Good thing Rielly won't be a Leaf at that cap hit

Already over by 4 million, Rielly's cap hit is irrelevant at this point

You made this team significantly worse when you didn't have to

Do your math again. You are 4 mil over the cap. Without Reilly you are under. The cap is also increasing by 1 million next year

First caps going to 82.5mill according to Serevalli for the 2022-2023 season

Second way to much for Rielly

Rielly at most gets 8x8yrs and even thats a stretch.

So you missed all the Defense man contracts that just happened

Rielly said he is willing to take less to stay. Not all Dman contracts are signed based on others. Look at Pelech 5.75 despite others signing 9mill deals. So don't go looking at these other Dman as most be RD. Look at Heiskenen if you want the closest comparable. But if we want proper comparable's look at the season before as Krug made 6.5mill

Plus Rielly has been meh the past 2 years. Everyone else who signed played way better even Nurse. So if Riellys agents go to Dubas and say we want 9 they got nothing to back it up as that 20 goal season was a long time ago in hockey standards.