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Trade: Busy Bruins send Lucic to Kings

Milan Lucic

Milan Lucic

AP

The Boston Bruins continued a shockingly busy run of trades by sending Milan Lucic to the Los Angeles Kings for the 13th pick of the 2015 NHL Draft, prospect Colin Miller and backup goalie Martin Jones.

Lucic confirmed that he’s been traded to PHT’s Dhiren Mahiban.

With that, the Bruins have traded away Lucic, Dougie Hamilton and Carl Soderberg in what appears to be a bold rebuilding project. Strangely, they’re loading up on draft picks in the teens, as they now hold picks 13-15.

Update: The situation might be more promising for the Kings if LA Kings Insider’s Jon Rosen is correct about Boston retaining $2.75 million of Lucic’s salary in 2015-16:

Lucic has already reacted to the news:

Lucic, 27, has one year remaining on a deal that carries a $6 million cap hit. According to ESPN’s Joe McDonald, Boston retained $2.7 million of that in the transaction. Lucic can become an unrestricted free agent next summer.

The jokes are piling in, although some aren’t at Boston’s expense this time around:

Like many Bruins fans, Marc Savard just seems sad about today:

And the Bruins may not be done dealing yet: