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[1specter]

Well, Holl and Liljegren were technically "inherited" from the previous regime. And he has gone through 4 years of iterative defensive building, some good some bad.

He gets credit for Holl though, he was running the Marlies when they signed him and I think he played a big role in his opportunities and development.

Liljegren was a Lou/Hunter pick but Dubas did well to let him develop in the Marlies and not rush him onto the roster

 

[Sypher04]

Well, Holl and Liljegren were technically "inherited" from the previous regime. And he has gone through 4 years of iterative defensive building, some good some bad.

Kyle Dubas signed Holl out of the ECHL while he ran the Marlies. True on Liljegren

 

[Stephen]

Kyle Dubas signed Holl out of the ECHL while he ran the Marlies. True on Liljegren

I know, just saying Holl was technically part of the inheritance. Not that he's a massive piece of the puzzle.

 

[Nylanderthal]

The way they ran up to the podium and had a liljegren jersey ready to go I feel like that was more than likely a pretty unanimous organizational decision at the time and was pretty much the only time aside from Matthews where everyone on here was in unison on the pick to make. I’ll give hunter his flowers for not f***ing it up & drafting some overager in Kazakhstan instead I guess.

 

[zeke]

I know, just saying Holl was technically part of the inheritance. Not that he's a massive piece of the puzzle.

Eh. Dubas found him and Babcock wouldn't play him.

 

[thusk]

Except Liljegren has excelled when elevated into those top 4 spots and made his partners better in the process. He can handle the role, we just have to play him there. No other RD has had the impact to our LD that he has.

Dermott was able to dominate bottom pairing matchups, but struggled to handle elevated roles. This type of player is where you have to be careful as you mentioned above.

We clearly not talking about the same player... liljegren didnt get the job done in top 4 like sandin and thats why dubas traded for lyubushkin and later for giordano.........