ULF_55
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What? Treliving waltzed in here and traded fan favourite Sam Lafferty. He didn't care about the uproar that was going to cause. He's a strong minded individual.
Fall-out only lasted 7 months.
What? Treliving waltzed in here and traded fan favourite Sam Lafferty. He didn't care about the uproar that was going to cause. He's a strong minded individual.
Other GMs just hated Dubas, I guess…
Other GMs just hated Dubas, I guess…
Broken down 30 year old keeper and an 8th. defender?Other GMs just hated Dubas, I guess…
Love this. To top it off Leafs are $1 under the cap if certain LTIR moves are be made.
Love this. To top it off Leafs are $1 under the cap if certain LTIR moves are be made.
“The Maple Leafs roster includes a total of 13 forwards, eight defencemen and two goaltenders.
Forwards Connor Dewar (upper body) and Fraser Minten (lower body) have been placed on injured reserve while forward Calle Järnkrok (lower body) and defencemen Jani Hakanpää (lower body) and Dakota Mermis (upper body) have been placed on long-term injured reserve.”
Yeah, that's why he got hired instantly and was added to the Team Canada brain trust.Everyone hated that smug twat
Agree about liljegren and I hope they keep him to get a chance under a new coach as you say. Keefe jerked the kid around and never really game him the chance to make a single mistake.I still believe in Liljegren and would like to see him given a chance to work with Berube. I still think he has the potential to be what we need him to be and his development went sideways under Keefe (see “Robertson “).
Reading the tea leaves here, if the plan is to move on from Liljegren (for who? Myers? Timmins? Hakanpaa?), what will you expect back?
25 year old, RHD, 17th overall pick (please ignore our pitiful RHD depth for now).
LHD Sandin, who wasn’t as good as Liljegren, got us a 1st rounder.
What can we reasonably get for Liljegren that doesn’t make trading him look like a short sighted move that blows up in our face later because we gave up on him too soon and didn’t get nearly enough value back?
Another 1st round pick who takes 2-4 years to add anything to our roster?
Part of a deal for a 2C like Danault?
Another RHD? Like who? As much as I like Myers and Timmins, and intrigued by Hakanpaa, man that RHD “depth” gives me a serious case of the whim whams.
If we really insist on moving on from Liljegren, I think it’s imperative that a 2C is coming back.
While RHD continues to be a glaring weakness that’s only going to get worse trading Liljegren, 2C is clearly going to be an issue sooner than later, as evidenced by the Leafs trying to fit Nylander there (hello square peg being forced into a round hole).
Every day that passes, Tavares moves closer to 3C, and if he is (hopefully) re -signed to a team friendly deal, 3C is where he should remain.
We have no Centre pipeline of which to speak currently and the UFA centre don’t look so hot, so trade is where we need to go.
So, you want to move on from Liljegren, who or what do you realistically expect coming back for him to make this team better and to make sure we don’t lose the trade and an asset because we ran out of patience?
Cheers
Agree about liljegren and I hope they keep him to get a chance under a new coach as you say. Keefe jerked the kid around and never really game him the chance to make a single mistake.
How forgetful we are that there were times last season when liljegren was the guy the coach would assign a trainwreck LHD to pair up with (Brodie, Gio, even McCabe at points) and Liljegren would help solidify the pairing.
It all went south when the rat slew-footed him in a chase for the puck and took him out. Forget how pitiful our teams response was to that dangerous and almost season-ending play, but for us to expect him to just jump back into the lineup in full stride after getting that injury isn't really fair.
In saying that, if we could package him in a deal for a (massive) trade where we go for a Mason McTavish as someone suggested here, where we maybe have to include Easton Cowan + in a deal to get that trade done, well sign me up. That kid is gonna be a beast and a perfect #2C for the next decade