Morgan Rielly’s Rough Year May Have Redrawn the Map

One bad season does not usually erase a résumé, but in Toronto it can change the conversation fast. Morgan Rielly now finds himself under a brighter microscope, and the usual goodwill that comes with a long track record can only carry a player so far. The bigger question is whether this was just a down year or the kind of season that forces a team to think differently about a cornerstone defenseman. In this market, those are not small distinctions.