Here are five of the biggest potential X factors for the Eastern Conference in this year's first round.
Either the Boston Bruins or Toronto Maple Leafs are going to cast off some bad postseason vibes in the first round of the NHL playoffs. For the other, yet another long summer awaits.
Morgan Rielly’s story as a defenseman with the Toronto Maple Leafs represents a history of persistent improvement and commitment. Since his time with the team, he’s evolved from a promising rookie to a linchpin of the team’s defensive corps.
For the past couple of weeks, the Toronto Maple Leafs have been playing short-handed without five regulars in their lineup, including one of their best forwards and one of their best defensemen.
The easy thing to do would be to complain about having Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner, and Calle Jarnkrok out of the Leafs lineup for extended periods of time.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will have their top defenseman back Wednesday as Morgan Rielly (upper-body injury) is set to return against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning.
Sheldon Keefe spoke with reporters about a positive development regarding Morgan Rielly and Mitch Marner this morning. Rielly is set to return to the lineup after missing the last four games due to an upper-body injury deemed “day-to-day” last week.
Toronto Maple Leafs’ head coach Sheldon Keefe told reporters on Tuesday he expects Morgan Rielly, who has been out since March 24 with an upper-body injury, to return to the lineup on Thursday when the Maple Leafs host the Tampa Bay Lightning.
If you missed the game, you’re probably looking at the score and saying “We’re so back”. Then, you’d probably see that the Toronto Maple Leafs had a 5-1 lead over the Florida Panthers at one point in the game and say “It’s so over”.
Toronto Maple Leafs’ defenseman Morgan Rielly was not on the ice for warmups ahead of Tuesday’s game against the New Jersey Devils and will not play. The Maple Leafs confirmed it was an upper-body injury.
Mitch Marner took another step in his recovery as he was seen on the ice ahead of the morning skate. He has been skating on his own for the last little bit but this is the first time since his injury that he has been seen in public on the ice.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have just 15 games left in the regular season and they aren’t anywhere near ready for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Head coach Sheldon Keefe should be feeling the pressure, even though he’s fresh off a contract extension.
With the Leafs’ power play struggling mightily right now, Sheldon Keefe continues to find answers by once again making some changes to the lineup. This is the second straight game the Leafs will trot out a different-looking power play unit after they attempted to go with two defencemen on the top unit Saturday night.
It seems like we are once again on course for another battle between the “just watch the game” crowd and the crowd that really wants you to see charts about how great every offensive defencemen on a third pairing seems to be.
When Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly was handed a five-game suspension for a cross-check, many wondered how this would impact the Maple Leafs defense.
With Morgan Rielly set to return to the lineup, it seems like a worthwhile to take a look back at how the Leafs blueline performed without him. The Leafs were done a favour by having a couple of games against the Blues, a game against the Coyotes, and of course, the Ducks.
Many were concerned about how the Toronto Maple Leafs were going to perform without star defenseman Morgan Rielly in the lineup. It is safe to say that things are going pretty good.
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly is set to appeal his five-game suspension to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Wednesday. Rielly was handed the sentence just minutes before the start of Toronto’s 4-1 victory over the St.
The story line lately surrounding the Toronto Maple Leafs have been the actions of top defender Morgan Rielly after an altercation towards the end of their game against the Ottawa Senators.
Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly has been suspended five games by the NHL for a late cheap-shot on Ottawa's Ridly Greig that sparked an on-ice brawl over the weekend.
Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly has been assessed a five-game suspension as a result of his actions at the end of Saturday’s loss to the Senators.
It’s the dawn of a new day, Leafs Nation. We’re still awaiting word on the suspension for defenseman Morgan Rielly, who is set to have a Zoom meeting today with the NHL to await sentencing for his cross-check on Ottawa Senators forward Ridly Greig this past weekend.
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly took exception to the way an opponent scored an empty-net goal on Saturday night, and he decided to respond by delivering a cheap shot.
The NHL’s Department of Player Safety has offered Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly an in-person hearing for cross-checking Senators center Ridly Greig in the closing seconds of Saturday’s game.
**Update: Rielly has been offered an in-person hearing. He’s about to be suspended for at least five games. For Toronto Maple Leafs fans who are concerned about how long Morgan Rielly might be out thanks to disciplinary action from the NHL Department of Player Safety, the rumors circulating on Sunday morning are not good.
In a polarizing conclusion to Saturday’s game against the Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly was ejected in the dying seconds of their 5-3 loss.
DraftKings was nice enough to give us a parlay boost for the return to NHL action, so let's re-pay that kindness with a winning three-leg combo on a few defensemen to record points Monday evening.
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