The REAL REASON behind the Lybushkin trade…

The REAL REASON behind the Lybushkin trade…

We have breaking news of a massive three team trade involving the Hurricanes Ducks and the Toronto map leaves and we’re going to break it all down for you coming up on this episode of hatrick HQ before we get into it just want to say that 77% of you guys watching this

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With that said let’s get right into the main topic of the video today which is leaves make the perfect trade and as we take a look here uh this is from David Pagoda on Twitter he says it’s three-way season the trade details are to the Toronto mapley right-handed defenseman

Elia lbushkin to the Ducks a third round pick and Anaheim retains 50% of leushin deal and the Hurricanes get a sixth round pick with h Carolina retaining 25% of leushin deal in this so this this would mean that uh the leasts are getting leushin at a cap hit of

6875 with double retention uh less than league minimum salary that leaves plenty of room for further moves before the March 8 trade deadline and as take a look at elot bushin here uh obviously like I said right-handed shot defenseman 29-year-old from Russia H former mapa

Now back with the leafes again and as we take a look at his stats here obviously this guy is a great stay-at-home right shot defenseman here he’s a guy who’s going to get the blocks get the hits as we see this season with 55 games with

The Ducks uh he has 138 blocks 112 hits with four assists on the board as well but Merk I mean this is a huge trade I mean we were just getting ready to Bunker down for a good night’s sleep and we’ve seen this trade uh break and we

Had to get on and record a video uh for you guys I mean this is just a massive trade for the Toronto Maple the the first of many I believe and just want to get your initial thoughts as a TR map fan of having elely leushin come back to

The tronto Maple Leafs well first off I want to say welcome back Bo this guy was great in his time with the lease we’ve seen him come in I kind of mentioned this in the video earlier actually we’ve seen him come in play next to Morgan

Riley he’s not going to be your best defenseman he’s not going to be your best defensive defenseman he definitely won’t be your best offensive defenseman but this is one of true living’s kind of stereotypical players he wants big bodies that can be hard to play against we’ve seen leushin year after year just

Be so physical really he lays the body he block shots he will put a lot on the line he can generate a tiny bit of offense this will go up once he does make the Leaf’s team but I think this guy is going to slide in perfectly in

This leas lineup and especially with a guy like lilen out right now Brody looking better on the left side it’s nice that the leas finally grabbed another right-handed defenseman to get into the lineup he’s a guy that has played a bit of penalty killing time for

Than H duck so we can use them in this sense but overall you’re trading a third and a six which might seem like a tiny bit but you are getting 75% retained like Chris Johnson said this is below a league minimum contract it frees up so

Much more room for the leafes to keep aggressively trying to add to this team we might see another right-handed defenseman come in we might see them go get more Center depth Wing depth maybe another goalie which I highly doubt they will but there’s a possibility who really knows I didn’t have leushin being

Traded for at midnight new FL time on my bingo card this weekend so the big thing is like I said you get in this guy he’s a physical defenseman he knows how to play in the playoffs he kind of knows the system it was only a couple seasons

Ago when he was on this team playing with Morgan Riley he played under Sheldon Keefe he knows what to do what to do to kind of win and overall I don’t think it’s a terrible trade if this is the only one they make maybe I’ll be a

Tiny bit upset but I think this is a perfect trade just to get the right-and of defenseman get some insurance on this right side and just kind of bolster your def defense in hopes to make a Stanley Cup run yeah I really like this trade personally everybody if you’ve been

Watching this channel for a while you know how much I love these defensive gritty type defenseman and this is what you’re getting with El lushka am mer kind of broke it down perfectly here you’re getting a great guy who can get some penley kill time he’s going to go

Out he’s going to bang bodies block the shots a great guy to have in a playoff series a guy who’s going to get under the opponent’s skin a lot and I’m just excited to have Bou back in Toronto because I mean this guy is just such a a

Powerhouse on the back end and I can’t wait to see him put least Jersey back on but we’re going to look at uh where we may see him fit here uh my opinion I think you see him here on this third pairing uh in William lagon spot here

Obviously uh merano went out tonight in tonight’s contest unfortunately which is probably why we may have seen this trade happen as we see the TR M police defense in Mark Jano was injured in Thursday’s game against Arizona and did didn’t return after falling into the boards according to Sheldon ke Jer now suffered

A head injury but wasn’t sure about the extent of it and obviously America I mean this is just heartbreaking for Tron Maple fans VAR chano going down with injury just after getting back into the lineup and I think this may be of what caused to maybe go and get out and getting Elia

Brushin yeah the big thing is you see jodano go down so now this is going to kind of Shuffle the lines a bit more Lil’s out right now but my ideal situation when Lam returns and leushin add into this lineup if they don’t make any more moves and say a guy like J

Danos out for a while is we’ve seen Morgan Riley kind of flourish when you put him into this third pairing just kind of and I want to say in quotations third pering where he gets a bunch of power play time he can get double shifted with other parings but I think

Him and leushin on like I said in air quotes the third piring then you have guys like mcabe and Ben W that works perfectly on the second ping and TJ Brody and wien I actually really like these three appearing I think they work perfectly together you can kind of mix a

Match you can put Morgan Riley with just say TJ Brody in one shift you can just kind of keep him with lushin on another and overall if they do go out and get another defenseman it kind of would puzzle me on who they have to move out

With all the players they have right now but I definitely think with jodano being out with his head injury I’m hoping it’s not for a long term I’m hoping it’s just something he got shaken up and he’s back next game but it seems like they did make this trade immed after so there

Might be some concern around the leas organization that Gio might be out for an extented period of time yeah I definitely think you’re right there I think is uh hopefully obviously we don’t hope he’s out with injury I mean he’s a great defenseman love Gio love his

Personali and he finally got back into the this leas lineup and now going down with injury just really sucks to see but there is a bright side to it here with a new guy coming in in El leushin I guess a new old guy for relief but coming back

For uh for another round here as a tronto me Lea and I like you said I really like these pairings that they do have here the ones that you kind of put forward here with Riley and leushin I really like the the Brody and lren lren deir I really thought they were great

When we got a little glimpse of that but like you said you know what you’re getting with this guy is the perfect guy to pair with Morgan Riley uh in this situation I mean he’s just going to bang bodies and and just you know get in

Front of puck in front of the net and I really like this trade for the TR Maple and I really don’t think they’re done yet I think they’re going to add a few more pieces here like you said and it’ll be really fun to watch uh to see what

Brad sh living does here at the deadline but I mean obviously uh we’ve seen this trade now out of Brad living and I think it’s just a great trade I think all around a lot of lease fans were hoping to bring in B we’ve seen it down in the

Comments section A lot a lot of you guys were hoping that V was going to come back to Toronto and now he’s here he’s back just can’t wait to see him hit the ice yeah that’s the big thing and one thing I’m kind of thinking about that I think

Would be a fun experience do I want them to do in the playoffs definitely not but I think you know you go up against a strong team like the Boston Bruins the LA Kings just a physical team I think it’d be really fun just to try uh

Leushin with benois next to him I think this would be a chaos pering they would just almost murder everyone on the ice would they be the best probably not but I think it’d be kind of fun especially to test when you get further into the season Once you clinch your playoff spot

And once you’re starting to guys I could see two of these guys pair together and just see what kind of outcome you get where they’re both hard noos Defenders and really hard to play against yeah I think that would be such a fun pairing to watch wouldn’t want to be on the

Opposite side of the puck with your two of those guys out on the ice cuz your own home with a few bruises on you for sure but I mean I guess to kind of wrap it up here uh good great trade from the tronomy pleas here bringing this guy in

Under the minimum uh cap veteran cap hit here uh great defenseman add to kind of bolster this defense going in to the playoffs and I’m sure there’s lots of more moves to come and you’re going to want to stick around on the channel cuz we’re going to have everything come

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Subscribe button but we’re going to get into everybody’s favorite topic here which is comment of the day the comment of the day today goes to our boy Daniel he said Ducks pulled labush for from tonight’s game I mean what do we got here Mark is Daniel a lowkey Insider for

The NHL here I mean he put this comment up and I mean minutes after I mean we’ seen this trade kind of unfold here so just want to give Daniel a little shout out here he’s been a day one supporter here on the channel thanks for your support throughout you know I guess

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0:00 Intro
0:30 Leafs Make The Perfect Trade
9:20 Comment Of The Day

The Toronto Maple Leafs acquire from Leafs, Ilya Lyubushkin from the Anaheim Ducks to bolster their defense. Will the Leafs continue to look at options ahead of the trade deadline, was this trade due to the Mark Giordano injury and where does he fit. Mark Pye and KC break down these reports, rumors, and more on this episode of Hat Trick HQ.