Take It Or leave It On Tanev Alternative

Leave it, that's horrible for the Leafs. 34 year old pending UFA with maybe a year or two or serviceable hockey left in him for a young defenseman who looks like he's ready to make a big jump...

"The Maple Leafs expected more from Timothy Liljegren. And one costly gaffe adds to their concern"

"With high expectations going into this season, the Toronto Maple Leafs hoped the 24-year-old would take a step in his game, but that hasn't been the case."

"I don’t feel like I’m at the top of my game. I’m struggling with it right now," Liljegren said. "I’m trying to grind through it and hopefully find my groove again."

“He’s a guy we talk about daily in terms of needing and wanting more out of him”

Oh yeah, he looks ready!

Heh. If you offer two alternatives, by definition neither is "take it or leave it".






He does? Makes a lot of mistakes, man. It's a big topic of discussion right now.

I feel like for the last 3 years Liljegren has supposed to have a “big jump” in development and year after year he returns the same soft defenceman.

He’s almost 25 he’s entering the prime athletic peak of his career, young doesn’t get to be an excuse for him anymore

Liljegren is almost 25 years old (April birthday).

He spent 4 years playing in the AHL.

He's due to become an RFA this summer.

He's coming off a high ankle sprain.

That's a tough injury to come back from.

Ask any professional athlete.

It seems Liljegren is at a crossroads in his career.

Does he improve?

Does he regress?

Does he remain the same?

It's "$hit or get off the pot" time.

My gut says Tree will trade him.

He won't give him away like CFACGM Leafs fans want him to.

But I think there's a trade to be made here.