Player Discussion Morgan Rielly

[Dekes For Days]

The coaches job is to win not just coddle his players and worry about a 12 year veterans inability to play within their system. Your second sentence is total speculation meant to support your narrative. It’s not Berube’s job to decide which players bring value to the team or whether they should be traded. He can only play the players on the team’s roster and has little leeway when it comes to Rielly given their lack of depth on the back end. You have no idea what is said behind doors in the coaches office about Rielly’s struggles.

Yes, the coach's job is to win. That's why he gives Rielly the most minutes on the team. You have no idea what is said behind closed doors either. All we can go by is his public comments and his actions. His public comments show concern but don't support the idea that he's playing like trash, unimportant, or a lost cause, and his actions are to give him the most minutes. If your argument is that every other defenseman on our team is even more trash, then I don't know why you're not out there blasting every other defenseman too.

 

[TMLAM34]

Rielly had a really good game last night, hope he can continue that play moving forward.

 

[Ports]

Yes, the coach's job is to win. That's why he gives Rielly the most minutes on the team. You have no idea what is said behind closed doors either. All we can go by is his public comments and his actions. His public comments show concern but don't support the idea that he's playing like trash, unimportant, or a lost cause, and his actions are to give him the most minutes. If your argument is that every other defenseman on our team is even more trash, then I don't know why you're not out there blasting every other defenseman too.

No coach is going to say his player is trash. What a ridiculous argument and last night McCabe played eight minutes more than Rielly did and Tanev played 4 minutes more. You live in a fantasy world.

 

[Dekes For Days]

No coach is going to say his player is trash. What a ridiculous argument and last night McCabe played eight minutes more than Rielly did and Tanev played 4 minutes more.

No, but there's much harsher things that coaches say when they're playing like trash, and they don't give trash players the most minutes on the team. It's understandable that our shutdown defensemen had some wonky minutes last night with the OEL injury and the big early lead, but Rielly still played over 22 minutes and has averaged the most minutes this year. That doesn't align with your statements.