Fansided · Aug 15, 2019
Toronto Maple Leafs: Who Should Be Morgan Rielly’s New Partner?
Who Should the Toronto Maple Leafs play on their first pairing this year?
Last year, the Toronto Maple Leafs top pairing consisted of Morgan Rielly and Ron Hainsey.
Together Hainsey and Rielly posted 49.57% of the shot-attempts, 47.84% of the shots, 50.58% of the scoring chances and 58.82% of the goals.
When paired with anyone else, Rielly posted 55.41% of the shot-attempts, 51.85% of the shots, 56.95% of the scoring chances, and 60.94% of the goals. (naturalstattrick.com).
It is indisputable that Rielly was held back by Ron Hainsey. Using all of the way that we have to measure an NHL player’s performance, we know – with certainty – that Rielly will improve with a better partner.