Player Discussion Morgan Rielly

[arso40]

Riellys ranking among the 60ish dmen over the last 3 playoffs with 20+ games:

Goals per game: 2nd
Points per game: 5th
5v5 Goal differential: 3rd

..and that's with the PP being trash.


Take away Rielly, Marner and Matthews and look at what happens to this team 5v5 over the last 3 playoffs:

Rielly 5v5:
Goals for/60: 3.07
Goals against/60: 1.55

Marner 5v5:
Goals for/60: 3.08
Goals against/60: 1.72

Matthews 5v5:
Goals for/60: 2.81
Goals against/60: 2.06

The entire rest of the team without them:
Goals for/60: 1.57
Goals against/60: 3.14

Holy crap the team has sucked outside of these guys 5v5.

We all know the PP has been trash but I dont think thats just on Rielly.

Outside of the PP, Rielly has been one of the best Dmen in the playoffs. His 5v5 goal differential relative his team is insane. By far the best of any player in the playoffs the last 3 years. One of the true "steps it up in the playoffs" dmen in the league.

Do the rest of them receive the oppositions first line cause Riellys had the luxury of a d pair on his team that faces number 1 lines on the other team

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Do the rest of them receive the oppositions first line cause Riellys had the luxury of a d pair on his team that faces number 1 lines on the other team

you can't play 22-26 minutes a night, with ~20 minutes of even-strength a night without playing top end competition

Rielly comes out with Matthews and Marner, and apart from Tampa 2023 that line came out against the best of the best (Kucherov, Tkachuk, Pastrnak).

Rielly has been elite in the playoffs, there is no argument there