Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Timothy Liljegren suffered a lower-body injury after a questionable hit by Brad Marchand in a recent game. Liljegren is expected to miss significant time due to a high ankle sprain. Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe expressed his disappointment with the lack of physical response from his team and emphasized the need for improvement in their overall performance.
Keefe: "In terms of where our team game is at, to me, we've got a bunch of guys that we need to get playing better." #Leafs
Timothy Liljegren will miss โsignificant timeโ with a high ankle sprain. Whatโs next for the Leafs: https://t.co/2kVrQ1QHFo
Keefe on Bertuzzi: "Bert is a very important player for us and will be a very important player for us and will come through. The harder this thing gets, the better Bert is going to be." #Leafs
Keefe on the lack of physical response after the Liljegren incident: "I hated everything about it. Iโve addressed it." #Leafs
Sheldon Keefe, on the #leafs lack of physical response after Brad Marchand took out Timothy Liljegren's feet on Thursday night: "I hated everything about it."
High ankle sprain for Liljegren, Keefe says. Will miss significant time. #Leafs
Keefe says it looks like Liljegren will miss "significant" time. Will know for sure once the club returns home. #Leafs
Brad Marchand injures Leafs' Timothy Liljegren with questionable hit into boards. ๐ค https://t.co/JfNKcZKqEn https://t.co/juui4cU1ro
Liljegren is out for the remainder of the game with a lower-body injury, per #Leafs PR https://t.co/FzngVJdyVq https://t.co/FzngVJdyVq
Keefe this morning: "I would like to see us take a road-type of mindset to the game in terms of managing the game and having patience and getting off to a good start." Nope. #Leafs