Redux

That's an easy no for the Leafs. It's easy to tell who's the more valuable player, the 35 year old bottom 6C who's signed til he's 39 or the 24 year old RD who you have re-signed at 2 mil aav.

The defenseman that can't break into the Leafs lineup and is a perfect stopgap until Morrow can take a top 4 role, or the guy that finished 4th in Selke voting last year?

Where's he going to finish in Selke voting this year? Definitely not the top 4 or 5, even top 10. Should we expect his defensive game to come back after it has fallen apart this season? Not at 35+ years old. Basically in signing Liljegren for so little money you've removed any incentive that might exist for the Leafs to move him. They could just sign him to a similar amount, put him on a 3rd pair, and hope for the same jump in his game you are.

I was told selke voting didn't matter when I brought up how kotkaniemi has never had single vote ever after you called him an elite defensive forward

If he can't break into the Leafs top 6 now, would he want to sign in Toronto? He's been frozen out in favor of Joel Edmundson, Ilya Lybushkin and Simon Benoit. Not exactly high praise.

Staal will finish top 10 in Selke voting on pure nepotism.