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Sheldon Keefe on Timothy Liljegren: “If he was a guy coming fresh out of junior, you’d be pretty darn excited about him”

Timothy Liljegren has earned the right to come up. Whether he gets in remains to be seen. How important is this for his confidence — to reward him with the consistent year he has had down there?

Keefe: Well, we think that was a big part of it. Obviously, we have some defensemen that are a little bit banged up and we needed some insurance here. It also served as a great opportunity to have guys like him come up and get some reps in practice and find a level of comfort around here that could serve him well in the future.