Player Discussion Morgan Rielly
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44 is Rielly good
It's game 3. Pretty much our entire top 6 forwards haven't been good. Sample size is too small.
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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.
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Marner walked not much chance at a step forward. Can't just pull a magic defenseman.
If he didn't spaz and got hurt is the heater the same or was the heart the ignition?
I really wish we traded this guy in the offseason.
He's a dumb player, who's main + in speed is gonna decline fast.
He's a dumb player, who's main + in speed is gonna decline fast.
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.
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I don't have a problem with rielly but he has been on a lot eliminated leafs teams that is for sure
Reilly is a major liability playing top pair minutes. Berube I hope is calling Reilly out for his pinching especially because its not working at all. Its really annoying watching Reilly pinch and dump and chase the puck. He can not forecheck so wtf is he attempting to do? He isnt good along the wall, or down low. Last night he did this twice on 1 shift. He clearly does not have hockey sense, its just pinch and see what happens. If Berube does rein in Reilly and he isnt pinching, isnt on PP1, he will be a 30 point dman, which I feel he is at his core, despite 72 point season, reason being the forwards are all stars. Last year Reilly missed 5 games in a row, d core wasnt pinching every shift, the team won 5 in a row I recall.
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He looks like he will be out of the NHL in 2 years right now
Been horrible. Hopefully just early season struggles and not the next John Tavared like decline
Been horrible. Hopefully just early season struggles and not the next John Tavared like decline
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Rielly’s best attribute is when he plays his instinctive rush game by utilizing a speed burst and taking it to the net. Or as a trailing man. Everything else in his game is not that great. Defensive details are sloppy. PP distribution is sluggish and telegraphed. Bad point shot. Inopportune pinches. Chicken with its head cut off defending 2 on 1’s and protecting the slot. His reputation is great speed and skating but his off speed game is so sluggish.
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Mo's been this way for years, going through stretches of bad play followed up by stretches where he looks great, it's happened in at least 4 of the last five seasons.
He's a C-tier top pair D, good enough but he can't carry the defense, but not everybody is Makar, Hedman or Josi. I like the Tanev and OEL additions even as it drops his role. He's not a 26 minute true #1 guy but he's fine at 22-23.
He should be wheeling more and his awareness of when to jump up is usually good (it hasn't been so far), he's going to get his 50-55 points. The good usually more than makes up for the bad with him.
He's a C-tier top pair D, good enough but he can't carry the defense, but not everybody is Makar, Hedman or Josi. I like the Tanev and OEL additions even as it drops his role. He's not a 26 minute true #1 guy but he's fine at 22-23.
He should be wheeling more and his awareness of when to jump up is usually good (it hasn't been so far), he's going to get his 50-55 points. The good usually more than makes up for the bad with him.
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He's a very flawed player, he lost his guy a lot of times or didn't know who to take off scrambles in the NYR game.
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Been saying it for a while he’s over rated and his speed looks like it declined
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44 is Rielly good
Career playoff stats/projection over a full regular season:
16g 42a 58p +20 24:36 min/game
Morgan Rielly is a ~60pt dman with a +20 over 82 game projection during the playoffs despite our significant scoring issues, our best forwards being bang average (at best), and a losing record (24-33).
Everybody shit on him during the 22-23 season when he had a lacklustre regular season and then he went on to be our round 1 MVP and was over ppg in the playoffs.
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He has literally had slow starts the past 3 or 4 years. He takes a month or two to get going typically. Everyone jumping on this guy a few games into the season already. Jesus.
If he doesn't learn how to play defense at net then I think he maybe has 2 years left in NHL unless he moves to wing .. once that speed goes and it is showing signs of going he will be finished .. our team can't afford to put him on ice in OT of a game 7 because he doesn't see da defensive side of game and/or can't react fast enough to required defensive stoppages .. then Saturday night he watches Rangers winger take our net and doesn't assess his defensive responsibility .. you can't leave that job to a C to do .. it is not acceptable to Berube .. his benching from PP1 shows team coach sees da issues too .. look for Tree to try to unload him
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I’m willing to give him 10-15 games to adjust to the coach and partner, but I haven’t liked how little offence he has generated. Too many unforced icings, too many passes off target, too many shots into shins.
He doesn’t play enough defence to warrant 7.5m. We need him to create offence in the zone, and give us at least 55 points
He doesn’t play enough defence to warrant 7.5m. We need him to create offence in the zone, and give us at least 55 points
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That was clear last year.
It's just more clear this year than last.
Tre spent alot of money to work around Rielly.
OEL replaces the need for Rielly on PP1.
Rielly scores once every 10 games. Is that super key to have ?
His age/speed and lack of compensating skillset means his slow starts are likely to end up slow seasons.
