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Toronto Maple Leafs News: Morgan Rielly Injured at Scrimmage?

By Stephen Nixon

TORONTO, ON - MAY 31: Morgan Rielly #44 of the Toronto Maple Leafs looks to clear a puck against the Montreal Canadiens during Game Seven of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on May 31, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Canadiens defeated the Map[le Leafs 3-1 to win series 4 games to 3. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - MAY 31: Morgan Rielly #44 of the Toronto Maple Leafs looks to clear a puck against the Montreal Canadiens during Game Seven of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on May 31, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Canadiens defeated the Map[le Leafs 3-1 to win series 4 games to 3. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /
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The Toronto Maple Leafs finished their development camp on Monday, capping off the first real weekend of hockey for the 2021-22 season.

I wouldn’t be shocked if the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup or missed the playoffs this year. At this current stage, I have zero pulse on the roster, as they look to breakthrough and finally win a playoff round for the first time since 2004.

The team is clearly talented but who knows what’s going to happen when things start to matter.

Regardless, there were a few big stories that transpired from Monday’s scrimmage and the weekend’s development camp, so let’s get into it.

Toronto Maple Leafs Star Defenseman Appears to be Injured

As you can see in David Alter’s tweet below, it appears that Morgan Rielly may have hurt himself during Monday’s scrimmage.

This is terrible news for the Toronto Maple Leafs and one of the worst case scenarios of a scrimmage. These types of games are supposed to heighten competition, but the last thing you expect is for someone to get hurt.

It’s unclear at whether or not he’s actually injured, or could have just tweaked something and wanted to get off before he hurt himself even more, but stay tuned. Let’s hope it wasn’t anything serious as the Leafs play their first pre-season game in 10 days.

Michael Bunting to Start on the Second Line?

Could newly acquired left-winger Michael Bunting start on the second line when the Leafs season starts? According to Jonas Siegel, Bunting skated with Tavares during the team’s scrimmage, so that may be a great fit for him.

Personally, I think the Leafs best line combinations would be to roll out the top-six like this:

  • Nick Ritchie-Auston Matthews-Mitch Marner
  • Michael Bunting-John Tavares-William Nylander

Ritchie’s size will be great on the Matthews-Marner line, while Bunting can help provide a little more offense with Tavares and Nylander.

If Bunting can be productive beside Tavares and Nylander, the Leafs may have found one of the biggest bargains in free agency.

Nick Robertson Continues to Perform

There’s no doubting that Nick Robertson is immensely talented, as shown by the Toronto Maple Leafs tweet yesterday:

https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1437437029369929737?s=20

The 20-year-old is doing everything he can to make the Leafs roster full-time this year, but based on the additions of Nick Ritchie and Michael Bunting, Robertson will probably start in the year in the American Hockey League.

dark. Next. Leafs Should Trade for Laine

He could use a few more months to develop in professional hockey before making the leap to the National Hockey League, but it wouldn’t shocked me if he’s a full-time Leaf by January, 2022.

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