Morgan Rielly now T-6th in league scoring (UPD: Now T-14th )

[oooooooooohCanada]

Definitely a Mike Green type season. He should probably get nominated for the Norris, but I think we can all agree he shouldn't win.

Did Mike Green play against the oppositions top pairs every night, effectively?

 

[1specter]

- 12.0% shooting percentage (7.1% higher than career average)
- 14.9% oiSH% (6.0% higher than career average)
- 107.1 PDO (7.2 higher than career average)

Possession stats are also poor:
- 50.11% CF% (-0.68% Rel)
- 49.18% FF% (0.44% Rel)
- 47.61% SF% (-0.68% Rel)
- 50.39% SCF% (0.10% Rel)
- 49.46% HDCF% (-4.54% Rel)

Unfortunately, there's a ton of signs that he's going to slow down.

Even if he keeps it up all season, which would be great for him, he would be in line for a huuuuge regression next season.

Rielly is on pace for 216 shots & 26 goals with a 12.0% shooting percentage.

The last defenseman to have 200+ shots, 20+ goals & a 10.0%+ shooting percentage was:

Mike Green (2008-09).

That season, Green had 31 goals, 243 shots, 12.76% shooting percentage.

Yea, I don't count on Rielly keeping up his production

@zeke let's go

 

[Haatley]

1. Morgan Rielly looks to be a Norris Candidate if not Favorite lmao. So wasn’t wrong.

2. Andersen looks to be a Vezina Candidate lmao. So wasn’t wrong.

3. Matthews might of been in the conversation for the Hart/Rocket had he not been injured (heck, Matthews is still on pace for 62 goals despite missing games).

John Tavares is in his first season as a Leaf. I’m not sure what the first round exits have to do with this current team.


So, you call it biased. I call it right.

Sorry, but not sorry

Giordano is the favourite by a landslide.

 

[Cor]

Giordano is the favourite by a landslide.

I’d like to hear the explanation for Gio over Chabot or Rielly.

I don’t necessarily disagree, I said Rielly was a candidate, if not the favorite.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Is he better than Gostisbehere yet?

Only Sasso can say for sure. I'm guessing he's still inferior at both ends of the ice somehow

 

[FerklundCGY]

Rielly is better than Giordano defensively.


He already is.

I actually LOL'd

 

[FerklundCGY]

Did Mike Green play against the oppositions top pairs every night, effectively?

Rielly isn't playing against top pairs effectively though.

His scoring chance rates aren't good and his relative stats are even worse.

So there goes that argument

 

[NJ DevLolz]

Only Sasso can say for sure. I'm guessing he's still inferior at both ends of the ice somehow

@Sasso09 also thinks/thought that Nolan Patrick was better than PLD like month ago. Biggest Flyers homer on the boards

 

[Mickey Marner]

Only Sasso can say for sure. I'm guessing he's still inferior at both ends of the ice somehow

Ghost? Please. Rielly isn't even on Sanheim's level.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Ghost? Please. Rielly isn't even on Sanheim's level.

You are kinda right. Reilly is on a much higher level than Sanheim.

 

[Canadian Finn]

Reilly is an AHL player, at best.

obviously.

 

[Atomos2]

Lmao he's not.

His offensive numbers are incredibly unsustainable.

12.0% shooting percentage, 14.9% oiSH%?

Absolutely no way he keeps that up. That would literally be one of the luckiest seasons ever recorded.

Gio is 5 points back in 1 less game with waaay more sustainable offensively numbers and is 5x the defensive player Rielly is

Giordano is becoming a folk hero on these boards

Anything to take the attention away from a PPG+ leaf defenceman

 

[FrozenJagrt]

Rielly isn't playing against top pairs effectively though.

His scoring chance rates aren't good and his relative stats are even worse.

So there goes that argument

But he's piling on the points, he's not getting scored on and his team is winning. Isn't that what matters?

 

[Caps8112]

Did Mike Green play against the oppositions top pairs every night, effectively?

That's a tough question because yes he did and no he didnt. Green was almost the only thing resembling a dman on the caps back when he was scoring all those points. The rest were ahl dmen. Caps also played an eerily similar style to the current leafs. All O, no D. So yes he played like the best dman on the caps who didnt really care if they got scored on and no he was not a norris caliber dman.

 

[FerklundCGY]

Giordano is becoming a folk hero on these boards

Anything to take the attention away from a PPG+ leaf defenceman

Mmm Gio is also PPG+ and is much better defensively than Rielly so I wouldn't say he's being used to take attention away from Rielly

 

[A1LeafNation]

Mmm Gio is also PPG+ and is much better defensively than Rielly so I wouldn't say he's being used to take attention away from Rielly

Rielly > Giordano defensively

 

[FerklundCGY]

Rielly > Giordano defensively

Lmao I pity you for the amount of trouble you must've had writing that with a straight face

 

[heretik27]

Lmao I pity you for the amount of trouble you must've had writing that with a straight face

 

[Rubi]

Doug McLean believes that Giordano is the leading candidate for the Norris. Good enough for me.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Doug McLean believes that Giordano is the leading candidate for the Norris. Good enough for me.

NHL - Sportsnet.ca

Wow, I don't know if it's possible for your standards to get lower tbh

 

[Rubi]

Wow, I don't know if it's possible for your standards to get lower tbh

I don't see Sportsnet knocking on your door offering you a job as a hockey analyst. Is it perhaps because you have zero qualifications?
How many jobs and for how long have you had in the NHL? None I bet.

 

[Regal]

Rielly > Giordano defensively

To think someone could actually believe this

 

[Atomos2]

Mmm Gio is also PPG+ and is much better defensively than Rielly so I wouldn't say he's being used to take attention away from Rielly

Which is why you're bringing him in a Rielly thread pimping him out as a Norris favourite. Makes perfect sense bud.

 

[bionic]

Doug McLean believes that Giordano is the leading candidate for the Norris. Good enough for me.

Hahaha.....Doug McLean also once said that Marner is nothing special and that he's "just another guy"

 

[bionic]

Which is why you're bringing him in a Rielly thread pimping him out as a Norris favourite. Makes perfect sense bud.

...lol...Gio is HF best hope of stopping Rielly of winning the Norris.