BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 01: Milan Lucic #17 of the Boston Bruins celebrates his goal in the first period against the Ottawa Senators on November 1, 2011 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe spoke with Bruins winger Milan Lucic today in advance of Wednesday's highly-anticipated Bruins-Sabres tilt.
Not beating around the bush, Dupont asked Lucic if he expected one of the Buffalo players to drop the mitts.
His response?
"Yes. I'm not going to lie...yes."
Not a surprise, but definitely interesting given Brendan Shanahan has spoken with both GMs — Buffalo's Darcy Regier and Boston's Peter Chiarelli — informing them that "awareness will be heightened" for the game. Lucic's honesty is admirable, even though a "no comment" might've been the smarter play.
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Lucic said he understands what may occur and is ready for whatever happens.
"Obviously," he said. "I mean, hitting a goalie, there's kind of a code there. No matter if it was accidental or not, you're going to have to stand up for your actions. I truly believe in that. That's why I'm not scared to stand up for it."
"They've been talking a lot about not having the right response, so who knows what'll happen? They might feel this is their time to respond. But you know how we are as a team. We're going to stand in there strong and do whatever we need to do. We'll make sure we protect ourselves and each other and try to win a game."
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I'm expecting either Sabres Paul Gaustad or Robyn Regehr to challenge Lucic to a fight on his first shift and then it will be over with. There's so much build up that possibly nothing will happen in the game as in the past we've seen, but who knows.
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