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Barnaby36
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Former Orpik44
Joined: 02.22.2013

Oct 17 @ 3:10 PM ET
It's time to consider that Leafs fans don't know how to evaluate defensemen given their views on Gardner and Morgan Rielly respectively.

https://public.tableau.co...n=viz_share_link&:embed=y

I will say that Ceci looks a bit better defensively than I was expecting, but I really don't know how you can argue that Ceci was better than Barrie. People's eye tests are just insanely biased towards defensemen that trie to pass the puck forward because it causes turnovers.

- Victoro311

They love Rielly. Absolutely love the guy.

Barrie is better than Ceci 100%...but for what they expected from him, he was underwhelming, that's all. They didn't want him back and that says a lot.
Victoro311
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: San Diego, CA
Joined: 06.17.2014

Oct 17 @ 3:12 PM ET
They love Rielly. Absolutely love the guy.

Barrie is better than Ceci 100%...but for what they expected from him, he was underwhelming, that's all. They didn't want him back and that says a lot.

- Barnaby36

Yeah that’s the point. Rielly is overrated.
Barnaby36
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Former Orpik44
Joined: 02.22.2013

Oct 17 @ 3:14 PM ET
Yeah that’s the point. Rielly is overrated.
- Victoro311

Just like Letang
123Kid
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: PA
Joined: 07.03.2017

Oct 17 @ 3:22 PM ET
RW is probably super happy about this signing. He just found his new JJ. I'm just happy it's a one year deal on the 3rd pairing
123Kid
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: PA
Joined: 07.03.2017

Oct 17 @ 3:22 PM ET
RW is probably super happy about this signing. He just found his new JJ. I'm just happy it's a one year deal on the 3rd pairing
Victoro311
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: San Diego, CA
Joined: 06.17.2014

Oct 17 @ 3:25 PM ET
Just like Letang
- Barnaby36

Nope. Letang is a two way force and an excellent PKer. Rielly is pretty poor defensively and his perception could be way different if he didn't have absolutely elite forwards in front of him finishing his assists. He's a break even possession player scoring a ton of assists on an offensive juggxrnaught of a team.

Don't think he's bad. He's a solid offensively minded first pairing guy. His peak just isn't Norris caliber like Leafs fans think. Letang's is.

https://public.tableau.co...n=viz_share_link&:embed=y
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Oct 17 @ 4:01 PM ET
Well...at least now Rudy is the vet and the other guy isn't Crosby BFF.... So in short, maybe Ceci gets benched/scratched easier if playing the sh!ts... I dunno. Grasping for some kinda positive straw here Hahaha
j.boyd919
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Oct 17 @ 4:03 PM ET
Just like Letang
- Barnaby36


Letang is overrated? hahah well that's an incredible take.
j.boyd919
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Oct 17 @ 4:03 PM ET
Just like Letang
- Barnaby36


Letang is overrated? hahah well that's an incredible take.
YouMeAndDupuis9
Pittsburgh Penguins
Joined: 06.09.2014

Oct 17 @ 4:49 PM ET
Well theres a year's worth of material for whiny negative blogs
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