Toronto Maple Leafs: Thoughts on the Timothy Liljegren Extension

Late Monday morning, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that defenseman Timothy Liljegren signed a two-year contract extension. The new deal is for $2.8 million with an average annual value of $1.4 million against the salary cap.

(Salary cap info from capfriendly.com)

Getting Liljegren signed to a two-year extension for under $1.5 million a season is a win for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Liljegren is receiving an annual raise of just over $537,000. The Leafs keep one of their young defensemen for a very reasonable price.

Many hockey insiders around the NHL speculated that Dubas did not want to spend more than $2.5 million a season on either of his two young defensemen. Seeing him get Liljegren…