St. Louis Blues forward Milan Lucic is day-to-day with a lower-body injury as the clock ticks down on his professional tryout with the team.
Blues head coach Jim Montgomery revealed Tuesday that Lucic is believed to be dealing with a groin injury.
“He’s day-to-day. He’s walking around fine. It’s just a matter of being able to push out there,“ Montgomery said Wednesday, per The Athletic. ”It’s unfortunate timing for him and us for the evaluation process to see if he can make the club.
“If he’s really day-to-day, and he’s back to play next week, he’ll get into games and we’ll see if he can make the team.”
Lucic signed with the Blues in August. The 37-year-old winger last played early in the 2023-24 season, appearing in four games with the Boston Bruins before taking an indefinite leave of absence. He was charged with domestic violence shortly after the leave was announced, but prosecutors dropped the case four months later, saying the decision by his wife to invoke marital privilege made it impossible for them to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt.
In the team’s release last month, the Blues stated that Lucic has completed the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program and has been reinstated by the league.
A second-round pick of the Bruins in the 2006 draft, Lucic has 233 goals and 586 points in 1,177 career games with Boston, the Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames.
In his last full season, Lucic posted seven goals and 19 points in 77 games with the Flames in 2022-23.
He won the 2011 Stanley Cup with the Bruins.