Through 2 games with 25:49 of 5 on 5 play with Liljegren on the ice:
68.18 CF%
70.00 SF%
72.58 xGF%
69.23 SCF%
87.50 HDCF%
Hasn't been scored on 5 on 5. If fact he's been dominant defensively in these two games.
A couple giveaways on the PK but this is a really good player folks.. Hopefully we can find a way to play him in the last few games here.
IDK about that but he's good enough to be the 7th d man.I don't mind if he's in the lineup all playoffs.
Edmonton plays an awful low-effort team for the rest of the season so it’s very possible they go undefeated for the rest of the season.Keefe's gotta let Lily play a little even if he makes a few mistakes. Not to bench him after one or two mistakes. How the F is he supposed to learn?
When Makar joined the Avs, Bednar hardly benched him and let him play the way he wanted. Look at the confidence that Makar has now. Not saying Lily is Makar but you gotta give a little for the players to gain confidence. You cannot bench them when they are still learning.
Also, we have already made the playoffs and most likely will end up 1st in the division. I don't get why Keefe doesn't want to give more mins to both Lily and Sandin. Keep Rielly/Brodie/Muzzin fresh little bit for the playoffs. You over play them and risk the chance of injury even before the playoffs begin
IDK about that but he's good enough to be the 7th d man.
Elliotte did say that Dubas told other teams Sandin, Lilly, Robertson and Amirov are off the table.The nice thing about both Sandin & Liljegren showing what they have this year is that they are definitely not on the trade block now. Players with their AHL numbers correlate with such a high level of success that their ELC production would have been really hard to match in terms of cap efficiency for the player they brought back in a trade.
The same is probably true for Robertson, so Dubas saying "we're not afraid to trade top prospects" worried me a bit.
Keefe's gotta let Lily play a little even if he makes a few mistakes. Not to bench him after one or two mistakes. How the F is he supposed to learn?
When Makar joined the Avs, Bednar hardly benched him and let him play the way he wanted. Look at the confidence that Makar has now. Not saying Lily is Makar but you gotta give a little for the players to gain confidence. You cannot bench them when they are still learning.
Also, we have already made the playoffs and most likely will end up 1st in the division. I don't get why Keefe doesn't want to give more mins to both Lily and Sandin. Keep Rielly/Brodie/Muzzin fresh little bit for the playoffs. You over play them and risk the chance of injury even before the playoffs begin
I don't mind if he's in the lineup all playoffs.
In the AHL, the NHL is not a development league, Liliy had 5 turnovers that I can remember behind his net, that were needless. The guy is simply not ready for the big show yet.
There isn't much more for him to learn in the AHL at this point. He needs time in the NHL to adjust to the pace and learn what he can/can't do at the speed of the game.
It's been discuss that Lily is the type of player that needs a bit of time to acclimate.
That's fair. Even Amirov would be fine for the right return, there's a lot wider range of outcomes there, but the top 3 are so close to contributing and would have to be such outliers from their peer production group to flop in the NHL that you'd just hate to see us look back in regret.Elliotte did say that Dubas told other teams Sandin, Lilly, Robertson and Amirov are off the table.
There are other prospects that Dubas might have considered top prospects like Abruzzese, Niemela for example who he was willing to trade.
Based on last night and how he stickhandles himself into a corner when there is a strong forecheck. there is lots he can learn in the AHL. He's young and he looked like a young defender. Sandin on the other hand is younger and looks more experienced.
Lilly clearly has the potential , he just isn't at the level of a NHL defender in 2021.
If Sandin could skate like Liljegren, he's a Heiskanen type prospect.Lily isn't quite as poised or as polished of a skater as Sandin is but I really like how active he is with his stick and his lateral quickness makes him a bitch to get around in the NZ. I haven't seen him play any games for the Marlies since 2018-19 so its hard to really comment on his offensive upside. Anyone who has watched him more at the AHL level recently care to chime in with regard to his ability to drive the rush? Hasn't looked overly comfortable thus far at the NHL level but that could just be confidence which I know is perhaps a little more volatile for Liljegren than most.