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why would it be idiotic? We have people calling for the team to be harsh and do things to make us better. Liljegren is a soft dman. The guy gets blown up every playoffs. I don’t see how people can be mad at Marner’s play and watch Liljegren and want him anywhere near this team next year
D-men take time to develop in genereal. Liljegren is about 190ish NHL games, Rielly didn't break out offensively until 300+ games. I think Lily will get better eventually. He just lacked confidence IMO; and that had more to do with the trash that Keefe was than the player himself IMO.
Personally I would keep Liljegren and given him another year or two; dump Timmins instead. I think under Berube Lily can improve quite a bit and he would be nearing 300ish NHL games and then if he is still not it we can trade him or just walk away.
At least if I was Treliving thats what I'd do. I wouldn't roll the dice on Liljegren just yet.... we need some young d-men as a fallback safety net plan; and if I had to choose I'd easily pick Liljegren to stick around. I think he has another gear.