The T25U25 list is about youth and potential. It’s a battleground between optimistic prospect-lovers who’d project a sack of potatoes into the middle six and grey-souled rainclouds whose only joy is reminding everyone that the vast majority of players never have a real NHL impact. To be clear: I’m the second thing.
Timothy Liljegren is drifting from the dreams of the believers into the clutches of the skeptics. There are still plenty of things to point out in his favour; there’s also one big question. Is he even going to make the NHL regularly this season?
For this year, Timothy Liljegren is #6.