Tribute Timothy Liljegren Discussion Thread

[stickty111]

And he thinks Brendan Gallagher is better than William Nylander.

O:00 to 0:33
He just stops talking all a sudden in the end. This slow start has hurt Noodles really badly.
I love how he says they played well against the Leafs. I'm like yeah for 7 mins before the Leafs woke up and were the way better team after.

 

[Papi 4 Hart]

To you 2nd question about the coach

To your first question about the analyst


To your third question. Could be Leafs are a joke in developing d man?
So answered all your questions. This didn't go as well as you thought it would.

So your saying Keefe doesn't have a high understanding of hockey. Thats pretty bad that you are accusing him.

Ok perfect now go and look at what Keefe thinks of Holl in comparison. Or what analysts say after Holl shuts down McDavid or Draistl or other top players in the league over the last 2 seasons vs 1 game with 14 minutes from Liljegren where the coach proceeded to take him out of the lineup.

 

[francis246]

To you 2nd question about the coach

To your first question about the analyst


To your third question. Could be Leafs are a joke in developing d man?
So answered all your questions. This didn't go as well as you thought it would.

So your saying Keefe doesn't have a high understanding of hockey. Thats pretty bad that you are accusing him.

its Keefe’s job to know how to motivate players. The last thing Keefe is going to do is blast Liljegren in the media. He is going to hype him up and even boost his performance to help build the confidence of a player they are hoping to elevate. Coaching 101. I’m not saying Keefe doesn’t believe everything he said about Liljegren but I also don’t think he’d go out of his way to point out his warts to the media. That doesn’t help.

But the other poster has a point. If you ask legitimate people in hockey, no one is really high on Liljegren.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

O:00 to 0:33
He just stops talking all a sudden in the end. This slow start has hurt Noodles really badly.
I love how he says they played well against the Leafs. I'm like yeah for 7 mins before the Leafs woke up and were the way better team after.

To be fair Habs loss of Price, Weber and Edmunston is too much for any team to deal with .. this was determined in summer to be a write off year for Habs once Price said he needed year off to deal with mental and physical health issues and Weber said he needed some time to recover from his back, knee and foot issues

 

[Maplebeasts]

its Keefe’s job to know how to motivate players. The last thing Keefe is going to do is blast Liljegren in the media. He is going to hype him up and even boost his performance to help build the confidence of a player they are hoping to elevate. Coaching 101. I’m not saying Keefe doesn’t believe everything he said about Liljegren but I also don’t think he’d go out of his way to point out his warts to the media. That doesn’t help.

But the other poster has a point. If you ask legitimate people in hockey, no one is really high on Liljegren.

Does it really matter though? People in the NHL circle make terrible evaluations and decisions about players on a daily basis. Liljegren has been a top 5 AHL player for 2 years and has provided extremely good defensive results in the NHL with the exception of his first call-up.

 

[Lauro]

Does it really matter though? People in the NHL circle make terrible evaluations and decisions about players on a daily basis. Liljegren has been a top 5 AHL player for 2 years and has provided extremely good defensive results in the NHL with the exception of his first call-up.

Don't see him on the AHL All-Star Teams of the last two seasons ;-)

 

[stickty111]

Does it really matter though? People in the NHL circle make terrible evaluations and decisions about players on a daily basis. Liljegren has been a top 5 AHL player for 2 years and has provided extremely good defensive results in the NHL with the exception of his first call-up.

When you look into his PK numbers even taking into account his first stint, they are really strong in limited mins.
These are among Leafs d man with at least 10 mins of TOI. Total 9 d man

TOI: 10:58
CA/60: 65.65(1st)
SCA/60: 43.77(4th)
HDCA: 10.94(1st)
xGA/60: 2.93(1st)

 

[Knies iT]

Don't see him on the AHL All-Star Teams of the last two seasons ;-)

 

[TheDoldrums]

I'm going to give it up for Liljegren tonight. I think that was maybe the best game of his NHL career. He looked comfortable throughout and was making smart plays all night.

 

[saffronleaf]

excellent game

really hoping sandin and lilly lock down that 3rd pairing. it's theirs for the taking. they've been given lots of time. take it and run with it.

 

[IPS]

Holl can stay in the press box all of next week for all I care.

 

[Nylander88]

Lilly > Holl based on tonight/ this season so far. Lilly has to string it together here. I don't hate Holl by any means, but he's being outplayed and has had an awful start to this season.

 

[Marshy]

15% Ozone starts lowest on the team. +1 and passed the eye test with calm quick decision making. He is making the smart play most of the time and looks confident with the puck on his stick. Sky's the limit for him.

 

[shaner8989]

Hes been very very good. See ya Holl

 

[BigGulpsEh]

He played a very solid game. He deserves to stay in the line up

 

[ULF_55]

Not surprised.

 

[LeafSteel]

Not surprised.

This.

That is all.

 

[Cecithepylon]

Ya lily and Sandin both are nhl players…we have options pumped

 

[Wendelstache]

He deserves a long look, the kid looked like he can develop into something big.

But knowing this organizing(Keefe) Holl will be back in next game.

 

[Folignos Helmet]

I’d be happy if became Carl Gunnarson

 

[Holls Blackmail]

I’d be happy if became Carl Gunnarson

I think his ceiling is a Brodie-Esque player

 

[Aashir]

He’s easily earned mondays game. If he’s solid enough, I’d give him one or both of Boston and tampa

 

[kb]

Showing signs of why he was a consensus top-2 pick entering his draft year, where everything that could go wrong for him....did go wrong. His development was further stunted by team hopping and the lack of playing time (mono, injuries) over a 2+ year period.

Looks like he is starting to make up for some of that lost time.

 

[Folignos Helmet]

I think his ceiling is a Brodie-Esque player

Maybe. Or another ex leaf swede. Stralman.

 

[Holls Blackmail]

Maybe. Or another ex leaf swede. Stralman.

He’s very cerebral. His positioning is fantastic.

Not too sure how Brodie was at this stage in his career but I wouldn’t be shocked if Tim is a better skater with a better outlet pass at this point.