Luc Robitaille
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Sep 21, 2026
Elliotte FriedmanHOST
Denis Potvin for the Islanders, Mike Bullard in Pittsburgh, and Rick Vaive for Toronto, Ottawa again.
Elliotte FriedmanHOST
Uh, there's a whole run of Montreal connections, Luc Robitaille, Mario Lemieux, Ray Bourque one year.
Elliotte FriedmanHOST
There was a couple years of Ray Bourque, Scott Mellanby, Vincent Damphousse.
Kyle BukauskasHOST
Right.
Gord StellickHOST
Joe Sakic.
Gord StellickHOST
You know, Luc Robitaille is president.
Gord StellickHOST
Um, you know, I don't, I don't know where you put Marty St. Louis.
Gord StellickHOST
A coach, which is different, but just, uh, as far as elite players.
Drew BairdHOST
and again that all ties back to your tv days you learned so much from that whole experience that it's really helped you in producing a you know marketing juggernaut for yourself
Anne BissonGUEST
yes exactly exactly communication and and surrounding yourself with good people in their areas i'm not a graphic designer but all the jackets It's the same photograph, Luc Robitaille, who has done a magnificent job.
Anne BissonGUEST
I have the same graphic designer, Mance.
Anne BissonGUEST
She's my longtime friends.
Ray FerraroGUEST
What the, what the, what the hell's...
Ray FerraroGUEST
You know, like the, um, there, there's this... [laughs] I played with Luc Robitaille one time and we were playing, and the other winger on our line wasn't much of a scorer, and Luc said, "I haven't been checked this close in a long time."
Bryan HayesHOST
[laughs]
Ray FerraroGUEST
[laughs] And, [laughs] and so, you know, he's gotta be with somebody that can move the puck around a little bit, right? Someone that can retreat or like, you know, play a given goal.
Matt MarcheseHOST
It happened, not because, happened last week.
Matt MarcheseHOST
We got, I know we think we got Luc Robitaille coming on next.
Elliotte FriedmanGUEST
Yeah, he's coming up soon.
Elliotte FriedmanGUEST
Yeah.
Matt MarcheseHOST
Uh, we're gonna take a break.
Matt MarcheseHOST
When we come back, he is the president of the Los Angeles Kings, he is a Hall of Famer.
Matt MarcheseHOST
Uh, Luc Robitaille joins us when we come back.
Matt MarcheseHOST
We'll talk about the Kings, but of course, uh, the big thing, talk about Barry Melrose and the impact that not only he had, uh, on, on Luc's career, uh, especially in the early '90s and that, you know, st- that run to the Stanley Cup.
Mike FutaHOST
But what I do know of Barry Melrose, and I talked to, uh, I think Mikey's getting on.
Mike FutaHOST
I think Luc Robitaille's gonna come on and had a good talk with L- Rob Blake, is that when I went to Los Angeles Kings, have a drink out west, there's our first Los Angeles Kings reference, they were all part of that '93 team, right? The players, where Barry Melrose was the coach, and all I thought of him was the enemy with the mullet, remember?
Matt MarcheseHOST
Oh, yeah.
Mike FutaHOST
I'm with the-
JoshHOST
After the 1993 run ended, Kelly Hrudey said Melrose had turned the collection of individuals into a team and made mediocrity unacceptable.
JoshHOST
Luc Robitaille likewise said the biggest factor in surviving the injuries, losing streaks, and turmoil had been Barry.
JoshHOST
Melrose coached two more seasons in LA before being fired in 1995, but the franchise later honored him during Kings Legends Night in 2015.
JoshHOST
Then came the career that arguably made Melrose more influential than either his playing or coaching years: ESPN.
JoshHOST
He retired from ESPN in October 2023 after announcing he had Parkinson's disease, ending more than 50 years in the game as a player, coach, and broadcaster.
JoshHOST
Wayne Gretzky said Barry was our conductor after Melrose died on September 9th, 2026 at age 70.
JoshHOST
Luc Robitaille called his impact on hockey immeasurable.
JoshHOST
John Buccigross remembered his best friend and big brother at ESPN.
Martin MooreHOST
Now, when I was reflecting on the concept of power revealing who you already are, I was reminded of one of the rare interviews I did on the No Bullshit Leadership podcast.
Martin MooreHOST
I was interviewing NHL Hall of Fame legend and president of the LA Kings, Luc Robitaille.
Martin MooreHOST
Luc told me a story that shaped who he was before he was drafted into the NHL.
Martin MooreHOST
Now, you've got to remember, hockey is religion in Canada, and Luc was becoming a local celebrity because he was scoring goals in Junior A.
Eddie GarciaHOST
Speaking of, I highly doubt that Coach Jacques Demers and his staff would randomly gamble doing so in the last few minutes of the game and being down a goal, knowing full well it would cost them a penalty if they got it wrong.
Eddie GarciaHOST
Robitaille's admitted that years later he got a call from a policeman who was there, uh, at the time literally making a deathbed confession that he allowed Demers' staff access to the Kings' equipment, including their sticks.
Eddie GarciaHOST
Gary Bettman and the NHL were too cowardly to do any investigation because they likely wanted to avoid any controversy.
Eddie GarciaHOST
If they had, what consequences should there have been? By the way, to my critics in the comment section, they better start learning to love me and my words of wisdom because I'm not going anywhere.
Eddie GarciaHOST
My dad and I were enraged and saddened with the outcome.
Eddie GarciaHOST
It was also Gretzky's last Stanley Cup appearance, which made it even sadder in hindsight.
Eddie GarciaHOST
There was a story shared by Luc Robitaille on an NHL.com article by Dave Stubbs on how a Montreal policeman contacted Luc a few years later, admitting that, uh, he had re- he, uh, ad- that it was requested he leave his post on the Kings' side so the Habs could inspect the Kings' sticks to find out who was using an illegal stick.
Eddie GarciaHOST
Per the article, Marty knew all along the sticks were illegal, but didn't think much of it as they were given him that way.
Gil MartinHOST
And hi- like I said, his love for the game just shined through everything he did, and he will be missed.
Rachel DonnerHOST
Yeah, I met him at a charity hockey tournament, uh, run by Luc Robitaille, of course with the LA Kings connection there.
Rachel DonnerHOST
And, uh, just, uh, again, just a remarkable figure in hockey broadcasting.
Rachel DonnerHOST
So, uh, have to make sure we acknowledge him and his contribution to the NHL.
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