Confirmed Signing with Link: [TOR] Leafs extend Morgan Rielly (8 years, $7.5M AAV)

[LeonDraisaitl]

My bad, it’s even worse.

Are you upset Buffalo has no one on Reilly’s level atm? Or what’s going on here with you?

 

[Kelly]

I'd take a paycut to be closer to Tessa Virtue as well.... :'|

Seriously though, great deal -- really happy to be able to watch Mo in the blue and white for the next 8 years.

 

[Captain97]

This just feels like a fair deal, I would want Rielly at 7 but would be willing to go to 8. He got 7.5

Edir: Only concern now is Cap, leafs now have 5 guys who combined make ~47.5 million $.

While I think this is fair for Rielly, 1 of the big 4 probably has to go.

 

[Auston Marlander]

For anyone interested, here is the last thread on Riellys contract.

Value of: - Morgan Rielly's next contract

 

[HarrisonFord]

Are you upset Buffalo has no one on Reilly’s level atm? Or what’s going on here with you?

Remember when Ristolainen was better than Rielly according to Buffalo fans?

 

[Iwishihadaspacebar]

That's a fair deal. Now, who is leaving in the next 8 months to pay for it?

 

[notbias]

That's a fair deal. Now, who is leaving in the next 8 months to pay for it?

Kessel's contract + the cap increase?

 

[Twine Tickler]

Lol, I absolutely love the Morgan Reilly is shit comments from non-leaf fan's.

I do appreciate those of you who are not ignorant and can recognize that Mo is in fact a very solid player. But the amount of pure ignorance just because he is a Leaf never seems to amaze me.

I don't know how anyone could look at this deal, and the comps that are out there from pending UFA defensemen and suggest that this is a gross overpayment.

Is Mo a Norris candidate level defensemen? I would say no personally. But it also wouldn't shock me to see him have a year where he gets in that conversation either.

It's a good deal, for a good player. No if's ands or buts.

 

[kp61c]

Locked him up till 2030. Crazy, he will be a dead weight in the last years of this deal.

 

[AvatarAang]

Solid and fair deal. Why could Marner and Matthews be signed to better deals? This won’t hurt the leafs. Reilly is a legit top4 defenseman.

As an isles fan though it makes the Pelech and Pulock deals even greater.

Marner and Matthews were signed before the pandemic. Is that too hard a concept to understand?

Rielly’s career high = 72 points @ 7.5M
Pulock + Pelech COMBINED career high = 58 points @ 10.75M

Still feel good? Perhaps next time you will refrain from comparing completely different types of D. Pelech would be paid more than Reilly if he wasn’t absolutely useless at scoring.

 

[Zach716]

Are you upset Buffalo has no one on Reilly’s level atm? Or what’s going on here with you?

Remember when Ristolainen was better than Rielly according to Buffalo fans?

I don't know what Buffalo has to do with my personal opinion on this specific deal.

 

[Mickey Marner]

For anyone interested, here is the last thread on Riellys contract.

Value of: - Morgan Rielly's next contract

Seems like he got about what most people were predicting.

 

[Drumman44]

Honestly a pretty great contract. Might not be great the last couple years but the window will be closed then so who gives a shit?

 

[Iwishihadaspacebar]

Kessel's contract + the cap increase?

That's does almost cover it to be fair.

 

[BruinsBtn]

Uh, no. The contract expires in 2030. He was born in 94. He will be 36 years old.

Ok. Whatever. Washed up is washed up. Enjoy.

 

[sebsisles]

Solid deal

 

[McJC]

Great deal for the Leafs, well done Dubas

Wish Ken Holland took his time with Nurse as well

 

[LeonDraisaitl]

I don't know what Buffalo has to do with my personal opinion on this specific deal.

Because my opinion on your opinion of this specific deal is a trash take

 

[Muffin]

Marner and Matthews were signed before the pandemic. Is that too hard a concept to understand?

Rielly’s career high = 72 points @ 7.5M
Pulock + Pelech COMBINED career high = 58 points @ 10.75M

Still feel good? Perhaps next time you will refrain from comparing completely different types of D. Pelech would be paid more than Reilly if he wasn’t absolutely useless at scoring.

I think it’s a fair contract but you can’t nitpick his career year like that. That year was clearly a massive outlier where he scored 20 goals when he’s never scored even half of that in any other year.

 

[M2Beezy]

Good God I hope there is a NMC so Benning doesnt try in trade our future for him at some point to anchor down our coveted overpaid #4 dman spot

 

[SML2]

He looked average when I saw a leafs game a few nights ago. Have no idea why Dubas is doubling down on this core though. There needs to be a shake up.

Because if he doesn't go to the Finals this year, he's getting fired anyway. May as well double down so the guy who replaces you doesn't turn it around on a year and make you look like a jackass.

 

[Halakitlikethat]

It’s a good deal for Toronto , this is a guy that they couldn’t afford to lose . Yes he has some shortcomings but you can’t replace a guy like that .

 

[BruinsBtn]

Basically had it pegged right at market value: Value of: - Morgan Rielly's next contract

Though certainly well above what some Leaf fans wanted.

 

[izzy]

Needed to happen, I’d be surprised if they are still happy with it later on in the contract, but right now they cannot replace his presence

 

[MoreMogilny]

I think it’s a fair contract but you can’t nitpick his career year like that. That year was clearly a massive outlier where he scored 20 goals when he’s never scored even half of that in any other year.

Yeah he will never score 20 goals again.

He does have the talent to drive offence from the back end at a higher level than he currently is. I thought Keefe would bring more of that out the last couple of years but it hasn’t quite happened. He should still be able to produce 50ish points.