Quoting: ToneCapone420
LOL i love Reilly and Willy, dont want them to trade either player. looking at the leafs strengths at LD i think they could realistically move Reilly for a strong RHD and not miss a step.
Quoting: aadoyle
In general since Rielly has been out Leafs PP has been 2/23 would rather just keep him
Moving Nylander or Rielly would be a mistake imo. If Rielly were to be moved it would need to be a RD who is equivalent but no team is taking that trade if that's the case.
The Leafs just need to lock their guys and continue practicing patience.
Faulk is 2 years older than Rielly and signed for 4 more years.
Parayko is a year older than Rielly, same term and 1m cheaper, I don't think they are going to get an impact player with that 1m, So, it comes down to Rielly vs Parayko.
I would take Rielly over either guy because Faulk probably only has 4 more good years in him and it's much easier to just get a defensively sound guy to pair with Rielly, or go with Brodie and just wait for Liljegren to continue developing and perhaps Niemela in the future. There is definitely going to be a trade-off if you trade Rielly for either guy, and I don't think the improvement overall to the team after that move would be significant and it might have a negative impact too.