Wow. What a refreshing, honest, sincere communication style he has. So enjoyable to listen to him. Never knew he was such a warm likable individual. Great hockey player,
I remember when he first came to SoCal, and could barely give interviews in English. But by the second year he had really improved, which told me a lot about him and how much he appreciated the opportunity to play here. In return the fans here loved him. He was one of the most popular players ever to play with the Kings
He got the nickname "Lucky" from Dave "TIger" Williams in his rookie season in LA. He lived with Marcel Dionne who was playing out his career with the Kings. Williams said he was lucky to be able to stay at Marcel's house while he got his feet wet in LA. That Kings team included Dave Taylor, Jimmy Carson, Dionne, Bernie Nicholls and the great Jim Fox. Luc still led the team in scoring in spite of it being his rookie season.
why not. Underrated class act with the greatesr numbers of a left winger. I remember my brother always saying, "oh, another garbage goal." I just say how many do you need to change your mind? Because he is always there at the right time. The numbers do not lie. LUUUUUUUUUUUUC!
@@fatfreddyscat5767 I was buying scalped tickets to the games starting in '83. Went to about 15-20 games a year. That option disappeared when they got Gretzky. Priced me out of the market for a long time.
@@dakotaslim pre Gretzky forum was usually half empty, you could sit wherever you wanted, hear the players chirping at each other. When they became trendy, the quality of hockey was obviously far better, yet it just wasn't as much fun going to games..
@@fatfreddyscat5767 Yep. I still love those teams. Sitting in the half empty Fabulous Forum I felt like, in a town of millions, I shared a well kept secret with 8000 other Angelenos. And I was young, which was pretty great too.
Actually it was true. Luc was not a good skater. He improved a lot after he worked with Laura Stamm, the instructor who worked with Bob Nystrom, among others. It was the reason he wasn’t drafted until the 9th round. The Kings actually drafted Tom Glavine (the HOF baseball pitcher) ahead of Luc in the same draft. Now THAT might have cost the talent scout his career
I was lucky enough to spend a short period of time with Wayne Gretzky a few years ago. As an Islander fan, I obviously didn’t like him very much until I found out in person how nice a guy he is. Changed my whole opinion of him.
saw him live in my home town when he played junior in LHJMQ. Back then he was such an awesome passer and playmaker he helped Guy Rouleau score 91 goals in 85-86. Rouleau was not drafted in the NHL Entry Draft and never played in the National Hockey League. Robitaille went from playmaker to 2nd highest scoring LW in History.
He wasn’t particularly fast nor did he have a very hard shot. He was relatively small even in the era in which he played (the players are much bigger and faster than they were then). But he played the game as if he had learned it on another planet. He could see the game and get the puck to the open player like no one else. He was extremely observant, clever, and used his teammates like no one else ever has
He changed the dynamic of the game, skated around all the other players. He was like a ballerina on a field with huge football players, was a different era of hockey.
NFL, NBA, MLB players thinking: (insert legend) is going to take the spotlight away from me. NHL players thinking: I'm too intimidated to even talk to (insert legend).
As a general rule it's a cultural thing. Canadian's are relatively good, humble folks. Americans..well all you do is look at the Orange blowhard they once made President.
@@fatfreddyscat5767 I voted for Trump twice. Sorry my political opinions upset you and cause you to run your yap unprovoked in a conv about a hockey player. Btw Trudeau is feminine.
also freddie olausson from the jets.....his goal in ot was 1st goal in 10 years cant remember team it knocked out I wrote my buddy a xmas card mid december signing it with all the hof ers and "a few other guys we cant remember the only time I was right about who would win the cup that year
@@dd9518 Yeah I realized a while after I made the post that Luc was in "part two" of the RW powerhouse. Konstantinov was finished and Fetisov had retired from playing amongst a few others.
While I nicknamed Luc as "Fluke Robitaille" as a kid, his numbers prove that he was no fluke! I despised the Los Angeles Kings for eliminating the Toronto Maple Leafs from the 1993 playoffs, that's why I called him that :).
Too bad Lucky Luke didn’t win with Kings. I always felt goaltending was the week link. Kings needed a duo as Rhudy was mostly too tired during playoffs from playing too many games in regular season
Believe it or not....many years ago...the kings were so unpolpular, that they had a kings night at the red onion....in manhattan beach if i recall....my buddy and i walk in and there are all the kings in the bar. Phil sykes was the nicest guy....heck....they were all nice....and funny....when it was restroom time, we walk back through the lobby and there is luc and another guy sitting in the lobby...we shake hands and say, "why the heck are you sitting out here?" In his great accent, he says, "oh ...eh....i am not 21 yet....cant go in the bar." You forget they are just kids. Anyway....there were more players than fans, but they were great sports. We used to sit in section 4 colonnade and smuggle in a pony keg! Tom holleran....where are you? 5$ with a student id! Good times.
Did you ever go to the King’s practice rink in Culver City? A dump with one sheet of ice, no weight room, and the dressing room was up a flight of stairs. No wonder they stunk almost every year until finally getting a new practice facility. College teams had more invested.
@@UggNINE "I couldn't talk to him for a year." Really? Why? Was gretz a dick? Oh, no. It turned out Robitaille was afraid to. That's nothing. Nice story he told, but out of everything he said, that one line is clicl-baity
@@incarnateTheGreat yes .. it was a QUOTE in the TITLE ... you came with the expectations ... like i said before .. you wanted it to be negative and when you didnt get your way you called it click bait... its not like he had a thumbnail of gretzky fucking lucs wife only to find out that never happened ..
@@UggNINE absolutely it was a quote from the clip, and because they selected it as such, it did come off as negative-sounding. To be fair, not wanting or even being afraid to speak to someone for a year doesn't sound very positive. If anything, it's confrontational. Anyways, food for thought.
After a short time, gretsky grew too dislike luc intensely. Once the allure of him coming to L.A. Wore off, the fans went back to favoring Luc. Gretsky couldn't handle being second. It was pretty obvious. That's eventually why Iuc was traded and why he came back after gretsky left...
He counted Pavel Datsyuk twice. The Hall Of Famer he missed was HIMSELF.
Zetterberg
@@jyhina Zetterberg was still in SEL.
@@Gmaneeeee SHL
Fetisov
Zetterberg came over the year after. In 02-03
Met Luc when he was with my Pittsburgh Penguins, very nice man and one hell of a hockey player.
Luc is a f-ing champ, so cool to hear his stories!
Wow. What a refreshing, honest, sincere communication style he has. So enjoyable to listen to him. Never knew he was such a warm likable individual. Great hockey player,
Ya he’s a good dude, there is no doubt
That Wings team was stacked. So were the Avs back then. Awesome rivalry.
Most people have forgotten just how good Robitaille was. Check out his stats.
Not the greatest skater but could sure put it in the net.
luc is still legend in québec , tout le monde aime monsieur robitaille !
sucked with the rangers!
@@jamessollazzo4860everybody does...
I remember when he first came to SoCal, and could barely give interviews in English. But by the second year he had really improved, which told me a lot about him and how much he appreciated the opportunity to play here. In return the fans here loved him. He was one of the most popular players ever to play with the Kings
The tenth Hall of Famer he struggled to name was himself Luc Robitaille.
You're right!
Larry Murphy
LM is a great guess, I was thinking Fedorov. I may have the years off however...@@sammyweed4771
The 10th Hall of Famer on that Red Wings team was you Luc,. You said Pavel Datsyuk twice and forgot about yourself.
Yup, I noticed that too, took me a minute to think of the 10th HOF'er but then I was like.... duh! LOL.
yeah, and he said "he's gonna be upset at me". He'll be upset at himself for missing himself.
@Cash Landry I just google for it, thanks
SMH, Luc Robitaille was so disrespectful to Luc Robitaille. Those two players always had bad blood between them.
Luc is in the Hall? Nothing against the guy, but he doesn't deserve a spot in the Hall.
Pavel Datsyuk does deserve to be counted twice really if you think about it.
11 hall of famers if you count Jean Claude Van Damme from Sudden Death
Lmao underrated comment
Humility personified. Love ya Luc.
That is crazy how many truly great players he has played with
His nickname isn't "Lucky" for no reason...lol😉
Keywords precap era
He got the nickname "Lucky" from Dave "TIger" Williams in his rookie season in LA. He lived with Marcel Dionne who was playing out his career with the Kings. Williams said he was lucky to be able to stay at Marcel's house while he got his feet wet in LA. That Kings team included Dave Taylor, Jimmy Carson, Dionne, Bernie Nicholls and the great Jim Fox. Luc still led the team in scoring in spite of it being his rookie season.
2002 Wings, 95 Pens, 96-97 Rangers & early 90s Kings. Man played with Coffey too a lot forget. Insanity. Freaking 60% of modern era Hall of Famers.
To this day, Luc is my favorite player of all time.
why not. Underrated class act with the greatesr numbers of a left winger. I remember my brother always saying, "oh, another garbage goal." I just say how many do you need to change your mind? Because he is always there at the right time. The numbers do not lie. LUUUUUUUUUUUUC!
I know what Gretzky did with the oilers is what makes him the best ever, but those king’s seasons were AWESOME too
As a big fan of the Kings, Wayne Gretzky and Luc Robitaille were the great duo in hockey
About Kurri ?
You forgot to count yourself. Amazing Rookie season.
I remember that season. For a guy that scouts said couldn't skate, he turned out ok.
I had season tix that year. He and Jimmy Carson were spectacular rookies. Kings were good for 5 goals a night. But they gave up 7.
@@fatfreddyscat5767 I was buying scalped tickets to the games starting in '83. Went to about 15-20 games a year. That option disappeared when they got Gretzky. Priced me out of the market for a long time.
@@dakotaslim pre Gretzky forum was usually half empty, you could sit wherever you wanted, hear the players chirping at each other. When they became trendy, the quality of hockey was obviously far better, yet it just wasn't as much fun going to games..
@@fatfreddyscat5767 Yep. I still love those teams. Sitting in the half empty Fabulous Forum I felt like, in a town of millions, I shared a well kept secret with 8000 other Angelenos. And I was young, which was pretty great too.
Another of those truly great hockey players. Sure was fun to watch.
That was the greatness of Wayne Gretzky Luc said he was intimidated by Wayne. Nobody messed with Luc.
What a great guy, never seen a game where luc lost his cool.. Good people
Luc told Jim Rome that some talent scout had said Luc skated about as fast as a zamboni. Wonder how long that talent scout’s career lasted.
He wasn’t to far off. He wasn’t a great skater. He was just so gifted as a goal scorer.
Lmao , luc played smart hockey and new how to find the net, had great Accurate shot.
Actually it was true. Luc was not a good skater. He improved a lot after he worked with Laura Stamm, the instructor who worked with Bob Nystrom, among others. It was the reason he wasn’t drafted until the 9th round. The Kings actually drafted Tom Glavine (the HOF baseball pitcher) ahead of Luc in the same draft. Now THAT might have cost the talent scout his career
Gretzky was a quiet type of dude but had more presence than any athlete ever.
I remember that team ... CODE RED! absolutely STACKED!!!
It was unfair lol like some of those 60s and 70s Canadiens teams my dad and grandfather talked about.
@@chonconnor6144 the Habs were a juggernaut in the day! If they were like CODE RED, you know why they have more than 25 Stanley Cups!
Comparable to the early 80s oilers. I'm willing to be they had almost 10 in the HOF as well .
Okay i just looked, there's only 7. But both teams were absolute killers !
I was lucky enough to spend a short period of time with Wayne Gretzky a few years ago. As an Islander fan, I obviously didn’t like him very much until I found out in person how nice a guy he is. Changed my whole opinion of him.
wayne gretzky should be the president of canadia or the united states of corruptibles. Period.
What about Pavel Datsyuk? Didn't mention him....
Great story
Drafted in the ninth round, 171st over all. So much for professional scouts...
He just oozes class.
Cool chat … well spoken Luc..
One of the Best !! Luc !!!
As far as greats go luck was very underrated...
saw him live in my home town when he played junior in LHJMQ. Back then he was such an awesome passer and playmaker he helped Guy Rouleau score 91 goals in 85-86. Rouleau was not drafted in the NHL Entry Draft and never played in the National Hockey League. Robitaille went from playmaker to 2nd highest scoring LW in History.
How the hell was Guy not drafted?
@@Pfsif too small i guess...
5'09" , 175lbs
Imagine he could have had a career like St-Louis
who told u this?lol luc was drafted in the 9 round. That same year the kings drafted tom glavine (the atlanta braves pitcher) in the 4th rd
@@79whocares I wrote that Guy Rouleau wasn't drafted. Not Luc... 🙄
@@mr_robeat my bad, ur correct!
Only Datsyuk could be in twice.
Didn’t have time to mention he started in NHL living with Marcel Dionne, retired as second highest scorer in history, and his family.
From Drummondville, QC
And the Kings thanked Dionne by trading him to the Rangers, smh
Second highest scorer? No.
@@steve8803 Second highest scorer among the LA Kings.
@@steve8803 Highest goal scorer... 2nd most points. (Again, among the Kings)
Oh man those Red Wings teams. And the AVS. I miss those days.
Edit : I gotta say the current AVS are great, but yeah what an era it was back then.
...and he’s the most approachable person alive. Park in front of the family home you’ll be eating breakfast with them no joke.
PS: Do not try this with Darren McCarty.
Two first games together: Gretzky 3G 5A, Robitaille 4G 3A.
Now I feel older than dirt. My idol's were Bobby Clarke, Phil Esposito, and Bobby Oar.
I live in Philly. Clarkie like a saint here. We had some bad luck since then. I like Rick Tocchet. Watta badass. Cheers.
Me too....Orr was the man
Never seen ice Hockey, but heard of Gretzky. Why was he so good, speed power accuracy ? 🇦🇺
All of the above! His hockey IQ is beyond comprehension, he was insanely intelligent
He wasn’t particularly fast nor did he have a very hard shot. He was relatively small even in the era in which he played (the players are much bigger and faster than they were then). But he played the game as if he had learned it on another planet. He could see the game and get the puck to the open player like no one else. He was extremely observant, clever, and used his teammates like no one else ever has
His brain. He was playing chess while the rest of the league was playing checkers.
He changed the dynamic of the game, skated around all the other players.
He was like a ballerina on a field with huge football players, was a different era of hockey.
NFL, NBA, MLB players thinking: (insert legend) is going to take the spotlight away from me.
NHL players thinking: I'm too intimidated to even talk to (insert legend).
As a general rule it's a cultural thing. Canadian's are relatively good, humble folks. Americans..well all you do is look at the Orange blowhard they once made President.
@Jeff Bailey wow.. you just proved my point! Thanks for the verification!
@@fatfreddyscat5767 I voted for Trump twice. Sorry my political opinions upset you and cause you to run your yap unprovoked in a conv about a hockey player. Btw Trudeau is feminine.
@@guins99 You Yanks just keep proving my point. Zero self awareness.
171st overall, 1984
Los Angeles Kings
Crazy!
Looked it up, that 2002 red wings team with the 10 HOF’ers. The top 9 scorers all ended up in the HOF, plus Hasek. Luc forgot to count himself 😅
What an time for Detroit.
In 1989 kings teammates with Gretzky. Gretzky was 54 goals and luc was 46 goals .Gretzky debut first year with kings
You've got to love Lucky Luc.
His nickname is so fitting
Classy
Imagine talking with The Great One and him saying "Oh just give it to me early, I'll give it back to you"
also freddie olausson from the jets.....his goal in ot was 1st goal in 10 years cant remember team it knocked out I wrote my buddy a xmas card mid december signing it with all the hof ers and "a few other guys we cant remember
the only time I was right about who would win the cup that year
Yzerman, Shanahan, Lidstrom, Chelios, Hasek, Larionov, Hull, Fedorov, Robitaille, and Datsyuk will be the 10th
too funny about giving the puck to the great one
He's forgetting himself and Zetterberg no?
Fetisov, Konstantinov, that RW team was loaded.
@@dd9518 Yeah I realized a while after I made the post that Luc was in "part two" of the RW powerhouse. Konstantinov was finished and Fetisov had retired from playing amongst a few others.
Why is the desk and the interviewer sitting so much higher? Good interview just looks i don't know strange. Just saying
This guy scored 63 goals one year? That's nuts.
Lucky Luc!
That red wings team though
While I nicknamed Luc as "Fluke Robitaille" as a kid, his numbers prove that he was no fluke! I despised the Los Angeles Kings for eliminating the Toronto Maple Leafs from the 1993 playoffs, that's why I called him that :).
Fraser eliminated us, not the Kings.
@@SoldierPrince True :).
That ‘93 series was great hockey.
@Rob Rochon Well, I'm glad that I'm not the only one hahaha!
@@yogibearstie It really was!
Barry Melrose: OK, Luc.. this is the big leagues. Get those stars out of your eyes and start playing .. you're a Pro for crying out loud.
Luc forgot to count himself. He also counted Pavel twice.
Chris Osgood will be in the Hall one day and that’ll make 11.
Still like it when he gets behind the mic at Staples Arena and the crowd starts booing and he gets royally pissed off. :)
The late 70s Canadiens must have the most Hall of Famers, that team was unreal.
They had a hell of a draft advantage, but everyone seemed to be gold nonetheless
One of the best Canadians ever.
@@otaviofrn_adv the draft advantage ended in the ‘60s.
@@craigkerr2764 oh that one I did not knew
@@craigkerr2764 Their draft advantage was Sam Pollock trading mid card players for 1st round picks.
Im glad Luc got his Cup.
He said Pavel's name like 3 times. haha
Did he miss Zetterberg or who do you think?
11 HOFers. Remarkable.
All-star team.
A whole constellation.
Basically the core of the cups in 97 and 98 plus Hasek, Hull and Robitaille
Datsyuk is the real legend.
Too bad Lucky Luke didn’t win with Kings. I always felt goaltending was the week link. Kings needed a duo as Rhudy was mostly too tired during playoffs from playing too many games in regular season
Hello Yzerman
He counted Datsyuk 3 times.
Believe it or not....many years ago...the kings were so unpolpular, that they had a kings night at the red onion....in manhattan beach if i recall....my buddy and i walk in and there are all the kings in the bar. Phil sykes was the nicest guy....heck....they were all nice....and funny....when it was restroom time, we walk back through the lobby and there is luc and another guy sitting in the lobby...we shake hands and say, "why the heck are you sitting out here?" In his great accent, he says, "oh ...eh....i am not 21 yet....cant go in the bar." You forget they are just kids. Anyway....there were more players than fans, but they were great sports. We used to sit in section 4 colonnade and smuggle in a pony keg! Tom holleran....where are you? 5$ with a student id! Good times.
Luv was probably pissed off. Drinking age back home in Quebec is 18, and that is only a suggestion😅😅
Did you ever go to the King’s practice rink in Culver City? A dump with one sheet of ice, no weight room, and the dressing room was up a flight of stairs. No wonder they stunk almost every year until finally getting a new practice facility. College teams had more invested.
yogibearstie we used to sit in section 4.....5$ with a student discount.....one guy used to smuggle a pony keg in!
How could a team with Tiger Williams be ignored? Hahaha.
He said Datsyuk twice lol
That was back when the NHL was great. The NHL has gotten so bad now that I no longer watch!!
He forgot Zetterberg. 2 rookies and a GOAT was a fun line.
Bret hull z and and pavs
Two KIDS and a goat. Get it?
Larry Murphy was the last one he was forgetting
not sure how that's possible considering Murphy retired the year before Robitaille got there. The 10th is actually Robitaille himself
@@patricklee4581 you are right but I think he was missing someone else other then himself because he said Pavel twice
@@mattseguin5017 right but he didn't say himself.. and he said datsyuk twice.. so it balanced out.
Zetterberg
It took a few shots of Tabasco in his beer to loosen him up….
Luc couldn’t really skate or handle the puck, but boy could he put the puck in the net 👍👍
I think Datsyuk was there too
He forgot himselves😊
Kris Draper???
Did he not say datsuks name three times?lol
That Detroit team was the reason I hate the winged wheel. Cup bought and paid for. Reminds me of Miami Heat.
Osgood better get in…
How about Slava?
As great as he was, as a Ranger he was a disappointment. He was at best good.
He lost the mullet
he didnt lose it.. he donated it to charity
"highest scoring LW of all time" is an interesting way to say 22nd leading scorer...
Can't it be both?
Konstantinov
Thanks for the click-baity title.
nothing about it was click bait.... your own wishes for it to be negative let you down not the title
@@UggNINE "I couldn't talk to him for a year." Really? Why? Was gretz a dick?
Oh, no. It turned out Robitaille was afraid to. That's nothing. Nice story he told, but out of everything he said, that one line is clicl-baity
@@incarnateTheGreat yes .. it was a QUOTE in the TITLE ... you came with the expectations ... like i said before .. you wanted it to be negative and when you didnt get your way you called it click bait... its not like he had a thumbnail of gretzky fucking lucs wife only to find out that never happened ..
@@UggNINE absolutely it was a quote from the clip, and because they selected it as such, it did come off as negative-sounding. To be fair, not wanting or even being afraid to speak to someone for a year doesn't sound very positive. If anything, it's confrontational.
Anyways, food for thought.
Click baity title
nothing about it was click bait.... your own wishes for it to be negative let you down not the title
Nope
@@davidteller7681 yep.
After a short time, gretsky grew too dislike luc intensely. Once the allure of him coming to L.A. Wore off, the fans went back to favoring Luc. Gretsky couldn't handle being second. It was pretty obvious. That's eventually why Iuc was traded and why he came back after gretsky left...
C'Mon Rich. Clickbait titles?
6 years is alot comon luc wtf
Why is the desk and the interviewer sitting so much higher? Good interview just looks i don't know strange. Just saying