Arizona and Toronto exchange three players and a pick
Update: this trade is now official
Original story:
During the 32 Thoughts segment on Hockey Night in Canada, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman mentioned that prior to Arizona's game against Los Angeles, defenceman Ilya Lyubushkin was made a healthy scratch and that it was something to keep an eye on.
Friedman added that one team that could be a fit is the Toronto Maple Leafs and thinks that something may be brewing between the two teams. He also brought up the possibility that Nick Ritchie, who is reportedly on the trade block, could be a fit in Arizona.
Craig Morgan of PHNX Sports has confirmed Elliotte's report and according to him, a league source has mentioned that a trade involving Lyubushkin is close, which is why he is scratched tonight. Morgan added that multiple teams are interested.
Lyubushkin is a right-shot defenceman and has averaged 18:06 time on ice in 46 games this season for the Coyotes. In those 46 games, the Moscow native has tallied nine assists, twenty-six penalty minutes and is a minus-six.
Can confirm Elliott's report.
Per league source, a deal appears to be close which is why Ilya Lyubushkin is being held out.
Several teams have shown interest. https://t.co/cAaoC6fl6B— Craig Morgan (@CraigSMorgan) February 20, 2022
Friedman at the intermission says Ilya Lyubushkin is not in the line-up tonight for Arizona, thinks there is something brewing between Toronto and Arizona, perhaps Nick Ritchie involved? We'll have to wait and see.— NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) February 20, 2022
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Connor McDavid | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Artemi Panarin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Evan Bouchard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||