Player Discussion Morgan Rielly

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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. :biglaugh:
 

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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.
 
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I don't think you can "blame" Rielly for anything on that play but at the same time the belly flop scramble and sliding past Marchand in full panic wasn't the best way to defend that.

Why a defenseman was so far up the ice and looking to go Pavel Bure with two tired forwards back would be another story.
 

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That was a dumb, gutless play by Rielly but then again he specializes in those.
He is either scared OR stupid .. honestly when I watch him now after da huge brain fart in OT in last years playoffs I am not sure .. but I am leaning to he is just flat out dumb as you put it .. all he had to do was stay on his feet and push Marchand behind da net after his shot .. there was NO CHANCE his dive was going to get puck from Marchand .. so he must just flat out be DUMB .. da dive accomplished NOTHING except to take him out of da play for da rebound .. DUMB can't be coached .. when I coached I always cut DUMB players 1st .. as there is nothing you can do to help them out
 
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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
You can also add that beyond the points hes been one of the few players that have done well transitioning from d-zone to o-zone in the playoffs and his 60pt pace is despite our powerplay (and overall offense) being terrible in the majority of our playoff series.

Everybody thinks Nylander has been the best of our top 4 in the playoffs and Rielly has similar career offensive stats (60 vs 65pt pace per 82).
 

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He is either scared OR stupid .. honestly when I watch him now after da huge brain fart in OT in last years playoffs I am not sure .. but I am leaning to he is just flat out dumb as you put it .. all he had to do was stay on his feet and push Marchand behind da net after his shot .. there was NO CHANCE his dive was going to get puck from Marchand .. so he must just flat out be DUMB .. da dive accomplished NOTHING except to take him out of da play for da rebound .. DUMB can't be coached .. when I coached I always cut DUMB players 1st .. as there is nothing you can do to help them out
He doesn’t seem too sharp but he is pretty useless defending the net front. Coaches must rip their hair out watching his weak defensive efforts and knowing they have no choice but to play him higher up the lineup. Can’t see a dman who is so soft given much ice time on a true cup contender.
 
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He doesn’t seem too sharp but he is pretty useless defending the net front. Coaches must rip their hair out watching his weak defensive efforts and knowing they have no choice but to play him higher up the lineup. Can’t see a dman who is so soft given much ice time on a true cup contender.

He has been awful and needs to wake the F up. He has been good during his career, whatever is going in he needs to fix.
 

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