Tribute Timothy Liljegren part 2

[Nylanderthal]

3rd lowest last 3 games. Sandin is 4th but barely. Honestly it's the Rielly-Dermott pair thats been sheltered.

So third and fourth out of 6? So literally the middle pair. Interesting

 

[Holls Blackmail]

He's looked pretty good with Sandin. I'm surprised that pair isn't putting up more points though.

Not their primary job.

 

[mapleleaf979]

He looks good, though I thought he was a better skater.

His skating from a stand still needs work as mentioned. Its as if his skates are dull at times, and even when he pivots from backward skating to forward, the first push off seems weak. That being said, his backward skating is excellent, great edges, smooth and he might be the fastest backward skater of the D core. I hope his decision making stays simple or he will expose himself right now. He has surprised but he is keeping things simple, not forcing stretch passes or pinching at bad times.

 

[93LEAFS]

It was a bit refreshing seeing Siegel there yesterday who actually knows other sports. Hayes does too and to an extent Jeff. Noodles is clueless on anything but hockey.

They know Golf, but of the other big 4 sports they are very clueless.

 

[leafsfan5]

Not their primary job.

It’s not, but the points will come IMO. Both have good offensive instincts (Sandin in particular) and regularly have the play in the offensive zone when on the ice. Just a matter of time for them

 

[Twine Tickler]

Yeah I think this was mentioned in an article some time ago. He has a wierd thing where he will purposefully give the opposing player room, and then quickly take it away and push him to the boards.

It is very noticeable, and very effective. The clip I showed doesn't do it justice, because it shows Timmy recovering from a bad neutral zone turnover (not caused by Timmy). He seems to always keep his stick on the inside and leaves plenty of room between himself and the wall. Which forces the forward wide. What he does so well is by the time the forward is committed to going wide on him he is almost halfway through his transition from skating backwards to forwards. Even if the player has a step on him, Timmy usually intentionally leaves enough space in between himself and the puck carrier that it allows him to take a more direct path to net and close the gap. What is usually the result is at the moment the puck carrier thinks they've beat Timmy wide they start to go towards the net, the gap is inevitably tightened due to Timmy's more direct path to the net, and they either lose the puck by being checked or realize they've lost their angle towards the net and voluntarily go into the corner. Even if they take a shot when they have that step on Timmy, it's not a threatening area of the ice, and one where most NHL goalies will easily make a save

on the flip side, Dermott and Reilly tend to struggle with this stuff from time to time, despite having the skating ability. They tend to overplay the puck far too early on and get turned inside out a bit more often.

 

[hockeynorth]

big test for Lilly tonight

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Lilly was out there killing a late penalty. Keefe clearly has confidence in him.

Don’t know what the numbers are but he looked good via the eye test tonight, as usual.

 

[Bomber0104]

Good game from the kid, defensively.

He needs more games.

 

[Paradoc]

Excellent play by Liljegren tonight.

He should never be healthy-scratched again this year.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

He’s so good. Steady

 

[Wendelstache]

doesn't look out of place, keep building on that game Lilly!

Not a coincidence that we've been on a roll since he was inserted.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

We need to make a good moniker for Lilly....

 

[BodaciousBeefBazooka]

He is very stable and dependable. Dermott still skating around with his head down and flakey.

 

[Stephen]

Stealing Hill’s job.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Can we put to bed the whole thing about the organization not valuing him now as well? That was always silly lol

 

[Maplebeasts]

Lilly was out there killing a late penalty. Keefe clearly has confidence in him.

Don’t know what the numbers are but he looked good via the eye test tonight, as usual.

Him and Sandin were both 55% xgf. They were good.

 

[BodaciousBeefBazooka]

Stealing Hill’s job.

Holl* but ya that dude is a plug

 

[Funk21]

Great to see Liljegren on that final PK, big play clear the puck too. Keep it up and love the fact you got under that Rats skin and caused a penalty and a TML goal.

 

[Griffin76]

He looked really lost once, only for about 5 seconds but he recovered well. If he plays ~18 minutes a night and looks bad for 5 seconds I'll take it. This kid is really looking like the real deal. Loving it.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Stealing Hill’s job.

Pretty easy to do when no one goes by that name.

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

I had so much faith in Lilly I was so high on him all last year. He's going to finish the season as a top 4 defender.

 

[BodaciousBeefBazooka]

Pretty easy to do when no one goes by that name.

Bahaha

 

[Stephen]

Pretty easy to do when no one goes by that name.

Gotta love autocorrect!

 

[Gabriel426]

Another really solid game from him.
His offence will come once he gets more comfortable and confidence, his passing and skating is too good to not be contributing to the offence.
Loved how he got under Marchand’s skin.