Injury Report: Morgan Rielly out 8 weeks with a fractured foot

[ToneDog]

And he brought in two of them. If you want to see what failing to address the defense looks like, see Lou's tenure here

Agree Lou failed miserably but we need to move on. True Dubas brought in Ceci and Barrie but they clearly were not the answers. Doubt he would have traded for Ceci if not to rid himself of Z and Brown's cap hit. Barrie and Kerfoot were also his second choice in trades for Kadri.

 

[FlareKnight]

Well this has gone from bad to worse. Rielly was having a tough time this year and clearly not healthy in the first place. Now things are really going to get ugly.

Andersen needs to find himself soon since he’ll have to be in god mode for the next while. Everyone else will have to find a new level of defensive awareness.

 

[FabledKnight]

So is Marincin Holl our top pair now?

I imagine the lines look like....

Marincin Holl
Sandin Barrie
Dermott Ceci

Woof.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Agree Lou failed miserably but we need to move on. True Dubas brought in Ceci and Barrie but they clearly were not the answers. Doubt he would have traded for Ceci if not to rid himself of Z and Brown's cap hit. Barrie and Kerfoot were also his second choice in trades for Kadri.

Why are you ignoring Muzzin?

 

[ToneDog]

This has been a messy year

True dat and it is why I think it is a perfect opportunity to do a reset. Dubas has a get out jail free card if they miss the playoffs or lose in the first round.

 

[Once]

In all seriousness, this is a huge blow based on the minutes Mo eats. However, lets not pretend that Rielly has been great. I think we can pull through as long as all 18 guys on that bench commit to a more defensively responsible style of play. We need to play like we did against the Isles every damn game.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

Ceci is crap, oh sorry this is the Rielly thread. Ceci is crap ha call up Liljegren too plz

 

[ToneDog]

Why are you ignoring Muzzin?

Muzzin was a month prior to the TDL and he clearly was not enough. How much talk was their that they needed some depth on D before the TDL and he brought in Petan ?? It all fell apart when Gards and Dermott went down while Rosen was already out with a broken foot.

 

[ACC1224]

With the Leafs playing all offense all the time this injury probably won't hurt that bad.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

In all seriousness, this is a huge blow based on the minutes Mo eats. However, lets not pretend that Rielly has been great. I think we can pull through as long as all 18 guys on that bench commit to a more defensively responsible style of play. We need to play like we did against the Isles every damn game.

I see it as a blessing in disguise because we get a healthy fresh Rielly for the playoffs. Its a great evaluation period for Dubas also actually.

 

[Al14]

we'll give the leafs Marc Staal for Kapanen.

We'll keep Kapanen, you keep Staal, we'll also show you our middle fingers!

 

[Mats13]

I think the Leafs should go for a home run. Make a trade with New Jersey right away. Their GM is ripe for the picking.

Trade them Lily, Johnsson and Bracco for Vatanen and Simmonds

This is such an awful trade wtf

 

[ToneDog]

With the Leafs playing all offense all the time this injury probably won't hurt that bad.

Unless we can hang onto the puck 75% of the time or our goalies find the holy grail, this injury is going to hurt IMO.

 

[NastyKnies]

Bad news Morgan’s out, good news Sandin and maybe Lily get to play with the big club.

 

[stickty111]

Oh boy. Well things just changed for the worse.

 

[NastyKnies]

Oh boy. Well things just changed for the worse.

It’s not like he was playing good hockey he’s been injured the whole season...

 

[LeafingTheWay]

I wonder how all the "Rielly is terrible defensively" people are feeling now that Rielly is gone for 2 months. Anyway, bad injury but I still believe in this team. Dermott is going to have to step up and I think Muzzin is due back fairly soon, so things don't look as bad. I wonder if this means Liljegren is getting a look at the NHL level soon now too.

I don't think Rielly is terrible defensively, I just think he's not good enough defensively to be a shutdown D. His usage should be similar to Burns in San Jose, not to Vlasic-Karlsson.

That being said, this loss will definitely hurt because Muzzin is also hurt. Muzzin got hurt, which forced Rielly to play harder usage. Now Rielly is injured, and this will force someone to play harder usage. Dermott, Sandin, Marincin aren't exactl proven LHD lol.

I would go with:

Dermott (23 mins) - Holl (22 mins)
Sandin (17 mins) - Barrie (22 mins)
Marincin (20 mins) - Ceci (16 mins)

Hopefully they can handle it (they'll be forced to lol).

 

[hockeyes]

If losing Rielly who looks like he's been playing injured all year with poor results sewers the team then I guess they were just never good enough.

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Is this cause of theMcDavid thing?

 

[ToneDog]

In all seriousness, this is a huge blow based on the minutes Mo eats. However, lets not pretend that Rielly has been great. I think we can pull through as long as all 18 guys on that bench commit to a more defensively responsible style of play. We need to play like we did against the Isles every damn game.

This team is allergic to defence. They might be able to do it for a few games but it is not in their DNA.

 

[NastyKnies]

This might be a blessing in disguise.

 

[ACC1224]

Unless we can hang onto the puck 75% of the time or our goalies find the holy grail, this injury is going to hurt IMO.

They can't play defense and the goalies have been sieves, not sure what's changed.

Rielly or no Rielly they still need 4 goals a game minimum to have a chance to win.

 

[Jmo89]

He needed the time off as he has not looked himself this season (its almost a certainty he's been injured.) Unfortunately the D is weak without him but the injury forced the issue.

Hopefully Muzzin is back soon.

 

[Nooodles]

Might sound stupid, but I actually thinks he needed this one.
Played through the whole season with an injury anyways, and he was absolutely terrible.

Take your time, and make sure you get back 100%.
He will be a better player when he comes back, thats for sure.

 

[Throw More Waffles]

Given that he’s been playing injured all year, it’s a sort of mixed blessing.
I’d rather have Rielly back at 100% for the playoffs (if we actually make it) than him playing at like 70% until next season.