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Morgan Rielly extended 8 years @ 7.5M

I have no complaints. Tough guy to replace for less than 7.5 and it's not like we're overflowing with awesome defensemen.
 
Mo deserves more, the Leafs can't really afford much more; he's done us more of a solid than anyone other than Spezza.

I hope he becomes more Muzziny (which would make this a steal), but that's probably impossible.
 
herman said:
Mo deserves more, the Leafs can't really afford much more; he's done us more of a solid than anyone other than Spezza.
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Yeah. For all of you guys who give Matthews and Marner a heaping dose of scorn for "not giving the team a break" then Rielly, who's basically now agreeing to have been underpaid for his entire career, should very much be in your good books.
 
bustaheims said:
Tied for the 20th highest cap hit among defencemen next season (and will probably end up lower once some other contracts get signed), which feels about right.
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I was just having a look at the same thing. He?s 55th right now.

https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/rankings/cap-hit/defenseman/
 
Nik said:
herman said:
Mo deserves more, the Leafs can't really afford much more; he's done us more of a solid than anyone other than Spezza.
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Yeah. For all of you guys who give Matthews and Marner a heaping dose of scorn for "not giving the team a break" then Rielly, who's basically now agreeing to have been underpaid for his entire career, should very much be in your good books.
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Correct.
 
Nik said:
I genuinely understand the reasons to not love this deal as it looks like Rielly might not be the consistent 60+ point guy we thought he might while playing a solid D at 22+ minutes a night.

That said, if you're not super confident that you have the guy in house to replace Rielly then not sorting something out with him would leave a massive hole in the lineup that you couldn't realistically fill on the UFA market without spending this much money anyway. In light of that, I think it's a fair deal. Hopefully the trade protection isn't too heavy so if you decide you want to make a change you still can.

And, just on a personal level, I like Rielly so I'm good with 8 mroe yaers.
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That's the key part. You're not getting anyone of his caliber for a better deal. Arguing whether he's the right fit and so on is all fair, but there's no question in my mind the value assigned is proper.
 
Deebo said:
This willl put him tied for 21st in defense cap hits going into next year.
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Rielly is basically 9th in PPG from 2018-19 onwards.

It's not an overpay, but is Rielly-Brodie & Muzzin-Holl a Stanley Cup winning defense?
 
I don't want to attribute his poor play to start the year to a new contract weighing on his mind, but I wonder if he will have a little extra skip to his stride now that this is all wrapped up and he knows he isn't going anywhere.
 
Peter D. said:
I don't want to attribute his poor play to start the year to a new contract weighing on his mind, but I wonder if he will have a little extra skip to his stride now that this is all wrapped up and he knows he isn't going anywhere.
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Dinner is on him tonight lol
https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1454127719319580676
 
Frank E said:
Deebo said:
This willl put him tied for 21st in defense cap hits going into next year.
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Rielly is basically 9th in PPG from 2018-19 onwards.

It's not an overpay, but is Rielly-Brodie & Muzzin-Holl a Stanley Cup winning defense?
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I mean, if they're all playing well it's not worse than Carlson-Niskanen & Orlov-Orpik.
 
Peter D. said:
I don't want to attribute his poor play to start the year to a new contract weighing on his mind, but I wonder if he will have a little extra skip to his stride now that this is all wrapped up and he knows he isn't going anywhere.
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He played very well last game. I don't think Brodie and Rielly have been the issue on D. Last year Rielly played 24 seconds per game shorthanded. This year so far, 2:28 and has been on for only 1 PPG against in 19:45 which is really good.
 
Really happy with this deal. He would have gotten at least a million more (if not two) as a UFA. As others have said, his departure would have left a huge hole in the D corps, and a UFA replacement at 7.5 likely wouldn't be as good.
 
Dappleganger said:
I like Rielly, but I think this was a bad idea.  :-\
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Honest question....can you find someone as good as him that the Leafs could have signed for that money as a UFA?
 
I like this one. I think it?s a great deal in comparison to some others. It?s nice to see a guy commit to one club for what could be the rest of his career. And he seems a nice guy who I like as a person
 
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