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Sheldon Keefe on Timothy Liljegren: “We feel like he has earned another opportunity to stay in the lineup”

Leafs lines at practice Nov. 1

Bunting-Matthews-Nylander
Kerfoot-Tavares-Marner
Engvall-Kampf-Kase
Ritchie-Spezza-Simmonds

Rielly-Dermott
Muzzin-Brodie
Sandin-Liljegren
Holl

— David Alter (@dalter) November 1, 2021

What did you see from the last game that made you decide to keep the defense pairings together today?

Keefe: I just thought that the D core as a whole played a lot better. I thought Timothy Liljegren, in particular, had a really strong game. For those reasons, we wanted to keep it going and get another look at it.

What have you seen from Liljegren’s game in the limited sample that appears improved from previous seasons?