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Lilja Potentially Close to Returning?

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If Lils goes to GR for a rehab stint, that means I might be able to see him when I go on Feb. 6th to watch them. Now THAT would be worth it!

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Lol at him getting run at by Mule... I think its great that he's this close... but I can't help but cringe a little when our two best injured players are taking runs at each other before they are 100% healthy.

Great news though!

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:lol: I guess he's serious about coming back. I mean he could've started with Meech and worked his way up to Franzen.

Call me jaded, but since I read the report yesterday, on day 13, I was worried all day about reading something about a setback... this is AMAZING news...

I cannot wait to see number 3 out there again!!!!

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Now that would make some really good guys on defense.

Lidstrom-Rafalski

Kronwall-Stuart

Ericsson-Lijla

Lilja is just the steadying force Ericsson needs to settle in too, he can join the rush more and go back to being an offensive d-man... look how much better he looked when paired with Janik...

I cannot wait to see and Ericsson-Lilja pairing...

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I think you guys are over hyping Lilja a bit here. He is solid, but not much more than that. On the other hand he is a huge upgrade over Lebda.

Exactly. He is a good 6th defenseman, and really makes our defensive pairings look outstanding. I don't think he's being over-hyped at all, plus it's just good to see Lilja back. I thought his career may have been done.

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I think you guys are over hyping Lilja a bit here. He is solid, but not much more than that. On the other hand he is a huge upgrade over Lebda.

I used to think the same. Last season he turned into a solid shut down guy. I will be pumped to see him return if things continue to go in his favour.

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Exactly. He is a good 6th defenseman, and really makes our defensive pairings look outstanding. I don't think he's being over-hyped at all, plus it's just good to see Lilja back. I thought his career may have been done.

this.

no one is saying he is going to supplant any of the top 4, or that he belongs there, but he could easily be a top 4 on any other team when healthy and is a GREAT number 6 d-man...

it's all about value for the position he is in - and that is HUGE

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The day I see him out there on the ice, I think I'll be doing a happy dance.

Say what you want, but there isn't very many guys out there right now who will block shots as well as he does. This is something we've been missing big time. To see him out there and blocking shots again will definitely be a boost. And I have to believe that having all the healthy bodies back will be a psychological pickup as well.

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I think you guys are over hyping Lilja a bit here. He is solid, but not much more than that. On the other hand he is a huge upgrade over Lebda.

atleast we won a cup with lilja. We missed him in the last finals.

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I think you guys are over hyping Lilja a bit here. He is solid, but not much more than that. On the other hand he is a huge upgrade over Lebda.

Lebda and Ericsson, or Lebda and anyone, has been such a disaster as the third pairing; they've been on the ice for tons of goals proportional to their ice time, nearly as much Lidstrom despite playing hundreds of fewer minutes against weaker opposition. Getting a steady, responsible, stay at home defenseman in there really is enormous. Fingers crossed that everything goes according to plan.

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