Sportsnet: Frank Seravalli on the JD Bunkis Podcast when asked about Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Timothy Liljegren if he is an odd man out and if he has trade value.
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Bunkis: “It hasn't started well for Timothy Liljegren. You are outside towards the green line. He could be the eighth defenseman on this team, depending on how you look at it.
If he is on the trade block, what is his value as he carries that $3 million price tag?
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Seravalli: “Yes, I would say it's not incredibly high. That's a problem, I would think, from a commercial point of view. And the biggest problem for the team is that when he is out he looks like a healthy scratch. It's definitely not the number you want him to be.
And how did you, you know, get through this. Well, this is an interesting guy you know, he is no longer in the waiting phase. So that part is definitely weird.
And I think, more than anything, watching his game, it feels like a crisis of confidence. Like when he's confident and present, he's fully functional and certainly has a role in that leach top six. But, I don't know where it went.
Yeah, I'll just say he makes 3 million. And right now, they are carrying 28 boys. With LTIR items, they were able to get $1 under the cap. But when everyone is healthy, they will be over $4 million more.
And if you look at this as, yes, a simple math equation, he seems to be a very easy person to come out with. Like everyone points to (Calle) Yarnkrok and (David) Kampf. It's like, yeah, you still have to do more work behind those people if, if that were to happen.
They seem to have, I would say, more help in this program, then Liljegren will, especially if (Jani) Hakanpaa can stay healthy and they do, like Timmons more. I'm just wondering what the timeline is on this thing. Like, you can't wait too long. Those guys come off LTIR, you have to make a move.
I can only imagine that if they really are not in it, and they, do not see the place on the list, that they are trying to do it as soon as they can get any better offer. before they face that head on, that cap replacement deadline.
Seravalli: “Yes, the mind can say that for sure. And another reminder that this kingdom is not married to him in the way that the previous kingdom could be, because he is not the one who chooses.
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That means something to the NHL, and it begs the right question, you know, when you look at Rasmus Sandin in Washington, did the Leafs, and the previous regime, did they make the right choice in where the young defenseman ended up going. .”
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