Robin Lindgren of Expressen talked to Timothy Liljegren recently about the AHL, leaving the SHL and his chance to play for Sweden at the World Junior Championships in a few days.
The move to the AHL, which in hindsight looks like an obvious choice, wasn’t so obvious ahead of time. In the modern era of the AHL, since 1990, there have been less than 40 U19 AHL players who have held a regular roster spot. At the moment, there are two others in the AHL: Filip Chytil and Klim Kostin, both of whom are at the WJC with Liljegren.