Rielly vs Ristolainen

[Halla]

basically this

2014-2015: Rielly>Risto
2015-2016: Rielly=Risto
2016-2017: Rielly<<Risto
2017-2018: Rielly>>Risto

who do you take?

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[Ainec]

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

rielly, not close at all

 

[Ainec]

voted Ristolainen to see poll results

 

[Halla]

voted Ristolainen to see poll results

love that feature. drives up voting #s

 

[PinkFly]

Rielly AINEC.

 

[Cleatus]

Rielly, but Ristolainen is no slouch, even with the rough season him and his team are having. He's one of the few players Buffalo should keep if they decide to blow it up.

 

[Mr Hockey]

Tough call for me, I like Ristolainen and Rielly is having his best season.

 

[PucksOnNet]

Rielly. Not even remotely close.

 

[Hugh Mungus]

this seasons been rough for risto, but that shouldnt be enough be call this one "AINEC" he could still turn it around, still young at 23 and has 2 40 pt seasons

voted rielly for now

 

[firstemperor]

Risto's really underrated on here but Rielly probably even moreso. Would say, even without factoring in recency, Risto's an average-ish #2 and Rielly is a good #2, both with upside.

 

[Asiantuntija]

Ristolainen clearly. I would trade Rielly to Risto any day of the week.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Ristolainen clearly. I would trade Rielly to Risto any day of the week.

What about on the weekend ?

 

[Asiantuntija]

What about on the weekend ?

Weekend belongs to week brother. Week = 7 days. Results are total joke in this pool. Our team has 4-5 better defenders than Rielly.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Weekend belongs to week brother. Week = 7 days. Results are total joke in this pool. Our team has 4-5 better defenders than Rielly.

ok.

 

[Aladyyn]

what an obvious timing for an agenda-driven poll

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Weekend belongs to week brother. Week = 7 days. Results are total joke in this pool. Our team has 4-5 better defenders than Rielly.

your team being Finland's national team?

 

[Gsus]

Risto's really underrated on here but Rielly probably even moreso. Would say, even without factoring in recency, Risto's an average-ish #2 and Rielly is a good #2, both with upside.

Risto has shown that he can be a good #2 as well. No need to underrate him like that. When we see Risto at his best he's throwing hits on players like toddlers, he's producing and being tough. That's tough to match.

Rielly is clearly having the better season. In their careers they have almost identical PPG pace (0.40 - 0.41 for Rielly) so for the future this is not AINEC by any means. Risto has not played to his value this year (same can be said for the whole Sabres team it looks like) but he's coming off of 2 pretty good years (+40pts), something Rielly hasn't done yet while playing with far bettter players for their entire careers.

I don't mind people picking Rielly but this clearly is not AINEC. I think Risto will explode as a player in 2 years.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Wouldn't trade Risto for Rielly.

 

[sessiroth]

is it that time of year already?

 

[Asiantuntija]

your team being Finland's national team?

No Finland doesn't even have that many good defenders. I'm talking about Jets. Bufyglien, Morrissey, Myers, Trouba.

 

[Aladyyn]

Risto is having his best season in terms of on-ice impact but somehow he's "not up to par"?

 

[Kamiccolo]

Risto has shown that he can be a good #2 as well. No need to underrate him like that. When we see Risto at his best he's throwing hits on players like toddlers, he's producing and being tough. That's tough to match.

Rielly is clearly having the better season. In their careers they have almost identical PPG pace (0.40 - 0.41 for Rielly) so for the future this is not AINEC by any means. Risto has not played to his value this year (same can be said for the whole Sabres team it looks like) but he's coming off of 2 pretty good years (+40pts), something Rielly hasn't done yet while playing with far bettter players for their entire careers.

I don't mind people picking Rielly but this clearly is not AINEC. I think Risto will explode as a player in 2 years.

Ok, so they produced similarly offensively but Rielly has been the much better defensive player.

 

[Binister]

Ristolainen - More physical, plays way more minutes and is more effective on the offensive end in worse team. Hopefully he turns around his production back to normal soon.

 

[983 others]

Risto is a pylon who doesn't even put up points, so I don't see how anybody could say he's better than Rielly.