Player Discussion Morgan Rielly

[horner]

Reilly needs to be brought into the video room, show him defending down low in the playoffs, show him defending forecheckers, tell him lets do what u want deep down Morgan, forget being a defender, ur playing forward tonight, u dont give a fff about the d zone. Leave it there and see what happens. Reilly cant run pp1, cant defend, he can only skate and carry the puck but has no clue what to do with it. Reilly is too comfortable being a 3 million dollar d man wearing a 7.5 million dollar mask.

He hasn't been good this yr.

 

[Community]

He hasn't been good this yr.

It's game 3. Pretty much our entire top 6 forwards haven't been good. Sample size is too small.

 

[diceman934]

Rielly has played fine...perhaps most should watch the games without a predetermined opinion. He is just a few games into playing with a new partner and a new coach. He is playing more physical as the coach wants.

 

[Its not your fault]

Let Marner walk and we can afford someone to push him into the #2 role. We need a horse back there.

It’s not Morgan’s fault we decided to pay our ENTIRE defence core less than 15M. That’s the f***ing joke here.

Invest in D and G and we can go somewhere.

Oh and Fire Keefe and Shanahan ASAP

Marner walked not much chance at a step forward. Can't just pull a magic defenseman.

His little stick check there was gutless. Like you couldn’t body the guy and went to play the puck with the deke already complete? Just gutless.

The best thing he ever did this year was take a spazz out suspension. Team went on a heater without him on the ice.

If he didn't spaz and got hurt is the heater the same or was the heart the ignition?

 

[sunstersun]

I really wish we traded this guy in the offseason.

He's a dumb player, who's main + in speed is gonna decline fast.

 

[arso40]

Rielly has played fine...perhaps most should watch the games without a predetermined opinion. He is just a few games into playing with a new partner and a new coach. He is playing more physical as the coach wants.

Your number 1 dman should be penalty killing period even Adam fox pks

 

[Dough72]

Don’t understand the Rielly hate

I think it's because he's been here so long the only time people feel like talking about him is when he gets burned on a play and they want to vent on the internet. Those posts add up across the different Leafs websites and we end up with a bit of a warped picture of his defensive play. I think this happens to a lot of defencemen across the league. Like they can't "all" be bad.

 

[diceman934]

Your number 1 dman should be penalty killing period even Adam fox pks

Lol...what does that have to do with is he playing well or not. Nothing.

 

[Maple Leaf]

I really wish we traded this guy in the offseason.

He's a dumb player, who's main + in speed is gonna decline fast.

I don't have a problem with rielly but he has been on a lot eliminated leafs teams that is for sure