Confirmed with Link: Leafs sign D Timothy Liljegren to extension (2 years, $3M AAV)

[Captain Crunch]

True I suppose its kind of asset management. I think Lily can improve his game quite a bit. If he cannot play Berube style he will be dealt. But I think his trade value will improve under Berube so we can get something decent back for him if for some reason he doesn't pan out. I do think he will improve quite significantly under Berube does that mean he will stick around or not I am not sure..,

Yes, I was thinking that if Berube thinks he’s someone who can improve, then he was worth resigning.

 

[Commander Clueless]

The big thing is he needs to stay healthy. He loses his momentum after he gets hurt

Agreed. He also has to learn to play when the physicality ramps up.

 

[Racer88]

Agreed. He also has to learn to play when the physicality ramps up.

That goes for almost everyone on the team

 

[Puckstuff]

Yikes, I was expecting a number closer to 1.5-2.25 million. This is a lot for a #6 D without size.

 

[Da Mash]

I wish the Leafs would have looked at the Habs RHD that the devils got today .

I like Lilly but that’s a high cap hit for a 5/6 th D

 

[Ports]

I wonder if he still gets traded...

One can only hope.

 

[Ports]

Compare Rielly and Liljegren trajectories below... D-men take longer to develop. Rielly broke out after 300+ NHL games. Lilyis about 190ish NHL games.

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Rielly broke out ? When was that ?

Why on earth does Liljegren deserve over double what Benoit gets?

He doesn’t. I would be pissed if I was Benoit.

 

[Ports]

Why on earth does Liljegren deserve over double what Benoit gets?

He doesn’t. I would be pissed if I was Benoit.

 

[Ports]

Dollars to doughnuts Berube reviewed his body of work and was fine with this.

Yes, the new coach would have input ... d'ohhh he's the one working with these guys every day.

Berube must have missed the video of him getting caved in the corners and being a total p***y in front of his net because that’s not Berube hockey.

 

[Ports]

For what this is worth...

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A great argument against analytics and for actually watching him play.

Benoit can’t run a power play. Lilly showed he could when Rielly was suspended. That’s why the pay difference.

And Benoit can defend better, knock opponents on their ass, clear the net front and drop the gloves if need be none of which Liljegren can do.

 

[Sypher04]

Signing Lily just means we're priced out of UFA dmen,

No it doesn’t.

which means we're signing Mitchy,

No it doesn’t.

which means there's no hope for a Cup for at least 15 years.

No it doesn’t.

 

[Aashir]

This guy sucks, especially at 3M

He’s way too unreliable, he can look solid with infinite time and space and soft play

He’s too timid, soft, stupid, and lacking skills to actually do anything

This is 1.5M too much for any team, and 3M too much for us

 

[Ports]

What has Morgan Rielly done to earn 250% more cap hit?? $3M for a budding top 4 dman is peanuts

Neither have done enough to deserve their contracts and are defensive liabilities who routinely get caught out of position and manhandled. This is a stop gap signing given their defense is part of a two year rebuild using the $22M coming off the books next season.

 

[Leaf Lander]

Is he being flipped to san jose

 

[Ports]

He was literally our best player on a team with 4 11M players just two playoffs ago and put up 68 points in ‘22 and 58 points this year. Grasping at straws, ya someone is. Lilly plays against inferior competition with massive oz starts and Rielly plays against the best every single night. Not even comparable.

Both are bad defensively and useless in front of their net. Lilly has the additional feature of getting manhandled in the corners and muscled off the puck. Neither think the game with Rielly constantly caught out of position and Lilly making rushed passes to nobody. Need to bring in better players with bigger hearts and harder shots.

 

[LeafsFan89]

A great argument against analytics and for actually watching him play.


And Benoit can defend better, knock opponents on their ass, clear the net front and drop the gloves if need be none of which Liljegren can do.

No one is giving Lilly 6M? How is that a projection lmao

 

[darrylsittler27]

3 Million!! I'm seeing things! Tre is desperate. You can't get a bid in trade for that.

 

[Aashir]

lol at trying to use Rielly as a way to “prop up” this crap contract

No comparable, rielly was a top producing dman at age 23

Liljegren is a mediocre player at age 24

 

[Ianturnedbull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807520017304707453

 

[Sypher04]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807520017304707453

What he said in second part is possible. The first part is idiotic (lijegren played all but one game vs Boston and that one scratch was just keefe trying to shoehorn the ghost of TJ brodie into the lineup), but looking at who tweeted it, not surprising. Bunkis is awful

 

[RunItBackAgain]

What he said in second part is possible. The first part is idiotic (lijegren played all but one game vs Boston and that one scratch was just keefe trying to shoehorn the ghost of TJ brodie into the lineup), but looking at who tweeted it, not surprising. Bunkis is awful

“Scratched every playoffs” is completely accurate.

 

[Sypher04]

“Scratched every playoffs” is completely accurate.

Not playing in 1 game because of some misguided sense of owing TJ Brodie the chance to play after we lost game 1 is not Liljegren’s fault. It’s a stupid comment

 

[RunItBackAgain]

Not playing in 1 game because of some misguided sense of owing TJ Brodie the chance to play after we lost game 1 is not Liljegren’s fault. It’s a stupid comment

He has, in fact, been scratched every single playoffs.

 

[Sypher04]

He has, in fact, been scratched every single playoffs.

Cool. It’s still an idiotic comment with no value. He’s a young D with limited experience and who didn’t deserve to be scratched this year.

 

[RoadWarrior]

A great argument against analytics and for actually watching him play.


And Benoit can defend better, knock opponents on their ass, clear the net front and drop the gloves if need be none of which Liljegren can do.

In case you haven’t noticed offense is considered more valuable in determining player salaries than defense. Benoit is also limited by his skating thus limiting his ice time whereas Lilly could play 25 minutes if necessary like he did when Rielly was suspended.