Timothy Liljegren Highlights

[Highlander]

Timoth!

Leafs Blueprint: Entry Draft 2017, Pick #17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOoSOq35SLo

He's a leftie, with a right handed shot.

Handedness in hockey is pretty weird, and is probably a combination of hand, foot, and eye dominance, combined with when you picked up the game, and how you were taught. Canadian and European youth coaches apparently teach grabbing the top of the stick with your dominant hand for strength on the pull back and during one-handed usage.

I'm right handed for just about everything -- hockey (learned off a flat blade), golf, baseball, curling, sweeping, eating, writing, archery, soccer -- except for squeezing toothpaste.

You actually use Toothpaste?????

 

[herman]

You actually use Toothpaste?????

What are the kids using these days?

 

[Bullfrog]

I know lots of people who write with their right hand but shoot left. I have no idea why. My strong arm is on the bottom of the stick but lots of left shooters prefer their strong arm on the top. I don't really get it.

I'm right-handed and shoot left. Holding the stick the other way feels so totally bizarre to me.

 

[herman]

My brother is a righty for everything, except for eating.
My cousin is a righty but shoots and swings left.
My friend is left handed but shoots and swings right.
Another friend is a forced righty for writing and eating, but swings right and shoots left.

It's weird.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

My brother is a righty for everything, except for eating.
My cousin is a righty but shoots and swings left.
My friend is left handed but shoots and swings right.
Another friend is a forced righty for writing and eating, but swings right and shoots left.

It's weird.

Was growing up in Chernobyl exciting?

 

[herman]

My brother is a righty for everything, except for eating.
My cousin is a righty but shoots and swings left.
My friend is left handed but shoots and swings right.
Another friend is a forced righty for writing and eating, but swings right and shoots left.

It's weird.

Was growing up in Chernobyl exciting?

Scarborough actually.

 

[ZBBM]

My brother is a righty for everything, except for eating.
My cousin is a righty but shoots and swings left.
My friend is left handed but shoots and swings right.
Another friend is a forced righty for writing and eating, but swings right and shoots left.

It's weird.

Was growing up in Chernobyl exciting?

Scarborough actually.

Is that a suburb of Chernobyl?

FWIW I'm RH but shoot pool and AK47s left handed.

J/k about that last bit. I voted HRC!!

 

[Arn]

I know lots of people who write with their right hand but shoot left. I have no idea why. My strong arm is on the bottom of the stick but lots of left shooters prefer their strong arm on the top. I don't really get it.

I'm right-handed and shoot left. Holding the stick the other way feels so totally bizarre to me.

A young lad I coached in cricket a couple of years ago there threw left but bowled (basically pitched to steal the baseball term) right. I've never figured the logic or biomechanics of that out.

 

[disco]

Cool, we could use him. Hope he's decent.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Kevin McGran's article had a little tidbit about where Liljegren might be playing next season:

?But one more year to develop. Where that will be, I?m not sure. But one more year before the NHL.?

The Niagara Ice Dogs own Liljegren?s major junior rights, but his agent has already said he won?t play there. It sounds like he?ll play in Europe, specifically Sweden, where he has one more year left on his contract with Rogle BK, but sometimes other arrangements can be made.

?He has a valid contract for one more year in the SHL (Swedish Hockey League),? said Liljegren?s agent, Peter Wallen. ?The Leafs have not offered him a contract. I think they want to see what he?s like in development camp and go from there.

?If they like what they see, maybe they will make an offer.?

For Liljegren to play somewhere other than Rogle this season, the Leafs would have to secure his release through the agreements the NHL has with the Swedish federation and the International Ice Hockey Federation.

https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/07/08/leafs-top-pick-timothy-liljegren-makes-the-first-cut.html

Right when he was drafted he repeated the same line over and over again but it was slightly different, saying that he would need one more year specifically in Sweden before trying to make the NHL. That sounded like a prepared line that he was using so the change here might be noteworthy. Anyway, it's July 11th so sue me.

 

[Kin]

He officially signed his entry deal.

 

[herman]

Lou said he'll either be in Sweden or on the Marlies this coming season.

 

[Frank E]

Lou said he'll either be in Sweden or on the Marlies this coming season.

I'd much prefer the Marlies, small ice and all that stuff, plus he could get called up if he's really good.

 

[herman]

Lou said he'll either be in Sweden or on the Marlies this coming season.

I'd much prefer the Marlies, small ice and all that stuff, plus he could get called up if he's really good.

The primary reason he'd remain in Sweden would be for family (pretty much just his mom). Rogle is not a good team at all.

 

[Kaberle15]

He Scored his 1st today at development camp.

@MapleLeafs: https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/885181319076032512

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/kevin_mcgran/status/885232526285049856

His drop in the draft likely cost him some bonus money. Important to note that his contract is still slide eligible, so he has to play 10 NHL games in a season for the 1st year to start.

 

[Kaberle15]

Also, the Leafs just hitted 49 contracts, with Brown to be signed, right ?

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

Also, the Leafs just hitted 49 contracts, with Brown to be signed, right ?

You gotted it right.

 

[LeafsDownUnder]

I know lots of people who write with their right hand but shoot left. I have no idea why. My strong arm is on the bottom of the stick but lots of left shooters prefer their strong arm on the top. I don't really get it.

I'm right-handed and shoot left. Holding the stick the other way feels so totally bizarre to me.

A young lad I coached in cricket a couple of years ago there threw left but bowled (basically pitched to steal the baseball term) right. I've never figured the logic or biomechanics of that out.

I'm left-handed. I bowl left-handed but I can bat both left and right-handed.
My Dad's right-handed and used to bowl right-handed and bat left-handed, though he plays golf right-handed.

Just to not clear things up at all.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Also, the Leafs just hitted 49 contracts, with Brown to be signed, right ?

We found out through Nylander's situation back in his slide year that if an 18/19 year old player is loaned to a junior team OR to a team outside of North America he doesn't count against the 50 player contract limit. But if he plays in the AHL he does count against the contract limit even if his contract still slides.