A few hours before Jake Lucchini’s first game with the Laval Rocket, Joël Bouchard met with the media to discuss the two newest acquisitions: Joseph Blandisi and Lucchini. The phrase he used to describe Lucchini was that he was a left-handed Joe Cox.
Having a player on an NHL contract compared to a player who had just signed his first AHL contract after being a tryout the year before may seem negative, but when you understand where Bouchard was coming from, it was a significant compliment.
Lucchini may not have NHL-level skill, but he makes up for it with NHL-level competitiveness.