Uh, where has this #Leafs team been all season? They're skating, making passes, winning puck battles, & most evidently, NOT just dumping the puck out. Even Morgan #Rielly looks like a passable $ 3M-per-season player. (Sadly, he's making $7.5M per.)
Perhaps #Leafs D-man Morgan #Rielly could stretch and try a little harder to deflect that shot. Geezuz. 1-0 #Bruins.
These #Leafs, sans #Matthews, #Marner & #Rielly, are a fiesty bunch. But whoa, boys. Remember the tank. 3-2 #Senators five minutes into the third period.
Bad news for #LeafsTankNation. 13-year veteran Morgan #Rielly is OUT for tonight's game against the #Senators. The data tells us the Buds are FAR MORE SUCCESSFUL with Rielly out. Sheesh.
The #Leafs have now played 5 periods without Morgan #Rielly... and there's no doubt they look far more connected and aren't spending as much time in their own zone.
Finally ! Some encouraging #Leafs injury news: veteran D-man Morgan #Rielly is out tonight and tomorrow and won't be back until after the Olympics break. YAY !! The Buds have always been calmer and more structured without this guy fumbling around on the back end.
Uh, yes. #Rielly right there to not defend on the OT winner. YES!!!! Give this guy a raise.
The two third-period goals by the #Islanders came against #Rielly, perhaps the most overrated defender in #Leafs history. OT.
Finally, a little bit of criticism of veteran D-man Morgan #Rielly on #RealKyperandBourne. He's always been a lousy defender, but at least brought some speed, a little creativity and a decent shot. Now? None of the above. He'd be a third-line guy making $2.5M on any other team.
I'm not sure how anyone who watches the #Leafs can justify #Domi getting the icetime and placement he does. It's mind-boggling. He's crap. Ditto Morgan #Rielly. They 'lead' the team in negative plus/minus, despite all this ice time. @jtbourne.bsky.social
A dogged #Leafs comeback from 4-1 down to tie it and Max #Domi takes a stupid, careless penalty and then Morgan #Rielly just stands there and gives Mark #Scheifele far too much room to fire it past #Hildeby and... 5-4 #Jets.
Once again, #Leafs D-man Morgan #Rielly failed to move the puck out of his own zone, his mates stopped skating, and the #Redwings tied it up. 1-1 after two periods.
I'm shocked that @jtbourne.bsky.social is shocked that Morgan #Rielly is a defensive sieve. He has been one since he was in junior and drafted in the first round by Brian #Burke. Also, he's the common thread in the #Leafs 12-season failure to come even close to a Cup.
The #Leafs Morgan #Rielly is a sieve. A non-contact, non-defender. Yikes! He's been on for both #Capitals goals as the Buds are only in this game, AGAIN, because of Joseph #Woll. 2-2 With 6 minutes left in the third.
Here's a pure #NHL 'hockey' trade proposal - #Canucks send LD Quinn #Hughes, RD Victor #Mancini and F Braeden Cootes to the #Leafs, for C Auston #Matthews, LD Morgan #Rielly and RD Ben #Danford.
Trying to remember the last time the highest paid #Leafs D-man, Morgan #Rielly, had ANY real effect on a game. NOW might be a good time to lead.
And a blatant giveaway by #Rielly, but #Woll makes the save. Geezuz. The two best #Leafs have been #Robertson and #Cowan - tenacity, speed and smarts.
Morgan #Rielly... still a sieve on the #Leafs back end. My gawd, he's bad at defending. Toronto 2, Chicago 2 in the third.
It's always an adventure when #Leafs d-men #Rielly and #Carlo are on the ice. Shaky defenders and endless low-percentage passes (usually along the boards) to forwards. Sheesh. Luckily, they haven't cost the Buds tonight. 4-2 good guys with less than 5 minutes to go against the #Mammoth.
Morgan #Rielly is such a lousy defender, absolutely schooled on the #Predators' fourth goal halfway through the 3rd period. The longest-serving Leaf is an embarrassment. The #Leafs go down 4-2. #NHL
Egregious giveaway by Morgan #Rielly just seconds into a 6-on-5 #Leafs advantage and the #Avalanche score into an empty net to make it 6-4. It was 4-2 Leafs halfway through the second period.
Lovely #Rielly giveaway with the #Leafs 6 on 5 and, voila, 6-4 #Avalanche on an empty netter.
There were many reasons why the #Canucks bought out Oliver Eckman-Larsson and the #Panthers let him go - he's not very good. He and Morgan #Rielly looked like ECHLers on the 4th #Vegas goal. 4-0 #VGH on... 10 shots.
🚨#TorontoSports FINAL (NHL); 1/5/2025🚨
🏒Toronto Maple Leafs (26-13-2) 3️⃣:2️⃣ Philadelphia Flyers (17-18-5) (F/OT)
Next📆: 1/7 ✈ PHI (home & home)
Maple Leafs goals:
Knies (14)
Ekman-Larsson (1)
Rielly (4); OT winner
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