I like a lot of what Treliving has done lately but being complicit in tanking Liljegrens value like this is pretty poor asset management.
Liljegren played 19:40 last year. He had top 4 deployment for the majority of his games. On a good team. As a youngish RHD. At 5v5 he's at least slightly above-average at everything except physical play and has won his minutes with scoring chances and actual goals for his entire career. This is not someone they should be struggling to move if they wanted to but signing him to a multi-year deal before keeping him in the press box to start the year is a great way to tarnish the asset.
Obviously Berube does not like him as he wants a more physical player but then you move him in the offseason before signing him, or just sign him for 1 year and still move him before games start.
Sandin/Liljegren were viewed as similarly valuable when they were on the Leafs and Sandin got a 1st rounder...
