[Darren Dreger] Seems to be a lot of speculation around Liljegren and the Leafs. Toronto likes the depth they have on D. 2 games in so there’s no imminent trade. Possibility? Sure. Nothing more than that at this point. Nothing front burner.
October 11, 2024
[Darren Dreger] Seems to be a lot of speculation around Liljegren and the Leafs. Toronto likes the depth they have on D. 2 games in so there’s no imminent trade. Possibility? Sure. Nothing more than that at this point. Nothing front burner.
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If the cap works, don’t trade him. You won’t be able to realistically replace him for cheaper.
Good. They can take their time to make a decision. Maybe someone gets injured, Timmins keeps on taking silly penalties, whatever. We’ve left ourselves in a better position cap wise this year and can carry more players.
My hope still is Lilly finds a way.
I’m past the point of feeling bad for him. He has the tools and will have opportunity. It’s up to him to show that he can be relied on.
Liljgren is like Luigi in the Mario tennis, strickers and baseball games. Just a sold well balanced player but does nothing to an elite level that gets you to notice him. Stats are 75-80/100 across the board. Perfectly fine player.
I always go back to Lou’s rule: “if you have time, use it.”
I’d put him in tomorrow for Timmins. If you want to trade him, he’s less valuable sitting in the press box every night.
Sorry Darren, but going to go off track record here and give more weight to what Friedman is saying.
I refuse to be gaslit into believing that Timmins is better then him. I don’t even care so much about the cap hit situation, maybe that’s too difficult for them to navigate. But every comment from media people about “he’s fallen past a couple guys on the depth chart”? I don’t believe for a second that Timmins is a better player then Liljegren. I mean, fuck, I liked Rifai a lot in preseason. But I’m not even convinced he’s a better player then Liljegren. The only guy who feasibly should be punting Lily out of the Top 6 in terms of play is Hakanpaa and he’s on fucking LTIR.
Until they need to for cap reasons no need to rush to it. Get him some games and see how he plays.
They should play Lily to see if Berube can either come around on him or boost his value. I like Lilly and I think a high ankle sprain can heal but you’re not fully yourself for a while.
I don’t want to give up yet but $3m is a hefty cap hit for your 7 or 8th d man
Pretty wild that the Leafs finally developed a D man who can play consistent minutes. Signed him to a decent deal. And are now itching to deal him because he’s not a seven foot tall ogre person.
Treliving’s MO seems to be trade / sign name guys in their 30’s and then acted shocked when they get injured and the roster underwhelms.
Good. The window is closing in him but it’s not closed yet, and we don’t have too many righties.
Can’t we use him for some depth scoring maybe a centreman as trade bait for liljgren.
There is a lot of people who shit on Timmins all summer using him as a reason to shit on Liljegren right now lol
Or maybe they’re dressing Timmins to pump his value up to offload him or convince a team to pick him up off waivers 🤷♂️
15 comments
If the cap works, don’t trade him. You won’t be able to realistically replace him for cheaper.
Good. They can take their time to make a decision. Maybe someone gets injured, Timmins keeps on taking silly penalties, whatever. We’ve left ourselves in a better position cap wise this year and can carry more players.
My hope still is Lilly finds a way.
I’m past the point of feeling bad for him. He has the tools and will have opportunity. It’s up to him to show that he can be relied on.
Liljgren is like Luigi in the Mario tennis, strickers and baseball games. Just a sold well balanced player but does nothing to an elite level that gets you to notice him. Stats are 75-80/100 across the board. Perfectly fine player.
I always go back to Lou’s rule: “if you have time, use it.”
I’d put him in tomorrow for Timmins. If you want to trade him, he’s less valuable sitting in the press box every night.
Sorry Darren, but going to go off track record here and give more weight to what Friedman is saying.
I refuse to be gaslit into believing that Timmins is better then him. I don’t even care so much about the cap hit situation, maybe that’s too difficult for them to navigate. But every comment from media people about “he’s fallen past a couple guys on the depth chart”? I don’t believe for a second that Timmins is a better player then Liljegren. I mean, fuck, I liked Rifai a lot in preseason. But I’m not even convinced he’s a better player then Liljegren. The only guy who feasibly should be punting Lily out of the Top 6 in terms of play is Hakanpaa and he’s on fucking LTIR.
Until they need to for cap reasons no need to rush to it. Get him some games and see how he plays.
They should play Lily to see if Berube can either come around on him or boost his value. I like Lilly and I think a high ankle sprain can heal but you’re not fully yourself for a while.
I don’t want to give up yet but $3m is a hefty cap hit for your 7 or 8th d man
Pretty wild that the Leafs finally developed a D man who can play consistent minutes. Signed him to a decent deal. And are now itching to deal him because he’s not a seven foot tall ogre person.
Treliving’s MO seems to be trade / sign name guys in their 30’s and then acted shocked when they get injured and the roster underwhelms.
Good. The window is closing in him but it’s not closed yet, and we don’t have too many righties.
Can’t we use him for some depth scoring maybe a centreman as trade bait for liljgren.
There is a lot of people who shit on Timmins all summer using him as a reason to shit on Liljegren right now lol
Or maybe they’re dressing Timmins to pump his value up to offload him or convince a team to pick him up off waivers 🤷♂️