Stephen
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- Feb 28, 2002
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Morgan played the 4 most minutes among Leaf defenders in the Stars game. I've been saying for awhile, slotting this guy as our #1 made no sense to me. Is he our 4th best defender no, but he is not a #1 either. Tanev, McCabe and OEL all had more minutes
Rielly is probably a number 3 defenseman by default. If he was properly slotted, you likely don't need to run him out there with your true number one on the top pair, so he could be the stronger partner on your number two unit.