[Masters] Leafs 4-0-0 during Morgan Rielly suspension William Nylander: “We’ve answered the bell. I think Mo lit the fire in the team. Yeah, we’re battling for Mo.”
Leafs 4-0-0 during Morgan Rielly suspension
William Nylander: "We’ve answered the bell. I think Mo lit the fire in the team. Yeah, we’re battling for Mo."
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) February 19, 2024
by DevOpsMakesMeDrink
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To all the people who say the team has a better record without Rielly, this is why lol. They love Mo, he is the unsung leader and hero of the team and carries their ass every playoffs. Least they can do for him is to show up and step up while he is gone.
So nice to see them play and fight like this for Mo, hope this fire continues when he comes back!
Did the NHL decide on the appeal yet? It’s fucking stupid they’d wait 4 games minimum before making a decision on a 5 game suspension, because it proves they had no intention of ever reducing it
gotta imagine the NHLPA will be pissed about that
This is exactly what I was hopeful for, knowing that Rielly would be suspended for what he did to Grieg ( tho valid ) was that the team was going to play for him and do everything in their power to win for MO and now they are 4-0-0 without him with one game left to go before he comes back vs Arizona in Arizona and Matthews is on 49Gs coming to play in his home state… Leafs better pull a 9-2 like they did vs Anaheim vs the Yotes.
Everyone: they only care about themselves and their money, they don’t care for the team, they don’t care for eachother.
The Leafs: battle for Mo, win games when massively understaffed, fight every man that try to disrespect the team, challenge every goal that wrongly undermine our goalie stats.
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I’m sure I’m forgetting something but the thing is: this team is a better team that people give them credit.
That’s the best thing I’ve heard from this team all season
I heard some pundit on the radio last week saying the suspension would end the Leafs’ season. Oops
Give Mo the C
I love the guy but it’s back to back years where we play better when he’s out the lineup
Fire me up baby!
I love that they’re doing this but please keep by hat fight going when he’s back too and for the rest of the season!
I thought it was their f u to the world but some said their sched was easy
Believe me, I love the heater Leafs are going on but with the struggles and how the leafs have overall been this season; let’s not pretend this isn’t one of the worst overall teams compared to some of the full rosters we’ve had the last few years and all team numbers show it. You should be better with your best defenseman actually playing, don’t give me this triumphant ‘we’re doing it for him’ bs
I thought it was their f u to the world but some said their sched was easy
It’s very obvious, both eye test and statistically, Rielly is bad at keeping the puck out of his own net. He is awful at skating backwards (compared to other NHL d men) and is often caught out of position. Other than his recent cross check to to the face of an opponent, he’s relatively soft for his size and by no means do opponents fear lining up against him. In fact the opposite: they see him out there and see an opportunity.
You can weight the above against his offensive abilities and decide if he’s an asset or a detriment to the team.
Gary Bettman is now confused.
Does he extend Rielly’s suspension even more or does he cut it one game short and hope that makes the Leafs lose the next one…
I’ve ranted about this ad nauseam but the NHLPA has to be the worst player union in major league sports. The fact that Bettman bends them over like this with absolute insanity like “well if it’s only a five game suspension instead of six, I get to decide if it’s fair!” and no set timelines for when the appeal will have a decision and players not being able to play while their appeal is being decided on, is nonsensical.
For the matter at hand, I still think Mo should have been captain over JT way back when.
I know they can play good without Rielly. They can also play good with him. I think the reason for this win streak is just the overall feeling of that Ottawa game. The media attention rubbing it in for days and all the controversy. The boys are repairing their image.
post this on r/hockey you won’t
Aaaaaaaand r/hockey is once again losing their minds over this, so predictable.
Now my problem with this quote is, why hasn’t recent lack of playoff success done this? And if Mo did do this, I’m afraid it might go away when Mo comes back. They really gotta keep this same mindset going forward and this style of play can get them far in the playoffs