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Would be very curious to see the trade market for Reilly. I have never seen him as a legit top pair D. If you can hoodwink another GM to give top D return for him, I would personally drive him to that city to get it done.

Most likely is Dubas will get hoodwinked into signing him to a lucrative 8 year extension in order to keep the band together.
 
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hobarth said:
I think it would be a proper reaction for TO to trade Rielly if he doesn't sign rather than have him walk because he can't be afforded. It's not a condemnation of Rielly, it's more of a not wanting TO to lose him in the same way Hy will probably go.
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And that's fine, but a large portion of the fanbase wants to dump him so we can sign soft as butter, playoff no-show Dougie Hamilton to a massive contract.
 
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Lumberg said:
What if he wants 8 mill?
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Of course there is a # that we can't go past, but the majority of fans in this thread are saying we should let Rielly go and pay for Hamilton who will be more expensive than Mo?

Rielly's last few regular seasons have not been 8m+ in worth but I think his playoffs have been. However, when you keep losing in the 1st round, you'll basically be paid for your regular season.

As I said earlier, the Leafs don't have very many players like Mo who have improved their game during the playoffs so I don't think we should be so quick to let him go when he's our best dman who actually comes through when we need him to.
 
The entire D should be revamped via trades and FA signings.

Reilly is unreliable as a top pair. Will quickly become even more of a DISASTER as he ages. Most older D get by on hockey smarts and toughness. Reilly is neither of these.

Brodie is fine as a support D who brings some scoring and can play PP minutes, but isn't a championship caliber top pair. I am indifferent to him. Really depends what else you can bring in.

Muzzin can't stay healthy and isn't the physical presence some people on here thinks he is. Injuries will continue to pile up for this player.

The rest are absolute trash in terms of being competitive with the best of the best. This includes Lilj and Sandin. Both should be traded for players around their age with sandpaper to their game.
 
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If Rielly leaves our transition game takes a massive hit. He's decent at defending, not great but not awful. But he excels at getting the puck out and skating. Rielly is a great #2, only reason people want him gone is because they expect him to be something he's not...kind of like what we did with Phaneuf. Neither were truly #1D but they can excel in the right position. I'd like to hold on to him. Defence was not the issue this year, in fact it was our biggest strength.
 
He was our best player in the playoffs.

And thanks to this market always crushing dmen's reputations, this career-leaf is a great opportunity to get a bargain longterm deal for not much more than he's getting now. Due to reputation I bet you we could get him on an RNH type of deal, even though he's far far better than RNH.
 
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You need a proper tandem on your top pair. Labeling Reilly as a "number 2" never makes sense. Your top pair should eat up most of the minutes. Reilly has never proven to be effective in a shutdown role. So whether you label him as a 1 or 2, it's pretty much the same because he will need to be out there in all the key situations. There are cases where a true number 1 can lift up a middle pair Dman, but those guys shouldn't be paid top dollar like Reilly will likely command.

He's been used above his capabilites for years now. And while he used to be effective as a distributor on the PP, he's useless in that role because Marner is the distributor. The Leafs really need a hard shot from the point, not Reillys floaters.
 
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Rielly is great in the playoffs, not sure why that keeps getting ignored. Legit cannot think of a single bad playoff round by him. I wouldn't do 8M but I'd be happy to bring him back at 6.5-7.
 
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Lou Lam is looking to shed cap and word is Leddy is on the block , Leddy and Pageau for Reilly and Kerplunk save the Isles 2 million in cap and upgrades on both the guys we give up .
 
1specter said:
The D wasn't the problem against Montreal
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No but they did make for some hilariously terrible mistakes - like Dermott's dipsy doodle to cost us game 6, Sandin getting burned badly in foot races and Holl's routine brainless plays in his own zone.

Rielly put this D on his back against Montreal.
 
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1specter said:
Rielly is great in the playoffs, not sure why that keeps getting ignored. Legit cannot think of a single bad playoff round by him. I wouldn't do 8M but I'd be happy to bring him back at 6.5-7.
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Yes he was great in the playoffs. He wasn't great in the regular season. I'd judge a player more by 60 games vs 7 games.

Also, guy was not even playing PP or PK in the playoffs. How much can you really pay for that?

Truth is, Rielly is a bad fit on the PP especially with Marner there. Can't have that many non-shooting threats. If the Leafs won't move Marner, then you need to move Rielly. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
 
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No but they did make for some hilariously terrible mistakes - like Dermott's dipsy doodle to cost us game 6, Sandin getting burned badly in foot races and Holl's routine brainless plays in his own zone.

Rielly put this D on his back against Montreal.
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I was very critical of Reilly during the season but I do agree with you...he was very good in the playoffs...was last year as well.
 
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Guy Boucher said:
Yes he was great in the playoffs. He wasn't great in the regular season. I'd judge a player more by 60 games vs 7 games.

Also, guy was not even playing PP or PK in the playoffs. How much can you really pay for that?

Truth is, Rielly is a bad fit on the PP especially with Marner there. Can't have that many non-shooting threats. If the Leafs won't move Marner, then you need to move Rielly. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
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With a team like ours which shouldn't struggle to make the playoffs *knock on wood*, I'd much rather have a few more players that turn it up for the playoffs.... Rielly's has easily been our best dman every year in the playoffs, likely because with the tight checking his skating ans transition ability are more important than ever.
 
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VanW27 said:
And that's fine, but a large portion of the fanbase wants to dump him so we can sign soft as butter, playoff no-show Dougie Hamilton to a massive contract.
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So Hamilton isn't the next saviour of the franchise?
 
I'm sure many remember St.L having a really bad year with the rumors being they were considering breaking the team up, in came Binnington, a new coach and the Cup wasn't far behind.

TB took many years to mature, the fans were impatient and after a near historic season where they won 62 games TB lost in the first round of the playoffs, the next year they won the Cup.

TO was good this year, very good, and that was because of the stars. Getting rid of the stars would probably be a disaster putting the Leafs further away from the Cup goal.
 
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I expect he will be extended this summer for a caphit around 6-6.5ish mil. Which should give pretty good value based on what he could get in free agency and his on ice abilities.
 
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I'd rather have Rielly over Hamilton in the playoffs if we could only have one.
 
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