During the second period of the Leafs' Saturday night tilt with the Dallas Stars, Lyubushkin made his presence felt with this massive hit on Jason Robertson, the elder brother of his Leafs teammate Nick Robertson.
Here's an even better angle!
It's plays like this that are going to make Lyubushkin a valuable piece for the Leafs in their postseason run. The Russian bear isn't going to shoot the lights out, but if you don't keep your head up when he's on the ice, he may just put your lights out.
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15 MARS | 412 ANSWERS Ilya Lyubushkin rocks Jason Robertson with huge open ice hit Should the Leafs try to extend Lyubushkin? | ||
For sure | 242 | 58.7 % |
No, he's fine as a rental | 17 | 4.1 % |
As long as the price is right | 153 | 37.1 % |
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