Player Discussion Ridly Greig Appreciation Thread

[LivingRentFree]

I personally would like to extend a heart felt thank you, and to express my appreciation for Ridly (and Morgan Rielly of course) turning the leafs season around!

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[Mr_Fun]

They've played 2 of their five best games this season in the last 3 games. Crazy how that works out sometimes.

 

[ACC1224]

the loss was more of a wake up call then the incident IMO.

 

[Alamo Leafer]

Not to mention the nice rest Mo is getting too Win win all around

 

[TMLife17]

I’d do it all over again and have Riles hit him harder preferably with some missing chiclets.

 

[TorMapleJays]

I’ve seen on twitter that he’s been targeted a few Games
Since then Too.

 

[Clark4Ever]

I personally would like to extend a heart felt thank you, and to express my appreciation for Ridly (and Morgan Rielly of course) turning the leafs season around!

It's a bit premature to suggest that they've turned the season around, but that incident definitely lit a fire under the players. Let's hope it continues when Tavares and Rielly return.

Not to mention the nice rest Mo is getting too Win win all around

He's probably getting more than rest with a wife like Tessa Virtue.

 

[pcruz]

I still have almost no idea who you're talking about.

Who the hell is it?

 

[Roo]

the loss was more of a wake up call then the incident IMO.

Maybe so, but for this thread, it’s ’the incident’ lol

 

[Commander Clueless]

Certainly seems to have served as a wakeup call.

Unfortunately we have seen them be temporary. Think he could do something else right before the playoffs? Maybe hold a press conference trashing the Leafs or something.

 

[ZEBROA]

I say we trade for him let him sit on the bench so they can look at him when they need to get a bit of an anger spark. And we only put him out if there is a empty net against Ottawa.

 

[LivingRentFree]

Thank you Ridly!!!

 

[LivingRentFree]

Bump for 5-0. Thank you Ridly!

 

[Ianturnedbull]

You cannot deny that this was a real turning point in the season.

The players stepped up, and Keefe was forced to try new forward lines and pairings.

The previous narrative of Toronto should be sellers at the deadline has been buried.

Toronto could add pieces at the deadline and do damage in the playoffs.

 

[Leafidelity]

 

[JT AM da real deal]

My only regret for Morgan .. given he got a ridiculous 5 game suspension anywho from Jacobs/Bettman .. he should have cracked him a super hard cross check right to da head straight up .. no bouncing one of da arm/shoulder .. let da kid get a concussion for his BS .. then next time he will remember getting sick for a couple weeks out of lineup and would reconsider his disrespectful behavior .. as things stand now he really got nothing out of it except an LOL at us

 

[1specter]

MVP of the season.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Does he have a charity ? I love when a massive fanbase does that. Haha

 

[AvroArrow]

Ridley Greig lit the fire under the Leafs ass and the boys have responded. It truly was a pivotal moment, losing to a rival and being disrespected like that, Rielly makes a statement and boys rally together for him, 5-0 since in dominant fashion.

The way the team has been playing since that incident, you can truly see the difference.

 

[Madap]

the loss was more of a wake up call then the incident IMO.

Why do you think that? Leafs have been getting embarrassed by shit teams for years. Nothing new about that.

This is the only time with an incident like this, and the leafs have responded. It’s not just the wins. It’s also very clear they have a little more fire recently, and the players themselves have admitted that they’ve all admitted that Rielly was the reason.

 

[tmlms13]

Leafs played 5 bad teams, it's not much of a surprise they went 5 - 0. Yes I know they struggled vs bad teams but still. They didn't need Rielly to beat them in the first place.

Their next 8 games are Knights, Avs, Knights, Sun Devils, Rangers, Bruins, Sabres, Bruins..... I would not be surprised if they went like 3-4-1, Matthews comes back to earth, and maybe the shutout streak ends.

Everyone will freak out. "OMG Rielly came back and we suck now. Trade him, healthy scratch him". No just put things in perspective.

 

[Stephen]

Maybe Rielly vs Ridly can be our Draper Lemieux moment. Sounds implausible but the league is a lot tamer than it used to be, so maybe you don’t need quite the same level of fireworks to bring a team closer together emotionally towards a championship goal.

 

[1specter]

This man saved our season, what a swell guy.

 

[glue]

Ridly’s believe it or not!

 

[Bomber0104]

Pivotal point in the season