Milan Lucic retires

[PistolPete]

Being an old head, I'm more partial to Peter Zezel (RIP) myself.

in his Wiki entry says his father emigrated from Crostia. Was his dad a Serb living in Croatia?

 

[RobHood]

in his Wiki entry says his father emigrated from Crostia. Was his dad a Serb living in Croatia?

I don't know specifically about Zezel's father, but I have a Serbian friend and parts of his family (and some Serbians in general) lived in what's now known as Croatia prior to Yugoslavia breaking up.

 

[PistolPete]

I don't know specifically about Zezel's father, but I have a Serbian friend and parts of his family (and some Serbians in general) lived in what's now known as Croatia prior to Yugoslavia breaking up.

Was fairly common. I recall reading that there were a lot of Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia

 

[DaaaaB's]

One of my favourite players ever. Wish he had spent his entire career with the Bruins.

 

[DaaaaB's]

Recently heard a story of how he big dogged a bunch of his junior buddies at a wedding a few years after he broke into the NHL. Just a complete asshole, lost a ton of respect for him just based off of that.

What a BS story. He's still great friends with many of his junior teammates.

 

[chaser17]

What a BS story. He's still great friends with many of his junior teammates.

Oh it happened alright. Story came straight from a guy that played with him in Vancouver.

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

What does "big dogging" even mean?

 

[DaaaaB's]

Oh it happened alright. Story came straight from a guy that played with him in Vancouver.

A guy who's likely jealous and bitter. I know for a fact that some of his best friends are guys he played with in Vancouver.

 

[DaaaaB's]

What does "big dogging" even mean?

Some guy was probably mad that Lucic didn't give him a big enough hug lol.

 

[Sevendust]

Dude was an incredible power forward when healthy. Hit like a truck, could score, and was one of the last great fighters. Always had his teammates backs. Was stoked when he went to Calgary, but by then he was pretty worn down due to how he played the game throughout his career.

One of my favorite Lucic moments was when he put Van Ryn through the glass. Crazy stuff.

I think it was more about the game getting faster, absolutely to fast for him.

 

[MoneyManny]

Comments like this are what makes HFB great.

I guarantee on reddit everyones saying "hurrr durrr this guy beats women he can rot in hell"

With follow up comments about unrelated athletes who also mad some and decisions.

Hating on people who have no idea who you are is probably the #2 most popular activity on the internet right below porn.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

I think it was more about the game getting faster, absolutely to fast for him.

He got fairly broken down which hurt his speed, so yeah, that combined with the game getting faster wasn't a good recipe for Milan's longevity. Have to remember early in his career he could move pretty fast for a guy his size. His speed wasn't an issue at his peak, and peak Lucic could still be effective in today's NHL.

 

[DaaaaB's]

He got fairly broken down which hurt his speed, so yeah, that combined with the game getting faster wasn't a good recipe for Milan's longevity. Have to remember early in his career he could move pretty fast for a guy his size. His speed wasn't an issue at his peak, and peak Lucic could still be effective in today's NHL.

He could skate pretty fast once he got going back in the day but his burst and agility were always pretty bad. I think he'd still be decent in today's NHL but not as effective as he was 15 years ago.

 

[Colt.45Orr]

Dude was 245pds and beat up some of the toughest players in the toughest sport.
Read the original police report: there's no report of any physical violence against her person, but yet jackasses will turn a broken lamp and a flushed red chest into "beat the shit out of her".

Try posting with intellectual non-hyperbole or stay out of commenting on a guy's personal life; if he'd ever swung on her, she'd be very damaged. This is no Voynov etc

 

[Hasbro]

If Rocky had a brother with a more severe learning disability then Rock himself it would be Milan Lucic

So Frank Stallone?

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Lucic was a top 6 forward for about 8 seasons, then just fell off in a year and never recovered.

Regardless of recent events with him, he was the type of player you wish the League had more of. Just a classic big strong power forward. 88 fights in his NHL career.

 

[nogatco rd]

Read the original police report: there's no report of any physical violence against her person

She called 911 and said he tried to choke her, that he also grabbed her hair from behind and pulled her backwards and told her “you’re not going anywhere.” The responding officer observed redness on her chest consistent with her claim to the 911 dispatcher, and that’s why Lucic was arrested.

, but yet jackasses will turn a broken lamp and a flushed red chest into "beat the shit out of her".

Try posting with intellectual non-hyperbole or stay out of commenting on a guy's personal life; if he'd ever swung on her, she'd be very damaged. This is no Voynov etc

You’re right, it would be intellectually dishonest to compare this incident to Voynov’s

But it’s also dishonest to say the police didn’t report any physical violence against her person.

 

[Sheppy]

Oh it happened alright. Story came straight from a guy that played with him in Vancouver.

Who?

 

[AquiliniHurtsMySoul]

He couldn't get over his bad relationship with his hometown. It followed him wherever he went, every time he came back to Vancouver there was trouble.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

heck of a career with a pretty embarrassing exit

Guy was a force for a bunch of early years.

 

[Kwiatkowski18]

Prime Lucic was a guy everyone wanted on their team. I'll miss that version of him.

 

[Jocke1]

88 fights in his NHL career.

And 3,275 hits (7th most since 1997-98).
Plus 487 playoff hits (6th most since 1997-98).

 

[theMajor]

Prime Lucic was a guy everyone wanted on their team. I'll miss that version of him.

just a big brute of a power forward. his Bruin years were gnarly

 

[GMR]

Ryan Miller was right about him after all.

 

[chaser17]

Who?

Not gonna air it on here but DM me if u really wanna know.