The only reason I don't pump the gas on Dmen that put up crazy points is how much are they involved? Is it more impressive for a player to put up a ppg as a dman if they have no stars around them? Or does that make it not as impressive because they are the only option.
Reily is not the only option on that team, but their high low offense makes him play more as a fwd. It's like Subban or Josi on nashville putting up 60 pts as dmen, the dmen are just as much offensive players as the forwards.
So by eyeball and stat wise I am impressed by Reily's production, and play. However with the talent around him as the Number one D on a high powered offense. I'd expect him to be around a ppg but Karlsson just for what team he was on was more impressive.
So awesome for him, but we shall see if it last 82 and the playoffs. I don't doubt him, however it's still worth a moment to see on.