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If his birth certificate, passport, etc. say Timothy, then that's his name. I go by the abbreviated version of my name, and always have, but my true name is the full version.
RD Timothy Liljegren - Timra IK, Allsvenskan (2017, 17th, TOR)
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If his birth certificate, passport, etc. say Timothy, then that's his name. I go by the abbreviated version of my name, and always have, but my true name is the full version.
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Reading over the first dozen or so pages makes you think we just got the best player in the draft if it happened last year haha
One guy said he looks better than Hedman/Karlsson/OEL at 16.
Don’t know how you can let a talent like that fall so far, even if he had a down year. Ex: Rielly
One guy said he looks better than Hedman/Karlsson/OEL at 16.
Don’t know how you can let a talent like that fall so far, even if he had a down year. Ex: Rielly
Someone with some ties to Jets org and has predicted things correctly in the past with the Jets said they would have likely taken Liljegren at 13, assuming certain guys taken well within top 10 didn't fall (Personally I get the impression they had him after only the Top 3 and Cody Glass).
I really wanted Jets to take him but am happy with Leafs getting him.
Expect lots of other teams to be salty. This is a huge steal at 17.
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The value was there at 17 given the skill set, but there's a reason Liljegren fell and teams, besides Detroit, didn't necessarily err in passing on him. It wasn't just the mono (god bless whoever kissed that mug). Anyway, congrats to the Leafs.
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He belongs to the Rögle organization. Was only ever loaned to Timrå. Not sure why the title of this thread hasn't been updated since.
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Now that he is a Leaf there will be a new thread in a few days due to volume of posts.
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Classic case of a prospect being talked about waaaay to much because the leafs took him... I mean pump the brakes here. You guys are hyping him up more than Devils and flyers fans are hyping Nico and Nolan. Stop acting like you got the best player in the draft. Not the best player let alone dman, he has a LOT of work to do before ever even sniffing an NHL top 4 dman.
This guy was being talked about a ton well before Toronto took him. Getting someone with his skillset at 17 is worth talking about, even if he has high bust potential.
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Nolan Patrick regresses due to being injured and he drops 1 spot.
Liljegren regresses due to being sick and he drops 15 spots.
Did only 1 of these 2 kids show how talented they were last year? No, they both showed it, but only 1 suffered a crazy drop as a result.
I'm ecstatic as a Leaf fan.
Liljegren regresses due to being sick and he drops 15 spots.
Did only 1 of these 2 kids show how talented they were last year? No, they both showed it, but only 1 suffered a crazy drop as a result.
I'm ecstatic as a Leaf fan.
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I'd be hyping him up like crazy too if he fell to my 17th overall pick. There's no denying that it was great value there... For a guy who has been ranked as the best player in the draft before his play fell off.
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Fear is the mind-killer.
It might have something to do with the fact there are a lot of hardcore Leaf fans on this forum and they are vocal. Don't see the problem.
Then maybe don't go to Leafs related topics. We have the largest fan base here, what the hell do you expect? Leafs fans to go into other topics to talk heavily about a guy they didn't draft? A significant amount of posters here care almost exclusively about who their team takes, it just ends up being proportional to the size of the fanbase.
No one logical is saying we got the best player in the draft. We are talking about a high-upside guy we got at 17 who was once considered the 2nd best player in the draft.
It would be difficult to pass on vilardi even though he doesn't address an immediate need for us imo.
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I doubt they take Lilegren if they were 8th. I think Foote, Valimaki and Brannstrom are better prospects. I am in love with the Brannstrom pick. He is gonna be a stud.
I'd take Vilardi.
There are some others that are debatable like Suzuki, Necas, and to a lesser extent Foote, Branstrom and Valimaki.
I would absolutely take him over, Rasmussen and Tippett.
The last list I can remember posting ranking these players in late April, I only had Necas and Vilardi above. Vilardi was the only one I'd consider a tier above.
Edit: Found my list as of June 22nd. So, in short, I'd only clearly take Vilardi. Necas vs him would have been a serious debate as I see them as in the same tier while Liljegren fits a much bigger need.
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I agree. The perfect player for the Leafs is a defensive minded center that is good at ES. Sean Couturier would look great in the Leafs lineup. Vilardi could handle that role and the Leafs would be a really scary team.
We use Kadri for that role, and that isn't Vilardi's game at all. He's a poor-man's Matthews or Tavares who doesn't have the skating to play center most likely. He's also not really a shut down guy. His game is built around great hands and strength on the puck which allows him to be strong along the boards and drive the net.
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