That’s definitely on the high side of where I believed the Maple Leafs would go to keep Morgan Rielly. But it was very clear, in digging around in the offseason, that there was mutual admiration here between Kyle Dubas and Rielly’s camp. They both wanted to get a deal done.
The Leafs were not interested in having another high-profile player walk for nothing. Rielly was not interested in going elsewhere.
Now he’ll have a shot at George Armstrong’s all-time record for games played as a Leaf. (He’s 607 back, with nine years under contract if we include the rest of this season.)
It’s safe to say this wasn’t exactly the deal Toronto wanted. But all those behemoth contracts given out this past summer to defencemen who are, in some cases, lesser than Rielly were a problem.
Before those contracts to Darnell Nurse, Zach Werenski and Seth Jones (among others), I’d forecasted Rielly’s value on the open market at roughly a $7.22 million cap hit based on historical comparables.
After?
An $8 million-plus AAV suddenly looked very much within reach as a free agent in 2022. Especially given how awful the UFA defencemen class is next summer.
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