We're all taking it on the chin with the Keefe anti-development system. Same as Dubas chewing through temp solutions and never doing meaningful things to build a cohesive team.
If I were BT I would be looking around MLSE and saying I am surrounded by idiots. There is no way Shanahan didnt promise to keep the band together. No other explanation.
Lilgrin will be another wasted high level prospect that gets shipped and becomes a solid defender.... In TB or Boston or LA.
Lol this doesn’t have anything to do with Keefe. This has to do with the Leafs draft strategy. What do you think is going to happen when you drafted skilled dmen with low compete level? They aren’t going to to turn out into top 4 players.
It was the same with Dermott, it was the same with Sandin and now we are seeing it with Liljegren. There has to be a balance between skill, compete level, drive, willingness to get into dirty areas and the defenseman they’ve drafted all have an insane amount of skill but they can’t move bodies in front of the net and they can’t handle a heavy forecheck. That’s on scouting, what is Keefe going to do about that?
The Dermott pick I never understood. We had Carlo sitting right there. Dermott was Rielly light.
Liljegren and Sandin I think they took the right players at those picks but they were just missing that extra ingredient to make them top 4 guys.