Confirmed with Link: Lyubushkin traded to Leafs

[Leafsfan74]

Count me in the ‘like it, don’t love it crowd’. Cost is okay, fills needs, didn’t empty the cupboards.

One thing I like about Boosh is that he has the nickname and playstyle to actually encourage fan participation during games. It’s like an empty arena in there too often. But that’s just an aside.

Maybe there’s another addition incoming…but as is, I can see two fluid pairings among the three.

I can see Reilly and Brodie on separate pairs and Lili/Boosh alternating between them depending on circumstance. Lili and Reilly paired if you need some offence. Benoit and McCabe stay together.

I think one thing this deal shows is that money in/money out isn’t on the table too much and there’s not much appetite for moving forwards with term (Kampf or Jarnkrok, for example). Or that it doesn’t make much sense at the moment.

A couple other things:
A) the anti-Dubas crowd are insufferable
B) I don’t for the life of me understand the anti-Liljegren movement. Guy is good now, just hitting his stride, and has loads of skill.

I was a fan of his after his first couple of games here. Even said I would consider getting a jersey just to show my support. How silly would that have been? The guy had games with I think double digit hit numbers. Just beautiful.

I've seen enough hockey and I have always respected hard nosed players. Whatever Brad does I want each of them to have the intangibles that Boosh has. The guy will block a puck with his face if it means winning.

Leafs have guys like him and Benoit that are unsung heroes until you realize that they bring a game that every player on the team loves on their side.

 

[Its not your fault]

Just to get some perspective, how much did Dubas pay to get Lyubushkin?

Just checked: it was a second rounder! (Along w another bad contract).

Age contact also varies these things.

 

[Atrusai]

Too many fake Leafs fans.

Only good thing about American Major markets is they don’t f*ck around with the homerism.

This dude would be out of a job so quick.
This was an article written by Dubas fan, or a Leafs Rival.

Bettman Hockey encourages us to subsidize crappy teams and even low brow soon to be destitute, 10th grade writers.

It’s true what they say. Everyone’s a Leaf fan even the haters. This guys a soulless sellout who for sure is a cuc* wishing he wasn’t employed by the Leafs teet to feed his family.

Pfffttt.

I don't know why people keep reading and posting this guy's crap.. it reads like bad fan fiction.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I would love for Tre to trade for Makar but that didn't happened.

Honestly, Boosh will be a good mix with the current group as he offers size, PK and toughness on the blueline.
Considering the price that Flames was asking, would rather have Boosh than Tanev.
Lets face it, even with Tanev, the Leafs will only go as far as AM, MM, Willie and Reilly take them. If AM and MM combined for ONE goal in a series again, it really doesn't matter if Tre trade for any Dman.

I don't know what reality you live in, but in the correct there is NO way they could have EVER traded for Makar.

 

[Its not your fault]

Hopefully it's Liljegren.

Then you should be trading him.

 

[Taylor Halls Teeth]

Too many fake Leafs fans.

Only good thing about American Major markets is they don’t f*ck around with the homerism.

This dude would be out of a job so quick.
This was an article written by Dubas fan, or a Leafs Rival.

Bettman Hockey encourages us to subsidize crappy teams and even low brow soon to be destitute, 10th grade writers.

It’s true what they say. Everyone’s a Leaf fan even the haters. This guys a soulless sellout who for sure is a cuc* wishing he wasn’t employed by the Leafs teet to feed his family.

Pfffttt.

Hah! Editor In Leaf is just a bunch of not really knowledgable Leaf fans and Tanner wants to have Dubas baby. This is his blog headline from last May

Toronto Maple Leafs Fire Kyle Dubas: Biggest Mistake in Franchise History​

 

[NJG]

Then you should be trading him.

I would of traded him two years ago if it was my choice.

 

[Magic Man]

One more would really tip the scales in the leafs favor no matter who they're matched up against.

Seeler is a Schenn/Middleton type they may be able to buy low on. He would stand a better chance than Reaves of seeing regular minutes and he would be there to answer the bell if need be. He's my home run choice.

Bogosian or Edmundson would also be good alternatives. Playoff style players.

 

[Maple Leaf]

One more would really tip the scales in the leafs favor no matter who they're matched up against.

Need a real gud pro shutdown

 

[rojac]

Too many fake Leafs fans.

Only good thing about American Major markets is they don’t f*ck around with the homerism.

This dude would be out of a job so quick.
This was an article written by Dubas fan, or a Leafs Rival.

Bettman Hockey encourages us to subsidize crappy teams and even low brow soon to be destitute, 10th grade writers.

It’s true what they say. Everyone’s a Leaf fan even the haters. This guys a soulless sellout who for sure is a cuc* wishing he wasn’t employed by the Leafs teet to feed his family.

Pfffttt.

Is it really a job? Isn't this character just a fan with a blog?

 

[Cap'n Flavour]

That's not how I remember him in the playoffs. He certainly wasn't a liability. We deserved to win that series.

Excluding Liljegren's two games, he had the worst CF%, xGF% and GF% of any D on the team. Not sure what you're remembering then. I remember him struggling to do anything useful with the puck, unlike Schenn who at least managed simple breakout passes, and Benoit who uhh well let's just say he kills plays in both ends effectively.

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

Two picks for a depth plug is the exact OPPOSITE of what they should be doing.

Analysis: Toronto Maple Leafs Acquire Ilya Lyubushkin In 3-Team Trade

It was announced that the Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin from the Anaheim Ducks as part of a three-team trade including the Caroli

editorinleaf.com

"Out of 255 defensemen that have played over 500 minutes at 5v5, Lyubushkin ranks: 220th in xGF%, 193rd in GA/60, 172nd in CA/60, and 224th in xGA/60".

Any good memories fans had of Lyubushkin are about to be obliterated.

It's entirely possible Lyubushkin will perform better here. It's even more probable he stinks. Lyubushkin is SO useless offensively his entire effectiveness is limited to hoping the other team doesn't score while he's on the ice.

And he's not even good at that.

The only way to positively spin this is that Treliving didn't trade the first. So the hope is they still land a better defenseman. Which would likely make Lyubushkin a healthy scratch half the time.

Another master class in asset management, Toronto Maple Leafs style.

 

[Hoglund4MvP]

Two picks for a depth plug is the exact OPPOSITE of what they should be doing.

Analysis: Toronto Maple Leafs Acquire Ilya Lyubushkin In 3-Team Trade

It was announced that the Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin from the Anaheim Ducks as part of a three-team trade including the Caroli

editorinleaf.com

"Out of 255 defensemen that have played over 500 minutes at 5v5, Lyubushkin ranks: 220th in xGF%, 193rd in GA/60, 172nd in CA/60, and 224th in xGA/60".

Any good memories fans had of Lyubushkin are about to be obliterated.

It's entirely possible Lyubushkin will perform better here. It's even more probable he stinks. Lyubushkin is SO useless offensively his entire effectiveness is limited to hoping the other team doesn't score while he's on the ice.

And he's not even good at that.

The only way to positively spin this is that Treliving didn't trade the first. So the hope is they still land a better defenseman. Which would likely make Lyubushkin a healthy scratch half the time.

Another master class in asset management, Toronto Maple Leafs style.

What kind of advance stats were you expecting to see for a stay at home d on a lottery team. Common sense please

 

[Shooter2x]

Two picks for a depth plug is the exact OPPOSITE of what they should be doing.

Analysis: Toronto Maple Leafs Acquire Ilya Lyubushkin In 3-Team Trade

It was announced that the Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin from the Anaheim Ducks as part of a three-team trade including the Caroli

editorinleaf.com

"Out of 255 defensemen that have played over 500 minutes at 5v5, Lyubushkin ranks: 220th in xGF%, 193rd in GA/60, 172nd in CA/60, and 224th in xGA/60".

Any good memories fans had of Lyubushkin are about to be obliterated.

It's entirely possible Lyubushkin will perform better here. It's even more probable he stinks. Lyubushkin is SO useless offensively his entire effectiveness is limited to hoping the other team doesn't score while he's on the ice.

And he's not even good at that.

The only way to positively spin this is that Treliving didn't trade the first. So the hope is they still land a better defenseman. Which would likely make Lyubushkin a healthy scratch half the time.

Another master class in asset management, Toronto Maple Leafs style.

Boosh was > 50% in CF, SF, xGF, SCF, HDCF when he was a Leaf.

 

[Hoglund4MvP]

Boosh was > 50% in CF, SF, xGF, SCF, HDCF when he was a Leaf.

Yes, finally some common sense.

A stay at home ds advance stats will depend on his team more than him.

Boosh will be fine in the role they will give him. He's here to do specific things, not go end to end like makar.

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

Boosh was > 50% in CF, SF, xGF, SCF, HDCF when he was a Leaf.

A rising tide raises all ships.

According to NST Lyubushkin was being supported by Rielly. His numbers away from Rielly were pedestrian (50.1% CF%, 48.78 FF%, 48.89 SF%, 46.15 GF%, 49.44 xGF%). Rielly's numbers without Lyubushkin were better.

I really hope anyone isn't thinking Lyubushkin makes Rielly's play appear better and not the other way around.

 

[Shooter2x]

A rising tide raises all ships.

If you follow your own train of thoughts you will realize why the stats you plucked out are totally useless for us from an analysis point of view. Boosh is going to be used as a well oiled machine chip. It's not that hard to understand.

 

[Hoglund4MvP]

A rising tide raises all ships.

According to NST Lyubushkin was being supported by Rielly. His numbers away from Rielly were pedestrian (50.1% CF%, 48.78 FF%, 48.89 SF%, 46.15 GF%, 49.44 xGF%). Rielly's numbers without Lyubushkin were better.

I really hope anyone isn't thinking Lyubushkin makes Rielly's play appear better and not the other way around.

What does this guy expect to happen when a stay at home D loses the best offensive dmen as his partner? The numbers will drop all the time. Rielly is the best D at transitioning the puck.

Boosh also play less 5v5 minutes than most of the D. He was taken out of situation where the CF and xGF would be higher and the dmen accumulate ice time away from him.

It stupid to even analyze it this deep for a depth stay at home d. it will come down to how he is used

 

[Havoc]

Hands of stone D experiences drop in xGF when skilled partner is removed from his pairing. I would have never expected to witness that in a million years.

Said no one ever.

Remind me not to log in again for the day so I don't ruin my weekend.

Hopefully Boosh drops 5 hits on the Rags tonight. Let's goooooooo *Reaves flex*

 

[Hellcat]

Need a real gud pro shutdown

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The best part of the picture is on the right... Smokeshow

 

[Confucius]

A rising tide raises all ships.

According to NST Lyubushkin was being supported by Rielly. His numbers away from Rielly were pedestrian (50.1% CF%, 48.78 FF%, 48.89 SF%, 46.15 GF%, 49.44 xGF%). Rielly's numbers without Lyubushkin were better.

I really hope anyone isn't thinking Lyubushkin makes Rielly's play appear better and not the other way around.

Rielly plays offense more like a 4th forward so he needs a partner who can play ALL the D. So ofcourse Boosh offense numbers are better with Rielly and Rielly’s d numbers look better with a d man like Boosh

 

[Niagara Bill]

Unless there are much larger acquisitions planned either trades or using first rounder, getting Boosh back is a waste of draft choices. We need sooo much more. I hope this isn't considered "all in"

 

[Gallagbi]

Unless there are much larger acquisitions planned either trades or using first rounder, getting Boosh back is a waste of draft choices. We need sooo much more. I hope this isn't considered "all in"

Nobody would consider this all in. It may be the only move we make, but it's not all in

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

Rielly plays offense more like a 4th forward so he needs a partner who can play ALL the D. So ofcourse Boosh offense numbers are better with Rielly and Rielly’s d numbers look better with a d man like Boosh

Then why were Rielly's numbers so much better with virtually every other defenseman than Lyubushkin?

 

[DarkKnight]

Why are people fixating on advanced stats this year, we know the player, we know exactly what he can bring. Could care less what he stats are on a dogshit team, again we know exactly what he is.