Milan Lucic was all smiles during the press conference in downtown Edmonton yesterday after signing a seven-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers worth $42 million.
Lucic was presented with his No. 27 Oilers jersey by GM Peter Chiarelli before taking questions from the Edmonton media. One of the toughest players in the NHL today, Lucic will follow in the footsteps of two other bruising forwards who also wore No. 27 for the Oilers in Dave Semenko and Georges Laraque.
The 6-foot-3, 233 pound power forward has played nine NHL seasons with the Boston Bruins (2007-2015) and the Los Angeles Kings (2015-16), tallying 159 goals, 397 points, 851 penalty minutes and 58 fights in 647 career NHL games.