MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
It confuses me a little that not enough ppl mention they are missing their 1D. When Hedman died condolances letters werr mailed
Because Rielly isn't good defensively, allegedly.
Because most fans honestly don't understand the game they're watching. Running out of position to throw a hit is good defence, "breaking up the cycle" is a requirement of good defence, pussy stick checking and gap control keeping the play to the outside of the ice and limiting chances in the middle of the ice at an average or better rate is bad defence because something something zone time.
Rielly isn't physical and is mediocre at breaking up the cycle. He also occasionally gets lost on defensive zone coverage away from the puck (while facing the best players on earth every night) and that looks like bad defence to most people's eye tests.
Hedman is good on defence because he plays in Tampa Bay and we don't see him look really similar to a bigger version of Rielly every night.