All Purpose Morgan Rielly Discussion

[Gary Nylund]

Maybe you should try a different place than a leafs fan site then.
Your logic is just plain dumb.

 

[zeke]

Looking at all of ice time, quality of competition, usage, possession numbers, and offense...and it looks like Rielly might be pushing himself into the Norris convo soon.

All he needs is to snipe a few more goals.

 

[Notsince67]

Looking at all of ice time, quality of competition, usage, possession numbers, and offense...and it looks like Rielly might be pushing himself into the Norris convo soon.

All he needs is to snipe a few more goals.

Fine line between a must trade not a 1st liner and a Norris candidate.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

Rielly helps team when he stays back and focuses his energy on picking up loose pucks and helping get puck out of our end by skating or passing ... when he starts to play like a rover he hurts our team as we have too many odd man attacks against us ... you can tell in some games he gets into 4th forward mode and we don't need that ... we have enough attack with our forward group ... he must think wow I need more points to get my contract which is true for him personally but again not best for team ... as we have improved our defenders and kept our forward group and turning more and more like a normal looking team Rielly is getting much less valuable here ... i think he will find his place as he is heart of team but he is struggling understanding his own limitations

 

[zeke]

Fine line between a must trade not a 1st liner and a Norris candidate.

Indeed.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Haha yeah for sure, considering how fluky all our goals were (especially the ones Calgary kicked into their own net), assists last might mean squat.

Having said that, Rielly has been our best Dman for years, he's an excellent player, has great character and leads by example, was one of the best Dmen in the NHL the year before last and played hurt much of last season. He's probably our 3rd most important player after Andersen and Matthews and if anyone on our team is entitled to a grace period while he gets his game in gear it's him.

Morgan Rielly is a huge part of this team, I'm honestly not worried about him at all.

I'm not sure if I've ever bumped one of my own posts to say I told you so but I just can't resist so it's time to bump this post from page 9 I made over a month ago.

So are we done trashing the guy who has been here longer than any other player? The guy who is the ultimate low maintenance player? The guy who was a Norris candidate year before last and who a huge portion of this fan base turned on when he was a little bit off for a short period of time?

No offence but some of you guys are absolutely ridiculous. Morgan Rielly is a great hockey player, great character guy, he's the kind I'd go to war with 8 days a week, I can't wait until we resign him and I truly hope he retires a Maple Leaf!

 

[Critical13]

I'm not sure if I've ever bumped one of my own posts to say I told you so but I just can't resist so it's time to bump this post from page 9 I made over a month ago.

So are we done trashing the guy who has been here longer than any other player? The guy who is the ultimate low maintenance player? The guy who was a Norris candidate year before last and who a huge portion of this fan base turned on when he was a little bit off for a short period of time?

No offence but some of you guys are absolutely ridiculous. Morgan Rielly is a great hockey player, great character guy, he's the kind I'd go to war with 8 days a week, I can't wait until we resign him and I truly hope he retires a Maple Leaf!

I am really happy with how he's played but I want to see him keep it up (especially in the playoffs) before I get too excited and bombastic.

If anything, I am so grateful we landed Brodie.

 

[MattySnipes]

Hopefully he trends even more up this March.

Great February for him. Nice to see him playing simple and using his greatest asset, skating.

 

[Critical13]

Alright I'ma head out

 

[ponder]

He’s been playing really well. Terrific offence and puck moving, and he’s much better defensively than many will have you believe. He’s not a stud defensively, but is solidly above average for an NHL dman.

I love our D right now, every pairing is strong:

Rielly - Brodie
Muzzin - Holl
Dermott - Bogo

We’ve got the 4th best GA/game in the league, averaging just 2.39 GA/game, and it’s primarily because our dmen are so solid. Rielly is a significant part of that. Every team needs at least one high end offensive dmen, most of those guys are defensive liabilities, Rielly brings the offence while still being pretty decent defensively.

Best D we’ve had in ages, and their combined cap hit is just $19.5 mil. Rielly’s sweetheart contract is a big part of that too!

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Alright I'ma head out

Bless.

 

[Notsince67]

Alright I'ma head out

So...promised to bookmark it so here it is.
First 10 Games: HF Leafs' Impressions

Let that be a lesson.

 

[Willy Styles]

I was shitting on him a lot, but he was making really stupid mistakes. He's looked good out there past couple of games, dictating play and using his skating to create rush chances.

If only he had a decent shot, he gets alot of grade A chances and should be getting at least 15 goals as a d-man. He has an absolute muffin of a shot lol.

I hope he keeps up this play! If he plays like he has the past three games he can be up for the Norris.

 

[sxvnert]

Continues to be complete ass. Its clear all of those years had nothing to do with who he was paired with. Flip him to the Kings before the deadline.

 

[ECYCLE]

He shouldn't be on PP1. I can't remember how many times the powerplay offense dies on Reilly's stick. Need a more solid PP quarter back, specifically someone with a real slapper.

 

[Carltons Cup]

I get nervous every time he steps on the ice. You never know when a bonehead play is around the corner.

 

[likecheese]

His play on that third goal is benching material.

 

[Stephen]

I get nervous every time he steps on the ice. You never know when a bonehead play is around the corner.

Rielly is unfortunately prone to some real mental lapses. He's a terrific athlete, but I wonder if his programming as a defenseman was hurt being brought up during the Phaneuf/Gardiner era. You contrast him to the way Brodie processes high pressure situations and you quickly see what's holding him back from being an elite defenseman. His shot selection and arsenal is kind of rough but what really sets him back is his inability to play with control.

 

[ECYCLE]

Rielly is unfortunately prone to some real mental lapses. He's a terrific athlete, but I wonder if his programming as a defenseman was hurt being brought up during the Phaneuf/Gardiner era. You contrast him to the way Brodie processes high pressure situations and you quickly see what's holding him back from being an elite defenseman. His shot selection and arsenal is kind of rough but what really sets him back is his inability to play with control.

He plays with too much anxiety and loses sight of the bigger picture altogether too often.

Btw I think you hit it on the head with Phaneuf/Gardiner observation, hahaha.

 

[mapleleaf979]

His play on that third goal is benching material.

Yea I agree. His recovery move after he turned the puck over going down on 1 knee at center ice , was most puzzling. Reilly simply doesnt care at times, he doesnt take things personally. Why was Reillys stick off the ice and above his head while the puck hits his skates and he starts spinning around looking for it in front of Anderson.... Reilly is not worth signing again. He is #3 on this team, maybe even #4 behind Muzzin, Brodie and Holl in a close game.

 

[likecheese]

Yea I agree. His recovery move after he turned the puck over going down on 1 knee at center ice , was most puzzling. Reilly simply doesnt care at times, he doesnt take things personally. Why was Reillys stick off the ice and above his head while the puck hits his skates and he starts spinning around looking for it in front of Anderson.... Reilly is not worth signing again. He is #3 on this team, maybe even #4 behind Muzzin, Brodie and Holl in a close game.

This may have been a bipolar overreaction, it was a real "unfortunate series of events" (the flying broken stick seemed to make him lose sight of the puck), Rielly has been good the last few weeks but he's really zoned-out on some nights. If you watch that goal again, the biggest culprit by far for my 1.5 cents was actually the old guy playing alumni-league. And Keefe for his crummy lineup decisions.

 

[Superstar]

This may have been a bipolar overreaction, it was a real "unfortunate series of events" (the flying broken stick seemed to make him lose sight of the puck), Rielly has been good the last few weeks but he's really zoned-out on some nights. If you watch that goal again, the biggest culprit by far for my 1.5 cents was actually the old guy playing alumni-league. And Keefe for his crummy lineup decisions.

I don't think it's because he lost sight of the puck that was the problem, it's his lack of defensive awareness in that sequence that was problematic...all he had to do was keep Miller in front of him and not let him skate to the front of the net...Rielly was literally looking at Miller half a second before, but decided to turnaround blindly to look for the puck with Miller skating right in front...Brodie already had his man...Rielly's decision there for the 3rd Canuck goal was facepalm worthy.

 

[likecheese]

I don't think it's because he lost sight of the puck that was the problem, it's his lack of defensive awareness in that sequence that was problematic...all he had to do was keep Miller in front of him and not let him skate to the front of the net...Rielly was literally looking at Miller half a second before, but decided to turnaround blindly to look for the puck with Miller skating right in front...Brodie already had his man...Rielly's decision there for the 3rd Canuck goal was facepalm worthy.

He obviously lost sight of the puck/play, I'm just speculating that Brodie's stick exploding was what did it, otherwise ?????
He had tried to short-hop the puck after a quick turnover, which didn't work out too well, but he had Brodie behind him so was it really that bad?
The funny part is watching Thornton lumbering back and then just letting Miller go at the last second. And it's not even on him, it's on Keefe. Did anybody not notice Thornton lumbering for 6 straight periods? Spezza and Vesey (who is on a mini-roll) had good shifts and a goal and probably energy to burn while stapled to the bench just to watch that. I'm blaming Keefe for that whole play, Joe had no business out there. Or else just make it easy and blame Freddy.

 

[Superstar]

He obviously lost sight of the puck/play, I'm just speculating that Brodie's stick exploding was what did it, otherwise ?????
He had tried to short-hop the puck after a quick turnover, which didn't work out too well, but he had Brodie behind him so was it really that bad?
The funny part is watching Thornton lumbering back and then just letting Miller go at the last second. And it's not even on him, it's on Keefe. Did anybody not notice Thornton lumbering for 6 straight periods? Spezza and Vesey (who is on a mini-roll) had good shifts and a goal and probably energy to burn while stapled to the bench just to watch that. I'm blaming Keefe for that whole play, Joe had no business out there. Or else just make it easy and blame Freddy.

Yeah, Thornton is slow and seems like he'd been struggling to keep up with the speed, but was he supposed to hook or interfere with Miller skating by? Rielly was the dman who was supposed to protect the front of the net and he didn't.

 

[likecheese]

Yeah, Thornton is slow and seems like he'd been struggling to keep up with the speed, but was he supposed to hook or interfere with Miller skating by? Rielly was the dman who was supposed to protect the front of the net and he didn't.

Idk, tie up the guy who you've just followed all the way to your own net, lift his stick, get between him and the puck, it's just a normal defensive play. I think the whole thing could have been settled in the middle of the play by sending Mo and Joe out for corn dogs and giving Brodie hazard pay. Oh well, let's just blame Andersen and move on.