Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Timothy Liljegren To Sharks! | Instant Analysis

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1. Dangle you’re only 6 hours behind every other analyst. Amateur analysts beat you to this story.

2. I thought Lilly was ok.

3. Brad made a trade! Next: Kampf, jarnkrok, Robertson, Reaves.

4. Think Liljegren may have been the last of the Champion Marlies players to wear the Leaf with the Buds… all gone now

5. Been sitting on this trade update from you for like 30mins. Top notch speed on the upload. He's a good player….

6. Good luck to Timothy, was not playing here.

7. Sucks that the leafs traded away all their draft capital and the picks they did draft are substantial as a fart.. Knies exempt

8. Best possible outcome I suppose but that contract will baffle me for a long time.

9. I think Adam said it on the pod today, but whether Liljegren finds his game in SJ or not, just remember that he stunk in Toronto.

10. March 3, 2025…Sharks visit the Leafs and Liljegren bags a hat trick

11. I sad. go kick ass, Tim.

12. The Leafs have always been awful at developing talent.
    It's easy to forget with guys like Matthews, Marner, Nylander and Rielly all playing major roles, but they're also all quality top 10 picks who would've succeeded anywhere they ended up. Once you start looking outside the obvious you quickly start to realize that almost every promising prospect never achieves much until they leave Toronto.

13. I'm surprised they were able to unload him without having to give up an asset, but I guess taking back Benning evens that out.
    Looking at it from a SJ point of view, their right side was Ceci / Rutta / Benning and 22 year old Jack Thompson who's playing on the left? Does Lilly push Rutta down and he slides next to Ferraro? Or do the Sharks go scorched earth and play him top pair minutes with Walman pushing Ceci down? I don't see Lilly slotting next to a developing rookie in Thomas.

14. It was time

15. Welp, mark March 3rd 2025 on the calendar people. Sharks are going to win, and he’s going to score a goal. ☠️

16. robertson next, get on it. then kampf and holmberg

17. As a Washington Capitals fan, it reminds me of the Rasmus Sandin trade. But I think that Washington did better in acquiring Sandin than San Jose has done in acquiring Liljegren. Still both good trades made by teams at the expense of the Leafs who don't seem to do a good job developing defensemen.

18. I call you back later okay steve ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

19. Best trade ever! Good riddance!

20. Lili is an indictment on the leafs development camp … they havnt produced good dmen …like 1 top4 guy in 20 years ? Like cmon

21. Lilly lost almost every board battle. He wasn't clearing the net front and really wasn't putting up points, it's a good trade

22. The Leafs are a mess. I have no idea what they are doing. They need to move Marner and develop an identity. Tre is turning the Leafs into the Flames.

23. Liljegren very average….. not a star or superstar !

24. I like the trade. Wish him well in the real NHL!

25. I thought with guys about to come off LTIR that the Leafs needed to not only free up cap space but also 2 roster slots so the Matt Benning addition is confusing to me.

26. Lybush however you spell it has never been a Hurricane lmao

27. I’ve been waiting along time to see this happen!!!❤

28. Sharks won this trade because it’s the Leafs they always do this since ‘67.

29. Not sure if his game will improve but his tan should.

30. Not a big deal..you didn't have to make a whole video for this

31. Oh how much ya wanna bet Matt Bennings hip is acting up… .LTIR anyone?

32. LMAO! Don't pretend that Laugh Fan didn't think he was the 2nd coming! Now that he's traded, he was a "meh" prospect. Never really showed much. GTFOH. He's a bust. It is what it is. Laugh Fan didn't think this though. Laugh Fan thought he has "potential". The Laughs whiffed. This is a FAIL. Call it what it is Dangle!

33. I still want an interview where Treliving explains his thought process behind Liljegren's raise

    Wish him the best and I hope he becomes a regular NHLer, but I'm glad we got a decent return and got rid of his cap hit

34. Just a note Steve. Saw you at Generals game and after at BONDST event centre after with Jacob Oster last weekend. Wanted to get my “Hockey Rants and Raves” signed, but you were mobbed for signings and photos. It was too late for me to stay. Maybe will hook up again for a signing………

35. From trade rumors this players on leafs may get traded F Nicholas Robertson and RD Conner Timmins and F David Kampf and F Pontus Holmberg

36. Does this guarantee lilly scores at least 1 goal for the sharks? It seems all ex leafs play well against them

37. I bet he'll do much better if he plays more. Good luck in SJ Timothy.

38. Sharks truther

39. 13:20 this is absolute BS from Steve. He's just as physical as Morgan Rielly in that he can take a hit and will throw them if the game actually matters. Unlike Rielly though, Timmy's not easily goaded into taking penalties, which I'm sure Steve's confusing with physical play.

    and ewwww GOD DAMN what a GOD AWFUL trade.

    The Leafs actively minimized Liljegren's value by sitting him because "hurr durr not good in preseason" and are choosing, instead, to run with barely an NHL defender in Matt Benning, a slow-footed, giveaway machine in Conor Timmins, an injured Haakanpaa, and an intriguing Hal Gill clone in Myers (who they are also barely playing).
    By making this trade, not only do they delete any sort of puck movement depth, they do from THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. Unless they move Rielly or OEL to their off side, their zone exits will be just as piss poor as their PP zone entries. I honestly can't wait to see another playoff series where a team, presumably the Bruins, feasts on their inability to move the puck.

40. Any time you sell off a former 1st round pick who's still young for some magic beans, it's a move to salvage your loss. If he sucked that bad, why would the Leafs pay him $3mil/year on a multi-year deal…?

41. Liljegren was +38 in less than 200 NHL games, on a leafs team that wasn't exactly known for its defense..

42. My Reaction: Eh okay

43. It's a nothing deal, move on, a #6 like Timmins is….he won't be in the lineup soon. We got useless late pics like we'll get for Robertson soon. Benning will hardly see games.

44. Steve, you are the best!

45. Most talked about trade, because it’s the hockey mecca of Canada that made the trade

46. I wish it worked with Liljegren. Kinda sucks following and cheering for a young player for 7 seasons to see it end like this. Thanks lily pad

47. Good trade because Lily pad is what he is, and I can't see him getting much better than what you see out of him now. Too soft, and his offense hasn't really improved, and you can't rely on his defense.

48. Good luck to TL. Based on history, he’ll be a top pairing, Stanley cup champion in about 3 years 😂😂

49. Liljjegren had a lot of potential, he's shown in stints that's he a solid top four puck moving defenceman. I think his lapses are mental, seems to be playing without confidence. I suspect Keefe is largely to blame, he's failed to develop a single young Leaf defenceman that had potential (Dermott, Sandin, Liljegren, Timmins). I'd wager he puts it together in SJ, given an opportunity to play in the top 4 with a bit of rope.

50. Good trade for both sides possibly. Leaf's always need cap space and he didn't fit in with this team plus got some assets to use. Shark's get a younger defense with upside on a rebuilding team. Good gamble for them. Good for him as well as he will get a chance to kickstart his career.