TheLeafsNation Top 25 of 2020: #12 — Connor McDavid and the worst-kept secret about Morgan Rielly
By Zach Laing
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If there’s one thing we know about Connor McDavid, it’s that he’s an incredible offensive talent, and if there’s one thing we know about Morgan Rielly, it’s that he’s bad defensively.
These two worlds collided in early January when the former undressed the later.
An article on it, published January 8th by Adam Laskaris, was the 12th most read article at TLN this year.
Here’s some of what Laskaris wrote:
On Monday night, the Leafs played the Edmonton Oilers at home, a fixture which had become nearly as guaranteed as two points come in the NHL. It hadn’t been since December 2, 2010 since the Oilers won in Toronto, which is just 11 months shy from hitting the full decade.But with the score 5-3 at this point in time in Edmonton’s favour, a boy who was just 13 at the time of that last win scored one of the prettiest goals of his career to date.If it wasn’t already over, Connor McDavid seemed to ice the game. The Leafs would score once more to make it interesting, but the collective soul of Morgan Rielly and the entire lineup seemed cooked after that one. That, and there was just over eight minutes left in the game, with a three goal mountain to climb.Getting walked by Connor McDavid is the expectation for most every hockey player on the planet when they’re in a 1-on-1 scenario, and despite a little bit of embarrassment, a veteran player like Rielly has earned the chance for a stinker once in a while.
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