Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake discuss the recent struggles of the Toronto Maple Leafs highest paid defencemen in Morgan Rielly and whether or not they believe there is legitimate reason for concern
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No Marners a problem! At least Reilly won’t be a ghost when things count! Marner is a perimiter player that don’t work when things matter!!!!
Controversial opinion… I think overlooking Morgan as captain stung and affected him more than expected. AM only got it because of his playing, not his actual leadership skills which is NOT a recipe for success. Rielly is older, has been in the Leafs since the rough pre-Matthews era, by all accounts is considered a leader in the dressing room… His leadership resume is objectively better than AM who has already shown himself to be an ineffective captain. It's a poor excuse for Rielly switching off like he has, but having a kid and your dreams of being an NHL captain taken away in a short period of time is rough.
The Leafs are akin to a high end vehicle that, despite how much money you throw at it, constantly has wheels falling off. Just as you manage to reattach one wheel. Your hope that you make it to your destination is up. Then another wheel comes loose, perpetuating a cycle of instability
I would think that the leafs need another Two-Way Defenceman that be the Norris calibre d that can give you a playoff run. Maybe you can draft one or move for one.
I believe Reilly has always been over rated both defensively and offensively. He cannot break down a cycle and loses his man consistently on defense and not just this year!!
Offensively, he is smart enough to dish to Marner or Matthew's but he lacks offensive finish particularly for a number 1 defenseman…
He's a good guy and committed but the media has really over rated him….not just this year
especially because of tanev, oel, mccabe, Benoit, I think the writings on the wall rielly ++ for jt miller no???
Myers, rifai, benning I think van shore up the backend.
love rielly and thank you but can we move a big name to shake things up, a la mikko???
He gave on away last night.
Players have kids all the time … Bogus excuse
Why do Toronto fans have such deluded views towards the athletes on Toronto teams. Great citizen ? Great soldier ? A treasure ? WTF ?
This is Cabal speak.
Even Larry Murphy looks like a superstar in retrospective comparison.
Rielly more in David Clarkson zone.
Rielly gives ya lots of low quality minutes
when you're so afraid of being bullied for having a millennial pause that you end up cutting it too close and the video starts "gan rielly"
Finallyyyyy!!!!!! It’s been a long time coming. It finally took his offence drying up for us to realize he has been abysmal defensively for a decade.
Reilly is overrated and overpriced
The problem is he's dog💩 as a defenceman. The only saving grace was his offence which has now dried up over the last few years. Let's stop glazing this guy over a 7 game playoff snippet. It's just not enough…he needs to bring that on a regular basis. Now he's also dragging his linemates down to boot. If he doesn't get it together soon they might want to consider buying him out.
No
He was always a #4 defenseman with decent offensive upside on a team that pretty much only played offense. He was the only guy they had so they played him and payed him like a #1. Now they are playing a more defensive game and have defensemen that can play defense and people are starting to figure it out. He's never been a #1, it's just that he's always been the only one.
Guess we have to jump on the bad Rielly bandwagon. He's been so steady and he's obviously struggling this year. Stop with the Rielly watch. Maybe healthy scratch him. No trade.
he hasn't been good since he started dating Tessa Virtue
Need to trade this clown overpriced for his mistakes and production 😂
Seventh from the overall bottom of leauge defencemen. If he is to play, his hockey IQ needs to be restored somehow.
A lot of negativity here regarding Rielly in the comments.
Since the Leafs added defensive talent to their lineup, has been able to take a step back as the “go to” D-man on the blueline.
We always said the leafs need to get him a better partner… but it's starting to look like he's the problem and it was never a partner problem.
Trade ⒶRᴇɪʟʟʏ to Vancouver apparently they want him because he’s a hometown kid so what could we get from Vancouver for him????
Dangle’s right. Who cares if he’s a nice guy. This is pro sports. They don’t hold any players accountable. Rielly is killing the team. Even when he’s healthy (assuming he’s not now) he’s not a PP quarterback. Berube is asking him to play defense when he’s been allowed to play like a Rover in the past and they held their nose about his defensive deficiencies. He’s also lost a step or two and looks out of shape and shows little effort. Let’s call a spade a spade. If he doesn’t get his act together, he will kill them in the playoffs.