Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Timothy Liljegren To Sharks! | Instant Analysis

Steve Dangle recaps and analyzes the deal that saw the Toronto Maple Leafs deal defenceman Timothy Liljegren to the San Jose in exchange for a 3rd-round draft pick, 6th-round draft pick and defenceman Matt Benning.

[Martin.Jensen]

Been sitting on this trade update from you for like 30mins. Top notch speed on the upload. He's a good player....

[stevendchu]

Remember back whenwe thought we had our D-core (Lily, Sandin, Dermott) set for years??? Oh to be in 2018 and naively hopeful again

Also, seeing how many young defense prospects that haven't worked out for the Leafs reallly makes you appreciate Morgan Rielly. A minor miracle he turned out to be a solid top-4 All-Star despite everything!

[NickArcieri]

March 3, 2025…Sharks visit the Leafs and Liljegren bags a hat trick

[jonathanstewart]

Pretty tough to say Liljegren "got his shot" under Berube. Maybe the same way Willy got an actual shot at centre. I feel bad for him. Every time he actually took a step forward he got hurt. Last time he just never got his game back. This year you could tell his confidence was shot, even in his limited minutes.

[phreak]

I like it. Help Lilly out by putting him in a situation where he KNOWS he's getting Ice Time, Leafs clear cap and can burry Benning in the Minors. This is one of those trades that both teams come out of looking pretty damn good.

[sswartztoronto]

I believe Keefe was his coach on the Marlies when they won the cup....

[GeoT]

Liljjegren had a lot of potential, he's shown in stints that's he a solid top four puck moving defenceman. I think his lapses are mental, seems to be playing without confidence. I suspect Keefe is largely to blame, he's failed to develop a single young Leaf defenceman that had potential (Dermott, Sandin, Liljegren, Timmins). I'd wager he puts it together in SJ, given an opportunity to play in the top 4 with a bit of rope.

[alchemical.fitness]

Was watching one trade analysis but got notified for the best.

[adamo]

Thank you for joining! This has been Steve was right

[manky]

Finally, we've been waiting steve

[jakebuck]

Let’s go was waiting for this to drop!

[SchnebsGarage]

Best possible outcome I suppose but that contract will baffle me for a long time.

[randallwillis]

Think Liljegren may have been the last of the Champion Marlies players to wear the Leaf with the Buds... all gone now

[jeremyscott]

Lilly lost almost every board battle. He wasn't clearing the net front and really wasn't putting up points, it's a good trade

[lukewoodworth]

I wish it worked with Liljegren. Kinda sucks following and cheering for a young player for 7 seasons to see it end like this. Thanks lily pad

[jgwalton]

Watching last year's Boston series, it was like rolling the dice every time he was on the ice.

[duanepatterson]

Good trade for both sides possibly. Leaf's always need cap space and he didn't fit in with this team plus got some assets to use. Shark's get a younger defense with upside on a rebuilding team. Good gamble for them. Good for him as well as he will get a chance to kickstart his career.

[LonewolfJesseJames]

Good Luck in San Jose Lilly! It's a damn shame it didn't work out in Toronto. I hope he does well out there. He's gonna get lots of ice time to prove himself I'm sure. I like this trade for both teams. I didn't expect the Leafs to get back two draft picks and a top 6 Dman..but I think they'll still have to clear some cap in order to activate the players from LTIR 🤔 Not sure, but good work Tre 👏 Go Leafs Go!

[gabrielrockman]

As a Washington Capitals fan, it reminds me of the Rasmus Sandin trade. But I think that Washington did better in acquiring Sandin than San Jose has done in acquiring Liljegren. Still both good trades made by teams at the expense of the Leafs who don't seem to do a good job developing defensemen.

[switchables]

dude I wish he would do Steve's dangits again I miss watching them with my dad