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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
See this is a problem that Leafs fans still believe this. Morgan Rielly is a #1 defenseman on teams that will never, ever win a Stanley Cup. He's maybe a 2nd defenseman or 2nd pairing on a team good enough to win 16 games in the playoffs but if he's your best defenseman, the team never has a chance.
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I think it's definitely not unanimously seen that way in Leafs Nation. I agree, he is not a #1. I'd put him below Hanifin, Andersson and Weegar if he were on the Flames. And Tanev would be the pick for any situation requiring high end D, obviously, but it's just that Rielly is still a good mover of the puck.