Recchi ringing in last year?

If he scores a bunch of the former next season, Mark Recchi could win one of the latter. That’s how he hopes 2009-10, most likely his final NHL season, will go.

“I think this is probably going to be it,’’ said Recchi, 41, during a conference call yesterday, one day after signing a one-year, $1 million extension. “I want to go out and finish it off right by winning another championship and help this team be successful. I’d say this will probably be it. I’ve got my family situation I’ve got to consider and kids I’ve got to consider. It’s been a great run. I think I want to give it one more chance.’’

Recchi, acquired with a 2010 second-round pick from Tampa Bay for Matt Lashoff and Martins Karsums, became the net-front presence the Bruins needed down the stretch run and in the playoffs. Over 18 regular-season games, Recchi netted 10 goals, including four on the power play. In the playoffs, Recchi pumped in three goals while suffering from a kidney stone in the second round.

Recchi, still among the game’s elite in tipping shots from the point, could ride on a line again with Patrice Bergeron and Chuck Kobasew next season. Recchi should also be a member of the No. 1 power-play unit.

“I see my role as exactly the one I was playing last year,’’ Recchi said. “Me and Bergy and Chucky had success last year. I’m assuming I would take the same position on the power play - get in front of the net and create traffic there. But it will evolve from training camp and what the coach thinks. I know you’ve got to go earn your ice time. You can’t get it handed to you.’’

Recchi, who considered Boston his top choice, will ramp up his off-ice training in approximately 10 days. Recchi focuses on explosive movements to help him drive hard to the net, gain position around the crease, and set himself up for tips and rebounds for the dirty goals he’s proven he can score.

“I really like the pieces that are there,’’ said Recchi. “Winning the Stanley Cup is not an easy thing. You want to give yourself every opportunity. I felt Boston was a great fit for me. We have the opportunity, if we do all the right things as players, to continue to grow as a team. I think everybody left pretty disappointed, which I really, really liked. Guys felt we left something out there. Guys will be that much more hungry this year.’’

Lucic’s travel problems didn’t seem so bad Wednesday when he got a call from Doug Armstrong, Hockey Canada’s director of player personnel for the 2010 Winter Games. Lucic was one of 45 players invited to Canada’s Olympic orientation camp, held in Calgary in August.

“They didn’t call me unless they thought I had a chance to help them win,’’ said the left wing. “I had a big smile on my face. I’m really happy to make the camp. Now it’s up to me. It’s in my hands. I’m going to play hard, have fun, and do what I do well, which is what I’ve been doing the last few seasons and what got me the call to the camp. It will be like any other camp. I’m going to prepare to do my best.’’

The Canadians have the deepest pool of talent from which to select their final roster for the Olympics, which will take place in Lucic’s hometown of Vancouver. Lucic, 21, is the third-youngest invitee (Los Angeles’s Drew Doughty is 19 and Pittsburgh’s Jordan Staal is 20) and will be a dark horse to make the team. But Lucic is fewer than two years removed from earning an NHL job, and if he continues his bump-first approach and catches the bosses’ attention, he knows he could be pulling on his country’s uniform in February.

“The main reason they called me is because of the game that I play,’’ said Lucic. “I have to keep that the same. I don’t think I should go in there trying to be a scorer. They already called guys that are the best scorers in the league already. I understand the reason why they brought me into camp. It’s more to play a checking role. I’d be playing limited minutes, but when I’m out there, I have to bring energy for the team. It’s being physical, making good, strong plays, and being good in the defensive zone.’’

Restricted free agent Matt Hunwick can file for arbitration tomorrow, which is the most likely route for the 24-year-old defenseman, provided no prior action takes place.

“If there is no offer sheet and there is no agreement with the team,’’ said agent Mark Witkin, who represents Hunwick along with Peter Fish, about filing for arbitration. “It’s certainly not set in stone, but I think it’s more likely than not. And negotiations can continue during arbitration, even on the so-called courthouse steps.’’

Last summer, Dennis Wideman was the only Bruin to file for arbitration. Wideman agreed to a four-year, $15.5 million extension, avoiding arbitration. Under general manager Peter Chiarelli, there has only been one salary arbitration case - David Tanabe was awarded a one-year, $1.275 million deal in 2006. The Bruins exercised their walkaway option, making Tanabe an unrestricted free agent.

Witkin said another club could still sign Hunwick to an offer sheet, but added there isn’t much difference between the sides. “We’re not talking about hundreds of millions of dollars,’’ Witkin said.

Phil Kessel, Boston’s other primary restricted free agent, does not have arbitration rights.