Confirmed Signing with Link: [DAL] D Ilya Lyubushkin signs with the Stars (2 years, $3.25M)

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[a mangy Meowth]

Awful lol. I love it

 

[Prairie Habs]

Between this and dumba I'm not sure what Dallas is doing on defense.

 

[DitchMarner]

That price seems high. He plays hard and is physical but doesn't bring much offense. His puck skills aren't anything to write home about. Good luck in Dallas.

 

[crowi]

Not a great deal. You can always trade him to the Leafs at deadline though. They love acquiring this guy.

 

[Unspecified]

Between this and dumba I'm not sure what Dallas is doing on defense.

Its the fallout of of having Benn and Seguin on these albatross contracts that we knew would hinder us eventually.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Boosh + Dumba for 7M oof.

 

[Blindsummit]

Jim Nill has blown this FA big time. Atrocious deals. We are going to get reamed in defence and there will be no offensive support from these signings. Bad, bad day for us.

 

[Artemi Panarin]

What is Nill doing today?

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Jim Nill has blown this FA big time. Atrocious deals. We are going to get reamed in defence and there will be no offensive support from these signings. Bad, bad day for us.

Uncharacteristic of him. Always thought he was a top 5 GM over the last decade.

 

[Jared Dunn]

Man, I'll give it some time because most of the moves they make the past couple years have worked out really well but on paper I feel like Dallas has had the worst day. Don't like either of those deals on the back end

 

[crowi]

Boosh + Dumba for 7M oof.

OEL and Tanev for 8M oof.

 

[ElGuapo]

It's a dark day in Dallas.

 

[HockeyVirus]

OEL and Tanev for 8M oof.

I mean, I easily take those guys at 8 than Dubma and Boosh at 7 come on now

 

[crowi]

I mean, I easily take those guys at 8 than Dubma and Boosh at 7 come on now

I would too, but they're going to be on LTIR for like half of their contracts. It means you'll need more guys.

 

[AcerComputer]

Rather have Lybushkin (RHD) at $3.25m x 2 than OEL (LHD) at $3.5m x 4.

 

[BlueOil]

Rather have Lybushkin (RHD) at $3.25m x 2 than OEL (LHD) at $3.5m x 4.

sure, but neither was an option too

 

[bossram]

What is Nill doing today?

I know. Did Nill suddenly age like Joe Biden? What is he doing?

Like, was he so enamoured with Hakanpaa he had to go out and sign his doppelganger for more than double? And then toss another $3.8M per year at Dumba?

That $8M 3rd pair....yeah, that'll do it Nill.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Dallas needed to improve its defensive abilities and its GM did it. Yeah, Lyubushkin is overpaid, but what options did Dallas have? Did the market offer any good cheap young top4 RDs? No, it didn't. Dallas bought what the market offered and for the price the market offered, it's what capitalism is all about after all...

Oh, and it's just 2 years.

 

[kanucks25]

If they see him as a legit #5 this is a fine deal.

I don't know if he's more than a good #6 on a contender though,

 

[dgibb10]

I think Hakanpaa/Colin Miller+Roy/Pesce would have been MUCH better way to spend 7 mill than this. I get avoiding the term but this just seems very bad

 

[ZeHockeyFan]

Uncharacteristic of him. Always thought he was a top 5 GM over the last decade.

How so? His UFA acquisitions have always been mostly underwhelming to average, with a couple of pretty good acquisitions, and rarely of the top-tier talent in his prime- variety. Gonchar, Oduya, Hemsky, Pavelski, Steel, Smith, Duchene, Marchment, Suter, Hakanpaa, Perry, etc., is right along the lines of Dumba and Lyubushkin.

(Note: I am not discounting the fact that Pavelski and Duchene have been great- the former, especially. It's just that they were not the players at whom you'd throw a 7-year deal when they were available to sign with the Stars.)

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

OEL and Tanev for 8M oof.

I don’t think we’re over the moon on these contracts either but at least the Toronto guys are good actual hockey players