“I’m looking forward to these next seven years and I plan on playing them out to the best of my ability and, hopefully, I can add another year or two once this contract is done.

“Hopefully things are going well and I can play as long as I want to play. There’s maybe one or two per cent of guys who get to do that.

“I’m going to do everything I can to be the best player I can be in these next seven years. There’s a lot to look forward to.”

-Milan Lucic of the Edmonton Oilers. Much more from Lucic by Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province.