Edited Mar. 24, 2023 at 6:32 p.m.
Quoting: mv21227
Looking at point totals, Rielly has 17 at 5v5 while Sandin has 20. Rielly has less 5v5 points than Luke Schenn. Leafs definitely would’ve been better off not signing Rielly and using that cap elsewhere while keeping Sandin
Rielly had a slow start but is picking up speed. Getting hurt for a month didnt help. And 1 goal and assist in 5 more games isnt drastic lul for Schenn come on use a better example. But since then hes been picking up pace. Hes slowly becoming the rielly of last season who helped push Tampa to 7 games so I got 0 issues. U keep the guy u know works as 3 goals and assists in the Tampa series aint bad. The tweet says it best "Sandin struggles against tough forechecking teams" and in the playoffs thats how teams play. Heck in top 4 mins -11 last 5 games for WSH if Sandin was doing that here rn in the top 4 people would be screaming pressbox or why did we let Rielly go again
If Leafs went into the playoffs with Sandin whose not got a lot of playoff experience and struggles in these types of games or a 40 year old Giordano yea Tampa would pulverize them even with their recent struggles
Were going for the win now and not babysitting. Wish Sandin the best but hes not built for a playoff run against teams like Tampa, Boston, and Carolina or NYR. But in the end all the Rielly talk is like what we saw out of Siakam and the raptors, one bad year blah blah blah, rebounds people go why were we mad. Rielly gets healthy plays well nobody will bat an eye. Heck he does what he did last playoffs all the silly talks gone.