Treliving's "overhaul" of the Leafs blueline is the most hilarious thing ever. Just collecting an extensive bunch of totally washed broken down old dudes and no skill defensive plugs and calling it "improvement".
What "overhaul"?Treliving's "overhaul" of the Leafs blueline is the most hilarious thing ever. Just collecting an extensive bunch of totally washed broken down old dudes and no skill defensive plugs and calling it "improvement".
Treliving's "overhaul" of the Leafs blueline is the most hilarious thing ever. Just collecting an extensive bunch of totally washed broken down old dudes and no skill defensive plugs and calling it "improvement".
Rielly is good, the others are going to have a problem with playoff speed and intensity. Would be surprise to see the Leafs do better this year again.
McCabe has been really good all year. I don't think there is any issue there at all. Liljegren has consistency issues, I have my concerns over his decision making under an inevitable heavy forecheck come playoff time and Brodie has just had a bad season with the odd flashes of the Brodie of old in there here and there.
Liljegren doesn't have consistency issues. He has issues being good. The stats prove he is the worst defenseman on the team. I agree he will be even worse in the playoffs.
He has had stretches of really good play this year. When he is bad he is really really bad and I think his issues come when he has time and space taken away from him. Which is what the playoffs are at the end of the day.
His issue is that he can't play defense. He has no ability to turn the puck over when the other team has it. It's like a power play when he's on the ice.
I don't know I try to stay somewhat even keeled like I don't have confidence in him....but to me it is false to say there hasn't been anything good there. It makes it more frustrating that he does show the flashes of what he could be as a player. Like he was objectively great Thursday night against the Flyers. When Rielly went down he stepped up and played really well....but those moments fade fast with him which makes it frustrating because that play is there. He just can't consistently make smart decisions.
Overall he has by far the worst shot share on the team. When you start looking for stats that might explain why that is happening his turnovers/60 really stands out as the main contributor. Of all defensemen to play for the Leafs Benoit is 6th and he causes turnovers at more than twice the rate as Liljegren.
