At the time, Toronto Maple Leafs fans went crazy because Liljegren had been ranked so high earlier in the year before contracting mono.
For a while, people acted as if the Leafs had gotten another top five pick, but then they drafted Sandin, everyone agreed Sandin was better, and now Liljegren is basically a dud.
Well not exactly, but you get my point – he’s definitely lost some of his shiny appeal.
It’s important to remember that people don’t really watch the AHL, most accolades are given out for offensive performance, and that in almost all cases, a hockey player’s reputation is inaccurate (try writing a blog based on statistics that go against public perception sometime haha!