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I don't understand why some people are so eager to trade Liljegren, especially trades like this when it's clearly not worth it. The Leafs don't need a first. However, on a team with maybe one too many offensively-minded defensemen who can't play D, they need D who can also play defense, too. Liljegren does both a bit above average and has shown he can do it at a high level.
Brodie, Gio, McCabe are all excellent defensively minded D, but don't contribute a ton offensively. Rielly and Klingberg are solid offensively minded D, but don't contribute anything defensively. Liljegren can do both. And in the future, he'll probably do both very well