IT'S LIT-JEGREN! The Leafs draft Timothy Liljegren and six others

[@NotExplicable]

I prefer Elite Prospect's I rarely use Hockey DB anymore.

[@tryingthisyt3702]

Ichimar486 Same

[@thehockeyghost8160]

Roses are red Matthews is a Leaf We made the Playoffs this season And we still got Liljegren at 17th!

[@rontom9816]

I rate the effort

[@lukecanning94]

Ron Thompson lol true

[@aw4516]

Roses are red, Violets are blue, Heiskanen is better, Pettersson is too.

[@DeAngelo77]

Roses are red Violets are blue The Leafs suck And Liljegren does too

[@Joe_Ma99]

@@aw4516😂 good one

[@ericvagina7977]

Liljegren always goes top 3 in everyone's GM mode nhl 17

[@matthewbarnaby9819]

Eric Vagina Nice name.

[@XxHockeyKid34xX]

I trade for him just in case I don't have one of the top 5 picks. He grew into a 89 overall beast until he requested to be traded at 32 years old. Sad day.

[@ryanj9573]

What a steal for the Leafs. When he dropped from the top 15, I was hoping he would go to The Oilers. But good pick up for the Leafs, I'm excited to see how he plays out

[@308MiA]

Nuge PvP I love respectable fans from other teams. Respect 👌🏼

[@RiddLs]

Nuge PvP Yamamoto is going to be a steal too, he's undervalued because of his size but he's smart, skilled, and insanely athletic. I think he probably should have gone top 10

[@brandonducks]

Yamamoto is the most talented player in the draft. If he were 6'1 he would have been #1 overall.

[@jayp.6166]

I wanted the Leafs to tank again last season so we could draft Liljegren 2nd or 3rd overall, and then we had an incredible year, made the playoffs and he then he kinds just fell in our lap. Remember when it seemed like this team could NEVER catch a break and nothing good ever happaned for us? GOD I LOVE THIS TEAM! It feels sooooo good to say that again

[@DeAngelo77]

What about now?

[@jayp.6166]

@@DeAngelo77 lol That's enough, over there

[@evanosborne7309]

@@DeAngelo77 he’s so fucking good

[@whatstillremains]

Erik Karlsson was drafted 15th overalll...... just sayin

[@brycecaimi7864]

I'm pretty sure the leafs just did a draft in nhl 17 and took all those players cus Liljegren, Rasanen, and Scott are all beasts in that game

[@tx9mdy653]

Bryce Caimi haha lol

[@dylan3893]

Wow Steve. That Hornqvist/Neal comment. That one hurt. That one hurt bad.

[@JackCallSports]

What about Sebastian Aho I didn't even realize he was still available this year and the Islanders stole him AND NO THIS ISN'T THE ONE FROM CAROLINA

[@simon-_-94]

BottleBoy No a defenceman from Skellefteå Sweden

[@JackCallSports]

Spurgo Which one 😂

[@luc2o]

True Illuminati shit, The Leafs gave Liljegren mono so he would slip.

[@i.p.knightly149]

One of Lou's boys gave him his "flu shot". "Hey, why does that nurse have tattoos and a beard?"

[@stargazegunshady3051]

OMG I remember that room! I started watching when I was in grade 8. I graduated highschool now!

[@thehockeyghost8160]

Anyone else have been waiting for this all day?

[@trevwings9438]

The leafs pick liljegren and the wings pick the second coming of Tomas Holmstrom. Fml

[@Brent22]

Trev Wings Too bad he will never come close to holmstrom :/

[@andrewj72]

Trev Wings I was hoping for us to pick Liljegren or Suzuki

[@Brent22]

Andrew J Or anyone else 😂

[@murphymoerf]

AndrewYeah I fully trust Holland but I was also hoping for Liljegren

[@soMynti]

I really wanted Liljegren as a Wings fan but Rasmussen isn't that bad. I'm making a video on him and the draft soon

[@lucasrozmus9388]

Anybody here that guy from the Canadiens that said " it's so cool being drafted like an organization like torn I mean Montreal Ha it was pretty funny

[@JoedDominique]

wow. your old room is what really got me man. i remember the old times. from your very first video. somehow i started watching when you started. pure luck. so nice to see this room where everything began.

[@Mervin9001]

Was really surprised he dropped, definitely a top 5 talent in this year's draft

[@HallowPena19]

Detroit had every reason to pick Liljegren and they didn't do it 😓 I don't understand Ken Holland. I knew Toronto was gonna be good, but now they're gonna be even better. Congrats guys, win a cup already

[@twincitiesangling3272]

IM AWAKE

[@Dhami827]

"Trona proud to announce.. Tmith Lingrn" :P Classic Hunter

[@levitch]

woah! Flashback at 9:21 ! I remember always commenting that you needed a better camera or more light in your early videos. you've grown up so much lol

[@robwhitexp]

These are amazing time capsules. Dermott, Johnson, hopefully Liljegren..

[@jedislayer1662]

they got a steal with Lilijgren however u spell it but i just hope Nico will lead the Devils out of the dark times

[@adamb3684]

Too many people play NHL 17 smh.... (so glad you loved it All Pro!)

[@edwillesee1364]

Adam B I

[@rhyser7463]

Adam B adam it's the lily I eat the adams shoes 43 likes

[@rhyser7463]

All Pro hey u fuck off I know him

[@adamb3684]

All Pro it's an internet saying u fucking moron. I can say whatever I want to say so u can stfu and leave the internet if u don't want to hear it. Jeez man, u make me "triggered af"😂😂😂

[@rhyser7463]

Adam B u salty

[@Brent22]

Still shocked the red wings didnt draft him. But we drafted a bust instead. Hope he does well for the leafs!

[@TheGreenBasturd]

i wasnt sure what to expect from the red wings since they havent drafted in the top 10 since 1991 so they are noobs at this kinda thing lmao but i have no idea what they were thinking with that pick, the kids highlight reel is all tip in goals, lots of scouts said he doesnt look like he creates anything offensively at all but more relies on others to, which as a center...is kind of the opposite of what you want...but hey, you guys are known for finding diamonds in the rough in drafts so maybe they see something i dont lol

[@Brent22]

Coach Hines Hes a great powerplay guy but isnt great 5v5, I just wish we took vilardi since he was available

[@TheGreenBasturd]

yeah for sure, i agree he wouldve prob been the better pick, but i guess we will have to wait and see. i hope he pans out though, my fav games to watch are the red wings vs leafs so i want you guys to be speedy on the rebuild so our games are competitive! lol fucking hell of a series we've had the past few years, i want it to continue so dont draft busts for fuck sakes! lmao

[@Brent22]

Coach Hines Hopefully we dont but we have a goof of a gm so it might be awhile 😂but yeah I hope the wings and leafs will play eachother in the playoffs, that would be sick

[@rahefissa6883]

ive been watching ur videos for 5 years oh my god. i came by one of ur videos by chance and i was like who is this guy. ever since that video, ive been watching u

[@XxHockeyKid34xX]

When you yelled "TIMOTHY IS A LEAF" . Made me grin.

[@charlespeters8757]

St. Andrews College is in Aurora, about an hour north of Toronto!

[@victoriadixon5521]

rip Chris Farley

[@clogeater]

Steve's casual Farley impression was unsettlingly good.

[@campbellmaccampbell]

I will be a bloody mess of happy tears if the Leafs ever win the cup

[@wadematthews8926]

Seeing the old room bare as a guest bedroom is weird. A beautiful channel spawned from that very room.

[@optimusreimz4593]

quite lit indeed

[@jaxonsnyder3865]

Where would you put liljegren on the leafs prospect pyramid.

[@OwenRona]

O:55 my exact reaction watching that year’s NHL Draft lol 😆

[@GoFlyers__]

I'm a Sarnia Sting fan, And McGregor was a solid pick in the 6th Round. He got an injury at the end of last year and didn't get to train in the off season so he didn't progress much. Very smart player, works super hard as well.

[@Gillz22]

Morgan Rielly missed playing the majority of his draft year due to injury. He dropped to 5. I remember watching that draft and how the TSN guys said had he been fully healthy, Rielly could have been picked higher than 5. I believe (and so do many amateur scouts) that hes the most talented Dman in the draft and hopefully he gets proper development.

[@Flaris]

And Lou announces....that Hunter going to announce it! Then why doesn't Hunter just walk up first!? Everyone knows who you are Lou. Love the Liljegren pick. Just love it. There are risks sure, but yeah I think the mono was a big issue. Plus (some) of the Swedish teams he was on weren't very good. And bouncing around between teams isn't conducive to getting comfortable again after having the life sucked out of you by mono. We know that in terms of development it's not helpful to bounce a guy between leagues. Until proven otherwise, I choose to be hyped. Give him a healthy year in Sweden and he'll be showing why he should have gone so much higher. The other picks? We'll see. I tend to agree that size is almost a negative now for drafting. "Oh god he's big, he's gonna suck." I don't know the big guys we drafted are going to be good, I don't know they are going to suck. I do know the Leafs feel there is a balance to be found with roster building. That you need all sorts of players for a winning formula. They went out and got all sorts. Speedy and skilled D? Got it. Giants? Got them. Goalie? Got one. Mystery Russian pick? They went there. This was an interesting batch. But sadly we won't know how good or bad a draft this is....for a few years.

[@wolanin9255]

Oh look a mountain of text... cool

[@devonmartin2497]

Steve I think we should call him "Timothy Leafswillwin!" Or "Timothy leaffansgrin!" Or something lol.

[@toooooooooooooooool]

St. Andrews College is one of those posh private schools in the GTA, like Upper Canada College, Crescent, Bishop Strachan, Havergal, Branksome Hall, etc.

[@TheWillStrikeOfficial]

I had mono, it kills you, it lasts for months. Even after it's cured. It takes a while to get back to form. Especially in sports. I couldn't play my best hockey for at least 4 months

[@matthewleroy5198]

St. Andrews College is in Aurora Ontario. Its a private school with some dope hockey players

[@TheCandoRailfan]

So much for that hype about Liljigren.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

Lol

[@ariccua6101]

He's doing fine. Full time NHLer now.

[@Diefenbaker57]

I had Mono in the Fall of 1989 ...6 weeks on my couch and not right for a couple months after that. Not great for an athlete to get in their draft year

[@308MiA]

I.... have never been so excited. Next season will pretty much be the same, as these new guys spend another year working on their play, but the year after? And the year after that? Oooooh my god

[@TheSportsGirl]

Love the pick! I made a whole video on it too haha 😜

[@dominikszkoda8566]

Liljegren is the Jakob Chychrun of this year

[@aidanpaszt3766]

Lil-ya-gren

[@sam93931]

3:40 thats gold right there, thats why we love you steve ahahah

[@aaronthompson4537]

Did he play while he had mono? I had mono years ago, I could barely get to the fridge for a drink let alone play competitive sports.

[@rebeckymo]

From what I've read, he made his season debut late last year (November) due to the mono, but he probably rushed back before he was full strength because 'DRAFT YEAR'! Honestly, never going to understand fans that grumble when players don't play due to 'flu-like symptoms' or mono. People can't even handle sitting at a desk job when they're sick with that, never mind playing in a high-energy pro-sports game!

[@tmac6936]

Ive had mono twice and it really is brutal, couldnt imagine playing in a competitive league with that for months lol

[@GhettoTownPhatBoy]

Saint Andrews College is a private all boys school in Aurora. The kid only played high school hockey...

[@autumnfall1997]

Wow nice to see ur old room steve

[@titogonewild1993]

I remember when Angelo Esposito fell to the Penguins in 2007. Everyone was so excited because he looked like such a steal. And then he sucked and everyone was pissed. The end

[@pamandeepsidhu8360]

CJP1993 not really comparable

[@Patrick-th2ci]

It was for the same reason though, buddy was battling through something if I remember correctly, I think a knee injury.

[@coolguy778778]

liljegren had mono not a knee injury

[@Patrick-th2ci]

Still, people assumed Esposito was only mediocre one season because he had a bad knee, but it messed up his development. A year of mediocre play and illness could have had an effect on Liljegren. I'm not saying it will, I'm just saying it can be compared to Esposito. Both fell for poor seasons, both had injury or illness related reasons as to why their seasons were poor, both might have been hampered from reaching their full potential because an important year for development was hurt by them playing not at 100%. We'll see what happens, but Esposito was an incredible player, as is Liljegren now. It can happen again, even if every detail isn't the exact same.

[@sebastianholinaty6560]

CJP1993 well he’s just had a solid year as an 18 year old in the AHL and looks to be a solid player maybe not next year but in a few years once he develops a bit.

[@Hermionerox24]

St Andrews College is in the far away land of suburban Toronto, in Aurora

[@WollGotNext]

I live in Sarnia and I've watched him play for 3 years And hes a good finisher

[@jamesmarcino8325]

Been waiting for this video!

[@jacobswitzer4929]

Lol St. Andrews college is a massive private school near Richmond hill. It’s known as one of the best, most prestigious schools in Canada

[@MattHargest]

St Andrews College is a private high school in Ontario. He is most likely on scholarship there.

[@dannymacdougall366]

ST. Andrew's College is in Aurora.

[@niceguy14415]

Saint Andrews College (SAC) is an all boys secondary school in north Aurora. Did..Not... Go there

[@dylandylan8380]

omg steve mentioned eliteprospects i have never seen him acknowledge elite before why am I shook

[@ColeTalksHockey67]

Ian Scott was one of the last goalies cut from team Canada for the World Juniors

[@CharlesBarkleyAlt]

Usually when a player falls in the draft there's a reason for that and its usual that the player who drops doesn't make teams regret not picking him earlier in the draft.

[@JDeeVis]

Lol saint Andrews is a boarding school in aurora, they have a very good jr program and is the Canadian version of prep hockey.

[@31Hockeyman]

Ian Scott is an amazing guy. Never got to play with him but saw him play a lot and he's clutch in tough situations. Let him develop for another 2 years ish and he'll be golden

[@dghvdhfhhb6405]

Saran Virdee Thats Good can't wait and Woll has a great future too

[@erityisesti]

You're not bad at this Nordic pronunciation business! It's Lil-yeh-grehn, and you got Räsänen pretty spot on except the first sound in Eemeli is a longer "eh" rather than "ee". (you get cool points if you pronounce 'ä's like in cat, like you started to in the second try. )

[@justinedwards8512]

its funny im super bored and just going through these old videos. Its funny you said something about Johnsson. Look at him now eh

[@jackfilter702]

2:14 I’ve had like 2 hockey teammates get mono in the past week. Send help (also that pray was hilarious)

[@Burnsyx95]

Liljegren was already 205ish, but mono caused him to lose around 9lbs. Incredible when you think about how far he fell.

[@shiphappens7339]

St. Andrews college is a private boarding middle/high school in aurora Ontario north of Toronto. It's for stupidly rich and snobby people and they have a huge private arena on campus.

[@TMLCentral]

bruh! St. Andrews College is just north of Toronto in Aurora!

[@jordanjacklin4173]

H

[@mrLabear]

I think you are the Supercarlinbrothers Jay and Ben of Sportsnet

[@charleswang1355]

If you want help with name pronunciations, I would suggest going to Elite Prospects. Many player pages have name pronunciation recordings.

[@natehoneyman2920]

Bozak played for the penticton vees of the bchl before they moved

[@dustlandfairy]

thx mononucleosis 4 giving us liljegren luv u

[@jordanlogan2745]

Scott is starting to look really good

[@leaf8554]

God damnit Steve you had to do this now; I have to work tomorrow morning.

[@BurpsMcGurps]

You think Rachel could ever sneak into one of your videos? Love how close you guys are.

[@rbrucerye]

The bigger reason why he fell is that many teams were concerned about his hockey IQ. Mono wasn't as big of a factor.

[@sebastianholinaty6560]

rbrucerye he makes a lot of bonehead plays I think he should be converted to a winger his offensive upside is insane and you can be less defensively responsible as a winger and have the freedom to push up it’s a shame as the leafs could use a defenseman but he could be a force as a winger and even be trade bate if he has a good AHL season as a winger to bring in a d man

[@hugh2hoob668]

you know you're a leafs fan when you get this pumped about the draft hah

[@davidmccalla3609]

What a steal. Kid is going to be a beauty.

[@hunterjonkman3616]

You live in the Durham region and don't know what SAC is, it's near Richmond Hill

[@freddyherrera8253]

That Pierre McGuire impersonation 😂😂

[@austonmatthews7543]

I've been waiting forever for this Steve!

[@wvujames410]

Low key great Pierre impression 😂😂

[@jayheevlogs]

One should never go to hockeydb bc of eliteprospects

[@francis6984]

I love looking back at this because Liljegren is very bad in the AHL and regressing in his 2nd season. Meanwhile guys around him are making the NHL already or atleast blowing out the AHL. This proves that drafting a guy who was awful in his draft season is a bad idea. Look at Liljegren, Look at Nolan Patrick. Same thing happens.

[@TheCandoRailfan]

At least Patrick is still an NHL player, even if not worthy of a 2nd overall pick. Lilijegren got demoted to the ECHL.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

Lol, when you judge too early. What were you thinking? Hes a defenseman, not uncommon for them to take a while.

[@RuthlessLieutenant]

So did you get a Bugatti?

[@firesidebear2108]

Man, I just realized there are 2500 views and I thought there would be a lot more....man I'm a hockey nerd like all of you

[@raysidebalfour]

Ryan Merkley is the biggest wildcard in this years draft . Ironically , he's Liljegrens clone .

[@Ebbs-ez2fs]

steve can you make a video about the Brandon Saad and Artemi Panarin Trade?

[@harrykane9593]

when he got on stage I'm just glad he was taller then Lou.

[@TheBenderr]

5:10 Oh Shit! Maybe Adam got his Bugatti too! Have you talked to him lately? If not, maybe it's because he's got the music too loud while out cruising in the Bugatti!

[@harrykane9593]

ok let's go ; Liljegren > Yamamoto

[@axldejong3447]

will you be making a draft recap?

[@junaidvisram4324]

so were not going to talk about the 80000 trades that happened on draft day

[@baileycarson32]

I had mono for my last 2 months of high school and had 1 week to make it up I have no idea how I'm still in college

[@robertironside290]

Glad Lou didn't pull a Burke and barf up a tone of first round picks and 2nd round picks for one guy. They're doing the right thing so far. Andrew Nielsen and Travis Dermott are just about ready. Wait and see what Babs makes of them at camp [figers crossed]. Liking Nielsen. Big kid who skates real well, 6th sense at the point position, great shot... kids a future Pronger. :-)) Mark my words!!

[@greasygreaser2277]

Saw you beefin with that send fan.

[@douglasberggren7667]

Swede here it's said Lil (like a short for litle) je (like a short yea) and gren (the way you said it)