Over the last three games, Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube has tried to change things up by placing reliable defender Jake McCabe on the right side of Rielly in an effort to help ignite Rielly's offensive game. Has it worked?

“It can be the most random time in the summer and no matter what, you’ll see 'RR' pop up on your phone,” Nick Robertson said. Every group chat needs an instigator; someone to keep the dialogue alive during low points. On and off the ice, Reaves fills that role.

Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1.

For Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine, it came in his rookie season with the Winnipeg Jets, courtesy of then-Buffalo Sabres defenseman and current Toronto Maple Leaf Jake McCabe. On Friday's latest episode of the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast with Ryan Whitney,

You can look to John Tavares and Matthew Knies’ imminent returns and hope they can spark the lineup, but this is still a team with Auston Matthews, William Nylander and Mitch Marner. Offence should not be this difficult and they have the raw talent to at least make games interesting. Tonight was far from it.

With speculation over who Toronto is going to bring in via a trade, the perfect player has emerged to help their blueline and find a new spot for Nick Robertson.

If the Chicago Blackhawks still want to trade Seth Jones, they will still be able to retain salary on his contract.

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Rielly has two points in his last 11 games with Toronto and admitted after Wednesday's 3-1 loss to Minnesota that he needs to be better.

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I feel good despite numbers,” said Rielly, who has five goals and 17 assists for 22 points in 51 contests. “It’s a battle right now. Just trying to compete and play the best I can.”

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be buyers before the trade deadline, and it just so turns out, they could be buying what the San Jose Sharks are selling. The Leafs and Sharks have already facilitated a trade once this season,