Limited but great in his role. He adds some sturdiness to a young Sabres d-corp.
Confirmed Signing with Link: [BUF] D Ilya Lyubushkin signs with the Sabres (2 years, $2.75M AAV)
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Asymmetric Solution
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Hard to read this thread - almost all like the signing? Is that allowed on HF? 
Buffalo needed someone to add the physical compete to their blueline so this fills a big hole they haven't been able to fill in-house recently. Seems like he could get time in the Blankenberg role alongside Power at ES or down with Byron on the third pair.
Buffalo needed someone to add the physical compete to their blueline so this fills a big hole they haven't been able to fill in-house recently. Seems like he could get time in the Blankenberg role alongside Power at ES or down with Byron on the third pair.
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I actually quite liked him. One dimensional, prone to the occasional bad giveway, but brings some sandpaper and size.
Nice. Physical D who learned a lot from Hjalmarsson while they were in AZ. Good to see him get paid.
Suprised the Leafs didn't pony up something close to that. After all, he did become a pretty effective partner for Morgan Rielly.
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Finally a true PK defensive D man. Our PK needed something to stabilize it on the backend now its looking like a solid Samuelsson + this signing for PK1. The PK was bad last year. Opens up Power to roam a little bit too if he can rely on his partner to be covering
Bogosian played stay-at-home so hard he stayed at home most of the time.
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Right-shot d-man, strong defensive game, decent size, physical. Fills a big hole on the Sabres' roster. Will play with Power, or with Bryson on the 3rd pairing.
Love this signing.
Love this signing.
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I hope this turns out to be one the more underrated moves of the off season. I thought he played well in Tor, he was even paired with Rielly at times. He is pretty stay at home but did show flashes of some offensive potential also, more than might be acknowledged. I found him to be a real stabilizer and I hope he does the same for Buff. I think this a good signing.
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Loved the hits and his where did that come from playoff goal, hated the dumb penalties and puck fumbling. I would have liked to keep him but 2.75 was probably too much for us.
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He’s been injured, just started skating again this morning
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The team has said the injury he suffered out west has lingered and it made sense to have him shut it down for a time to get better rather than trying to continue to play through it.
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Injured. No chance in hell he’s getting scratched if he’s healthy. He’s been a great addition to the Sabres’ blue line.
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back at practice today and is day to day. They made a point to say that Jokiharju won’t go on their road trip so I’m assuming Lyubushkin will. He’s exceeded every expectation I had immediately and I can’t wait for him to get into the lineup again.
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Agh I wish my Devils would have signed him. Perfect player to have until Luke Hughes and Nemec are ready.
Does he Pk ? Who is his usual partner ?
Does he Pk ? Who is his usual partner ?
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