Nice..TK's for posting...
- Fruitcakenipple

NP. That's what I'm here for

NP. That's what I'm here for
- laughs2907

...U dudes gots anything good going on over in the woodshed??..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyahM3LWI2g

Start the video at the 4:10 mark and you will see that management is in the same mindset.

If you are too lazy to open the link then let me summarize. Nonis says if Rielly can earn a spot to play regular minutes even as the 7th defenseman then they will keep him.
- PootieTang

Gm's say the darndest things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyahM3LWI2g

Start the video at the 4:10 mark and you will see that management is in the same mindset.

If you are too lazy to open the link then let me summarize. Nonis says if Rielly can earn a spot to play regular minutes even as the 7th defenseman then they will keep him.
- PootieTang

I've got some really nice "waterfront property" you might be interested in, too....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyahM3LWI2g

Start the video at the 4:10 mark and you will see that management is in the same mindset.

If you are too lazy to open the link then let me summarize. Nonis says if Rielly can earn a spot to play regular minutes even as the 7th defenseman then they will keep him.
- PootieTang

Nonis is saying what is politically correct. Of course they aren't going to say, 'well, it doesn't really matter how well he does at camp the most Rielly is getting is a 9 game trial'.

...U dudes gots anything good going on over in the woodshed??..
- Fruitcakenipple

That almost sounds like you're coming onto me

I've got some really nice "waterfront property" you might be interested in, too....
- fifty__missions

Wait your turn. Im about to sell him my sword of omens.

Wait your turn. Im about to sell him my sword of omens.
- systemtool

My Sword of a Thousand Truths is better.

That almost sounds like you're coming onto me
- laughs2907

I'm pretty sure thats what it was....

Nonis is saying what is politically correct. Of course they aren't going to say, 'well, it doesn't really matter how well he does at camp the most Rielly is getting is a 9 game trial'.
- Barx

Politically correct? All he had to say then was in order for Rielly to make it he will have to earn a spot in the top 4. Similarly to what Burke said about Kadri earning a spot in to the top 6. Why would he mention Rielly making the team as a 7th defenseman if that wasn't a viable option?

Wait your turn. Im about to sell him my sword of omens.
- systemtool

hell, maybe we can get him to take Liles while we're at it.

My Sword of a Thousand Truths is better.
- DTF69

Too bad your sword is a liar.

The guy has nothing to prove in the WHL and if anything he will just pickup bad habits of carrying the puck and going end to end and doing everything on his own all of the time like Kadri did for the London Knights. It took Kadri a few years to realize he wasn't in the OHL anymore. JML is most likely going to be a healthy scratch for a bunch of games. That spot should be Rielly's. He would be better off playing 50-60 NHL games while practicing with professional players and learning the systems. Much more beneficial in my opinion. If he was eligible to play in the AHL than that would be a different story. Playing for Moose Jaw will be a big waste of time.
- PootieTang

Getting scratched 20-30 times and barely playing is better than playing?

No he goes back to junior. If he's not playing its pointless to keep him.

Politically correct? All he had to say then was in order for Rielly to make it he will have to earn a spot in the top 4. Similarly to what Burke said about Kadri earning a spot in to the top 6. Why would he mention Rielly making the team as a 7th defenseman if that wasn't a viable option?
- PootieTang

obviously he isn't cracking the top 4, so it would be pretty easy to call bs on that statement.

I've got some really nice "waterfront property" you might be interested in, too....
- fifty__missions

Getting scratched 20-30 times and barly playing is better than playing?

No he goes back to junior. If he's not playing its pointless to keep him.
- burn

60 professional NHL games is far better than 60 WHL games. And he will have the option of playing in the World Juniors whether he is in the WHL or the NHL. I'm not saying this SHOULD happen. I'm just saying if the kid proves his worth and shows that he is a better option than JML then he should make the team. Otherwise the coach and management are a bunch of liars when they say "the best players will make it." Why even try out for the team then?

I'm pretty sure thats what it was....
- Fruitcakenipple

60 professional NHL games is far better than 60 WHL games. And he will have the option of playing in the World Juniors whether he is in the WHL or the NHL. I'm not saying this SHOULD happen. I'm just saying if the kid proves his worth and shows that he is a better option than JML then he should make the team. Otherwise the coach and management are a bunch of liars when they say "the best players will make it." Why even try out for the team then?
- PootieTang

Name the last player who played in 60 NHL games AND the WJC? It just doesn't happen, bro. Reilly's going back to junior where he belongs.

60 professional NHL games is far better than 60 WHL games. And he will have the option of playing in the World Juniors whether he is in the WHL or the NHL. I'm not saying this SHOULD happen. I'm just saying if the kid proves his worth and shows that he is a better option than JML then he should make the team. Otherwise the coach and management are a bunch of liars when they say "the best players will make it." Why even try out for the team then?
- PootieTang

If they manage to trade Liles and then move Franson, ok. With either of those 2, no.

Give him 9 games to take some bank back to Moose Jaw.

I really don't think it is in the Leafs best interest to have him on the roster this year unless he blows them so far out of the water there is literally no option at all.

Defenceman who try to learn defence in the NHL tend to get (frank)ed a little because playoff bubble coaches are more worried about winning games than letting a kid screw up as a learning process.

Send him back to junior, throw some money at Moose Jaw so they trade him to a contender like Calgary or maybe Kamloops.
- DTF69

If Rielly doesn't make the Leafs, he won't be going back to Moose Jaw

- laughs2907

So thats a no??.Alright buddy move on...

If they manage to trade Liles and then move Franson, ok. With either of those 2, no.

Give him 9 games to take some bank back to Moose Jaw.
- DTF69

Stop trying to trade Leafs players...

Stop trying to trade Leafs players...
- Fruitcakenipple

Isn't Moose Jaw his team?

God I love single malt scotch..... Nightcap time.

Here's a gem I copied from the Islander blog.



Dan did the Islanders invite anyone to camp??
- kasperrko

Yashin, DP, Boyes Reasoner and Martinek are being given a tryout.