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Originally Posted by bluejays
I'm not a Leaf fan. And I appreciate there are top tier dmen which are only a handful (ie: Makar, Hughes, Josi, Hedman), then there's a drop off. But I'd put him in that second tier where there are a ton of guys. Surely you want Makar and such because they're hugely impactful but in lieu of knowing you can't have those you have to compensate by having two second tier guys. It comes down to the model in place you have as a team in how you want to distribute your money. What I'm getting is Rielly as your #1 is not hurting this Leafs team this year. The problems are up front guys not scoring and not playing a more aggressive game against a Boston team that plays more aggressive. It's simply not a good matchup.
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You’re overrating Reilly to a very large degree. Which is common for Toronto players.
Didn’t he get injured this year and then the team go on a hot streak without him? The Leafs need to wrap their heads around the fact that there are other positions to care about in hockey other than forwards (or not, I’m happy with them losing into eternity).