Recalled/Assigned: Timothy Liljegren and Teemu Kivihalme

[Cor]

“oh hi Timothy, oh, you’re glad you got called up? WELL GUESS WHAT, BACK DOWN YOU GO!”

*Next Day*

“Hey Timothy, yeah, no yeah we need you back up he- no I’m not gonna do it again......... JUST KIDDING, BACK DOWN YOU GO”

I’m pretty sure this actually happened today.

Dubas was bored in New Jersey

 

[TheDoldrums]

are these Pridham moves that are helping the cap situation somehow?

 

[Myopic]

 

[Leafidelity]

Called up for 4 and 1/2 hours

 

[7even]

are these Pridham moves that are helping the cap situation somehow?

I don't think so. The ticky tacky call ups and downs are usually done to maximize cap accumulation throughout the year, but since we're into LTIR to be compliant, we don't accumulate any cap at all.

 

[Big Muddy]

Man why isnt lilijgren getting any games? Statistically hes having his best season in the AHL and posters who follow marlies games are generally confident about his ability to handle bottom pairing minutes in the NHL right now.

Playing a scrub like Marincin doesnt make sense to me. The guy has been trash for 5+ years in this organization. We need to reward our youth when injuries come and give them shots to play games.

I wish we could see a defense like

Rielly-Barrie
Dermott-Holl
Ceci-lilijgren

Let Ceci play the offside on the bottom pair. Wont impact his game nearly as much as if he were playing top minutes and gives lilijgren a spot to get games in and let's us see how ready he is and where he needs to improve for the future.

Package Marincin, a middling prospect and a 2nd and get that top 4 D. Would be so like Dubas to pull off something like this.

 

[The Man with a Plan]

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It's about the Crest on the front not the name on the back after all...

 

[The Man with a Plan]

So he was brought up to not join the team? Er ... wtf?

 

[Cor]

So he was brought up to not join the team? Er ... wtf?

He’s already been sent back down. He was literally just called up for practice lol

 

[The Man with a Plan]

He’s already been sent back down. He was literally just called up for practice lol

Well at least he got the upgraded buffet.

 

[ULF_55]

So he was brought up to not join the team? Er ... wtf?

Kivihalme and Liljegren.

Best 2 out of 3 Rock-Paper-Scissors

Kivihalme won in straight sets.

 

[Eye Test]

Probably some hidden loophole about bringing up a certain amount of different ahl players with various salaries, at a certain length of time .

 

[LeafChief]

This is ridiculous

Okay explain this one to me lol

 

[ToDavid]

There was an article about this recently in the Star I think. Apparently the reason they've been doing this is to get guys comfortable with an NHL game day. So they take the morning skate, do their game day routine, and take part in the warmups. What they're hoping is that when the players are finally called up to actually play the familiarity will help the player focus.

 

[7even]

Okay explain this one to me lol

Practice and a day of NHL salary.

These moves usually have cap implications but our cap is so f***ed we don't get any benefits from not being maxed. So we're actually uniquely situated to throw money around to our minor leaguers like this lmao.

 

[Stephen]

Kivilhalme seems like a bit of a disappointment this year. Would have expected him to get some consideration on defense like Mikheyev did at forward but hasn’t really done much. At that size you have to be something special on D. More Torey Krug and less Connor Carrick.

 

[cupcrazyman]

Leafs counting their pennies just to stay under the cap.

 

[VanW27]

Leafs counting their pennies just to stay under the cap.

Quite the opposite actually, calling up players for no real reason just because we can due to the LTIR situation.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Seems more like a Christmas bonus more than anything

 

[cupcrazyman]

Quite the opposite actually, calling up players for no real reason just because we can due to the LTIR situation.

Maybe we can have Liljegren up for good next year when we no longer have Horton & Clarkson on our LTIR

 

[LeafingTheWay]

Man why isnt lilijgren getting any games? Statistically hes having his best season in the AHL and posters who follow marlies games are generally confident about his ability to handle bottom pairing minutes in the NHL right now.

Playing a scrub like Marincin doesnt make sense to me. The guy has been trash for 5+ years in this organization. We need to reward our youth when injuries come and give them shots to play games.

I disagree tbh. I don't think we should be moving anyone off their natural side unless we really need to.

Marincin has been fantastic in the AHL his whole time with this organization under Sheldon Keefe, especially while playing on a shutdown pairing with Justin Holl. He's been terrible and inconsistent in the NHL, but we've never seen him with Sheldon Keefe in the NHL till last game. I actually liked what we saw that game.

IMO Lilijegren is ready to make the jump, so I'd expect Ceci to be traded at some point before the TDL.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

That and to get practice reps in with the team.

I guess that was a benefit too.

 

[moon111]

The Leaf's defense is a tire-fire. Nothing wrong with letting the roster players know there's young guys nipping at their heels.

 

[Magic Man]

Kivihalme? Why?

 

[sxvnert]

Tomorrow against the Hawks would be a great time to give Lili his first start.