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Joey_mar_cur

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Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 9:56 a.m.
Thread: Hughes
im sure others will say this as well but that never stopped me before; morgan rielly is like a carbon copy of quinn hughes, he is the opposite of what the leafs need on defense, AND he plays the wrong side. if anything toronto should be looking to grab a right handed defenseman who is ELITE defensively to play with black ho' mo. im a strong proponent of switching rielly and marner at least to see what happens (marner is better defensively and mo can surely hold his own as a winger) & maybe then this makes sense but even in that case paying this much (cap hit AND assets) for what would end up being your second pair LD is a little crazy for a team in TOR's cap sitch. blowing off all the assets is also iffy considering the future of this team five years down the road is a big ? there is no guarantee that he leaves but AM34 to ARI (or anywhere else) is a real possibility & with the cap hardly going up this offseason bunting & sammy have effectively priced themselves out of this city barring a gio style team friendly deal. WIlly is also up for a big raise sooner rather than later & gio wont be on league min forever. i could go on and on but i think everyone gets the point lol basically they should do the opposite of this IMO.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 11 at 11:50 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 10 at 9:12 a.m.
Thread: moving rielly to W
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Byrr</b></div><div>I feel like that's a 'who are we comparing their shots to' example. Hyman is the one I'm most familiar with since he's a former Leafs so I'll use him. He may not have the shot of a Nylander or Matthews but he's still leagues ahead of the Kerfoots, Kampfs and Engvalls of the world.</div></div>

hyman definitely has the best shot of the group, danault by far the worst IMO but all the players have in common the fact that they each have a specialty be it playmaking, great mobility, strong hand-eye &amp; high motor, or defensive prowess. i think rielly is no different in this regard, his specialty is his passing and skating which make him a threat on the rush and on the cycle. thats what puts him above kerfoot for me who IMO doesnt do anything at a top six level and is more of the ideal third liner, i probably shouldve actually changed the lines i suppose.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 10 at 9:02 a.m.
Thread: moving rielly to W
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Byrr</b></div><div>Rielly isn't a winger. The thing you need to do to play top 6 minutes on the wing is shoot the puck. We criticize some top 6 wingers for not being able to do so but really thats in comparison to other top 6ers. A shot is what really seperates a bottom 6 winger from a top 6. With Rielly's shot, he's much closer to a Kerfoot (who also shouldn't be top 6 here) than he is a Nylander, Marner or Bunting.</div></div>

you're right about the shot but i also think that there are other factors that can tip the scale as well in regards to the difference between top and bottom six usage. rielly is a top six level playmaker in the NHL, thats what gets him up on the second line. certainly not the defense or shot. also important to remember guys like Nic Dowd, Phil Danault, Mikael Backlund &amp; even Hyman who are all top six mainstays and have been for a while but absolutely cannot sling it.