Morgan Rielly
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Who is 1 partner you can confidently say "yup, Rielly really elevated that guy beyond what he is"? A real #1D can do it all on the ice, and leave whatever niche the low-paid partner can do.
My current pipe dream is somehow getting Rielly's cap off the board and signing Jakob Chycrun in the offseason. Pair him with Carlo, McCabe with Tanev, and all of a sudden you have a real top-4 with no weaknesses. No slugs where you have to rearrange or accommodate partners with.
A challenge to the notion he needs a 'babysitter':
This ignores that most high end defenceman rely on a complementary partner. Expecting otherwise from a sub 8M player is unrealistic.
Also, he has never had a partner suitable to complete a first pairing duo on a contender (your example was finding a Hainsey). Despite this he has handled top competition and minutes during high stakes hockey. They never even gave Tanev a chance - a mistake.
Remember, the teams construction has prioritized forwards, and Rielly has been over tasked with #1 duties on a budget conscious D corps.
I dont need to see Rielly back next year, but I haven't seen any good plan to replace him - mostly misguided anger against reality, suggesting we buy him out for a 21M hit while he still sits in Dobbers top 30.
Year after year we keep trading picks and prospects to shore up the blue line. It's never gonna be championship quality with Rielly on it.
Imagine he played like makar
leafs got carlo and laughton to contend for the second round
I watched him real close against Florida and he looks lost on da ice .. he also has lost a couple steps which may be da reason .. bottom line like i said he can't be used against Florida .. we have 4 defenders Tanev/McCabe and OEL/Carlo and thats it .. hard to go 7 games against Florida with 4 guys .. Benoit was too slow against Florida looked like a 6/7 .. maybe Hakanpaa can come back i don't know .. but what I saw is Stolly is gonna have to steal us 2/3 games against Florida .. a monumental task .. our core can't get is done as usual
