Yes, I was thinking that if Berube thinks he’s someone who can improve, then he was worth resigning.
Confirmed with Link: Leafs sign Liljegren to 2 year extension 3M AAV
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Commander Clueless
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Agreed. He also has to learn to play when the physicality ramps up.
Racer88
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That goes for almost everyone on the team
Yikes, I was expecting a number closer to 1.5-2.25 million. This is a lot for a #6 D without size.
Rielly broke out ? When was that ?
He doesn’t. I would be pissed if I was Benoit.
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.
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.
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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
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
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.
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.
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Aashir Mallik
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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
No comparable, rielly was a top producing dman at age 23
Liljegren is a mediocre player at age 24
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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
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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
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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.
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.
