i'm never gonna get too excited about what they say about practice and tactics and all that, but at the same time it sure seems that a general principle of "make practices hard so games seem easier" makes plenty of sense to me.
of course all that only matters if the players buy in.
Never really in doubt, once he was re-signed. They’re not losing him on waivers and if they were willing to trade him prior to the season, that would’ve happened long ago.
Though funny enough, after spending the summer insisting the Leafs would trade Robertson, Seravalli continues to double-down and insist that Robertson is still most likely going to get traded.
This Liljegren thing is definitely odd. Tre's commentary about him over the summer was not encouraging at all. Wild that he's not even on the third pair.
And I dunno. I’ve been one of the biggest Lilly backers, but even I’m a bit ambivalent about him at this point with the way he tends to fall to pieces come the playoffs every year.
I know part of that could be blamed on the former coach’s lack of confidence in him and the fact that the team telegraph their lack of faith in him by acquiring several dozen depth defensemen at the deadline every year. But still.
I should have said that not only is Robby on the roster, but clearly in a legit role and not just battling for TOI scraps.
Also....while Lilly may be out, it's also possible that Berube likes Rifai more than Benoit. Berube has no history with Benoit and Benoit wasn't on anyone's map before last year.