic can earn himself a lot of money if he clicks with the Kings ... even if they’re not the team that ends up giving him the big bucks.