Player Discussion Morgan Rielly

[Tie Domi Esquire]

He absolutely is. He doesn’t touch anybody in front of the net just flails away at the puck. When was the last time he stood up a forward at the blue line or laid a big hit in the corner ? He weighs 220 lbs but plays like he’s 175.

But Point toe picked into the boards and Rielly shrugged before getting beat up by Kucherov so that means he is tough.

 

[Craig Button]

If rielly is playing like he has now then McCabe

If Rielly bounces back and plays like he has often in the playoffs then pretty easily him

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[hamzarocks]

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Rielly has 40 pts in 57 playoff games playing 24:36 per game and is a +14

He is a ~24.5 min D-man who gives ~60 pts per 82 in the playoffs.

That is very valuable and great play

 

[Stephen]

You can’t blame him for the OT fire drill vs Boston but it is indicative of his defensive awareness that he did a Pavel Bure lap to the far blueline and then raced back to belly flop and overstate the defensive coverage on the ensuing scramble. It wouldn’t be the Leafs or Morgan Rielly if a blow defensive situation was magnified by a chicken with its head cut off scramble by our number one defenseman. In a bad situation he is unable to help but just magnifies the crazy.