Confirmed with Link: [ANA/TOR/CAR] Ilya Lyubushkin (75% retained) for 2025 3rd round pick - CAR receives 6th round pick for additional retention

[Zegs2sendhelp]

He’s bad - great job by PV here

Mintyukov bout to be unchained

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Boosh played some solid bottom pair for the leafs a couple of years ago. Given they were never in on Tanev due to the price, I’m not surprised they gave up a 3rd and a 6th for him. He fits comfortably with them, like an old glove. At least they hope he will.

Good move by PV.

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

3rd rounder for a guy that having seen both I’m not convinced is better than Benoit. Happy PV didn’t bail Treliving outta jail taking a McGinn-esque contract back

 

[Rasp]

I'm fine with this. 3rd round pick can be used to move up and he wasn't going to stay here past this current contract.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Why even bother for a 3rd, 4th, 5th…..those later round picks have zero value IMO. I get wanting to ship him off but Lyubushkin is worth more than that. He’s a serviceable NHL defenseman.

Nonsense. All picks are assets to either draft new players or put in trades

Verbeek used this trade to recoup a 2025 pick that he lost in the JD trade

This is solid asset managment

 

[airforceones25]

Never have I ever seen a more incompetent group of fans in my life than the Ducks fans complaining about this trade on the Ducks Facebook page. My god it’s embarrassing that they even associate themselves with this team.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Never have I ever seen a more incompetent group of fans in my life than the Ducks fans complaining about this trade on the Ducks Facebook page. My god it’s embarrassing that they even associate themselves with this team.

The Facebook group is a thing.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Why even bother for a 3rd, 4th, 5th…..those later round picks have zero value IMO. I get wanting to ship him off but Lyubushkin is worth more than that. He’s a serviceable NHL defenseman.

You can’t force him to extend here.

 

[MMC]

With Fowler likely missing several games I’d go with

Mintyukov-Gudas
Zellweger-Vaakanainen
LaCombe-Lindstrom
Hagg

 

[ADHB]

Never have I ever seen a more incompetent group of fans in my life than the Ducks fans complaining about this trade on the Ducks Facebook page. My god it’s embarrassing that they even associate themselves with this team.

Do they actually think he was worth MORE?

 

[airforceones25]

Do they actually think he was worth MORE?

People fuming that we got hosed “handed him to Toronto for free” and are upset becauseToronto fans are celebrating on their page. lol One person went on to say how Verbeek is the worst GM in the league. Lol

 

[Bender66]

People fuming that we got hosed “handed him to Toronto for free” and are upset becauseToronto fans are celebrating on their page. lol One person went on to say how Verbeek is the worst GM in the league. Lol

 

[Kalv]

People fuming that we got hosed “handed him to Toronto for free” and are upset becauseToronto fans are celebrating on their page. lol One person went on to say how Verbeek is the worst GM in the league. Lol

Perhaps they'd be ready to trade Matthews for Vatrano

 

[JAHV]

This is a good deal for the Ducks. I wasn't expecting more than a 4th.

Lybushkin wasn't good, but he did his job as a veteran third pairing d-man to shepherd Mintyukov in his rookie season. I will remember him fondly, unlike many other third pairing dmen the Ducks have gone through in the last dozen years. Good luck to you, Bush.

 

[Rybread86]

So we traded a 4th to get him and a 3rd to trade away while getting some decent time out of him. Nice

 

[Anaheim4ever]

So we traded a 4th to get him and a 3rd to trade away while getting some decent time out of him. Nice

This. Even if it is moving up only like 10 spots in the draft with a early 4th for late 3rd.
Having two 3rds they could use in a draft day trade to move up in the draft !

 

[Leonardo87]

Good solid return. To get a 3rd for Bush. Really is a sellers market.

 

[Play]

Guessing a 5th

gonna go with a 6th rounder

How about a third and Coffee to go !?

 

[eaterfan]

Wouldn't mind having an extra 3rd rounder every year just to grab a goalie prospect. Good trade IMO.

 

[Gliff]

Great asset management.

 

[Kalv]

What's our best drafted 3rd rounders?

 

[ScarTroy]

What's our best drafted 3rd rounders?

Dostal, Siderov, Pastujov, Hinds from fairly recent drafts. We’ll see how they end up, but certainly good prospects and Dostal looking like the future starter.

 

[Quack Shot]

Think Verbeek will start using draft picks to acquire players after the season. Waiting for a 3rd to develop will be outside of our timeframe.

 

[Henrique Iglesias]

Nonsense. All picks are assets to either draft new players or put in trades

Verbeek used this trade to recoup a 2025 pick that he lost in the JD trade

This is solid asset managment

I’m not arguing the asset management (although Jamie was traded with a 2nd). I’m arguing that a 3rd round pick is worth next to nothing.

Roughly 1 out of every 10 3rd round picks play in the NHL. The probability of them becoming an impact player is even lower.

 

[Henrique Iglesias]

You can’t force him to extend here.

I’m not saying we can.

What im saying is the chances of the 3rd round pick becoming an NHLer, even for the equivalent of the 30 or so games Lyubushkin will play for the Leafs, is extremely low.