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The Toronto Maple Leafs introduced as we speak that the hockey membership has acquired defenceman Ilya Lyubushkin and the rights to unsigned draft alternative Kirill Slepets in a three-team commerce with the Anaheim Geese and Carolina Hurricanes.
Anaheim will obtain Toronto’s third-round choose in 2025 and retain 50% of Lyubushkin’s wage. Carolina will obtain a sixth-round choose in 2024 and retain 50% of Lyubushkin’s remaining wage. The common annual worth of the contract with the Maple Leafs shall be $687,500.
Lyubushkin, 29, has appeared in 55 video games for Anaheim this season, recording 4 assists. The Moscow, Russia native has skated in 334 NHL video games, registering 43 factors (5 targets, 38 assists). The 6’2, 200-pound defenceman was beforehand acquired by Toronto throughout the 2021-22 season. He skated in 31 common season video games and 7 playoff video games for the Maple Leafs.
Lyubushkin initially joined the Arizona Coyotes as a free agent in Could of 2018.
