"I know I'm not a young puppy anymore, but I still feel I can help the Kings win," the 38-year-old says at a news conference.
During Robinson's 17 seasons with Montreal, the Canadiens win the Stanley Cup six times, including four in a row from 1976-79, and he wins the
Norris Trophy
twice. Robinson spends three seasons with Los Angeles before retiring in 1992 and is elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995. He also wins the Cup in 1995, 2000 and 2003 as a member of the New Jersey Devils' coaching staff, and he's an assistant coach and special adviser to the St. Louis Blues when they
win the Cup for the first time in 2019
.
As a player, Robinson's teams qualify for the playoffs in each of his 20 seasons in the NHL.
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1951:
Richard Martin
, the left wing on the famed "French Connection" line of the Buffalo Sabrfes in the 1970s, is born in Verdun, Quebec. The Sabres take Martin with the No. 5 pick in the 1971 NHL Draft and he scores 44 goals as a rookie in 1971-72. The line of Martin,
Gilbert Perreault
and
Rene Robert
becomes one of the League's best by the mid-1970s and powers the Sabres to the 1975 Stanley Cup Final, though they lose to the Philadelphia Flyers in six games.
Martin scores 52 goals in 1973-74 and again in 1974-75, then gets 45 in 1979-80. But he sustains a severe knee injury when he's tripped on a breakaway during a game on
Nov. 8, 1980
, is traded to Los Angeles on March 10, 1981, and retires after playing three games for the Kings in 1981-82. He finishes his NHL career with 701 points (384 goals, 317 assists) in 685 games.
