Confirmed with Link: [ANA/BUF] Ilya Lyubushkin for 2025 4th round pick

[Lord Flashheart]

Typical Verbeek gentle giant.

 

[Dirk316]

2 career fights and described by Verbeek as a big physical tough to play against etc
He described Nesterenko and Mcginn the same way. He is an exact Verbeek type player like Leason

 

[anezthes]

Yey! Me like.

 

[Vipers31]

2 career fights and described by Verbeek as a big physical tough to play against etc
He described Nesterenko and Mcginn the same way. He is an exact Verbeek type player like Leason

Boxscore-scouting downgraded to hockeyfights.com-scouting

 

[Leonardo87]

So the D went from having a bunch of 6, 7, and 8’s , to now having a bunch of 4, 5 and 6’s. Baby steps.

What’s up with this Gummy Bear nickname? Saw it on here and Twitte….er um X.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

So realistically we’re looking at

Killorn zegras mctavish
Henrique carlsson terry
Silf strome vatrano
Mcginn groulx Carrick

- not really sure how forward lines will look, I assume we want to keep strome or Henrique w/ carlsson, unless carlsson just goes to wing to start.

Fowler Gudas
Hagg drysdale
Lacombe lyebushkin

W/ white and helleson filling in on maintenance days/injuries? Not perfect but much improved from last year.

I still think Mintyukov is going to make it hard for team to send down.

 

[Leonardo87]

So realistically we’re looking at

Fowler Gudas
Hagg drysdale
Lacombe lyebushkin

W/ white and helleson filling in on maintenance days/injuries?

Better than we had last year. Of course a lot will depend on how the young players like Drysdale and LaCombe progress but at least they some better support.

Then next season gave Minty, Zellweger, and Hinds likely ready to make the jump to the NHL.

D is getting there, slowly but it’s getting there.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Better than we had last year. Of course a lot will depend on how the young players like Drysdale and LaCombe progress but at least they some better support.

Then next season gave Minty, Zellweger, and Hinds likely ready to make the jump to the NHL.

D is getting there, slowly but it’s getting there.

I think minty ends up on the team some time this year(maybe post deadline)…. As we can prob ship off bush and Hagg depending on the standings

 

[Leonardo87]

I think minty ends up on the team some time this year(maybe post deadline)…. As we can prob ship off bush and Hagg depending on the standings

yeah I think if he looks very good down in SD, could see him maybe late in the season.

 

[Dirk316]

Boxscore-scouting downgraded to hockeyfights.com-scouting

Tough physical defender hard to play against usually equals ability to fight as well.

 

[12ozPapa]

Tough physical defender hard to play against usually equals ability to fight as well smart-ass

No, it doesn’t.

 

[cheesymc]

This is a guy I thought Verbeek would target, but I would think we would be the ones getting the pick for taking on the contract when Buffalo has too many defensemen and Illya was bad last year. I was also thinking that Gibson would have been involved with us getting a bigger return… it looks like a pouting Gibby is really sticking around.

Tough physical defender hard to play against usually equals ability to fight as well smart-ass

He thinks Justin Holl is physical and tough

 

[ohcomeonref]

even Verbeek's worst moves have kinda only been bad because of how badly Murray had handcuffed himself with our FAs. Seems like the Verbeek criticism has subsided a bit over the past few months but it could come back. the guy has done a lot things that have made sense, heck even the Klingberg signing was arguably pretty solid.

My biggest criticism was not addressing toughness, especially after the Terry incident, but he's slowly fixing it now.

 

[cheesymc]

We all need to be thankful here that Verbeek didn’t dump a 2nd round pick to acquire 5’9” Bryson to pair with Drysdale next year. We might not be targeting Celebrini but more like a top 5-8 pick to show “growth.”

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

We all need to be thankful here that Verbeek didn’t dump a 2nd round pick to acquire 5’9” Bryson to pair with Drysdale next year. We might not be targeting Celebrini but more like a top 5-8 pick to show “growth.”

We're targeting playoffs. According to the coach.

 

[12ozPapa]

Whenever we played Arizona always stood out to me as a responsible dman with some bite. This is a great pick up I think

 

[Kariya 9]

2 career fights and described by Verbeek as a big physical tough to play against etc
He described Nesterenko and Mcginn the same way. He is an exact Verbeek type player like Leason

690 career hits in 279 games. Fighting is not the only way to play physical in a contact sport.

 

[ohcomeonref]

690 career hits in 279 games. Fighting is not the only way to play physical in a contact sport.

And some real board rattlers too.

 

[nbducksfan19]

Boxscore-scouting downgraded to hockeyfights.com-scouting

Dirk won’t be until we ice a lineup with mike Tyson,

 

[MMC]

I wonder what Bob Marley would think if he read Dirk’s posts

 

[91Fedorov]

I wonder what Bob Marley would think if he read Dirk’s posts

That poor Bob is just another gentle giant that doesn't have enough fight tape to have any value as a human.

 

[Dirk316]

I wonder what Bob Marley would think if he read Dirk’s posts

And the captain of anti fighting. You've been yearning for this for years. Obsessing over Torontos garbage roster. Guess what now they are one of the toughest teams in hockey. But unlike Anaheim they actually made the playoffs. It's unreal how many "fans" love this garbage

 

[robbieboy3686]

And the captain of anti fighting. You've been yearning for this for years. Obsessing over Torontos garbage roster. Guess what now they are one of the toughest teams in hockey. But unlike Anaheim they actually made the playoffs. It's unreal how many "fans" love this garbage

It’s clear that our new GM wants toughness, but he and Cronin are on record as saying guys need to be able to do more than just fight. I’m very confident we will be as close to a modern day big bad skilled ducks in 2-3 more seasons, with each passing season getting much closer to that.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Tough physical defender hard to play against usually equals ability to fight as well.

"Usually" leaves room for some exceptions and I think Lybushkin is one of them. If he has a calling card, it's that he's known for throwing big hits. Sort of surprising he hasn't been forced into a few more scraps to be honest.

 

[robbieboy3686]

"Usually" leaves room for some exceptions and I think Lybushkin is one of them. If he has a calling card, it's that he's known for throwing big hits. Sort of surprising he hasn't been forced into a few more scraps to be honest.

He will have 1 or 2 fights this season for the ducks. I’m calling it now.