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Instant Analysis: Morgan Rielly signs eight-year deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs

This concludes one of the many questions hanging over the team at the moment and ensures that a good player won’t be walking for free next summer, as Zach Hyman did in the summer.

There are a number of first impressions on the deal that came to mind.

They breakdown accordingly:

Morgan Rielly most likely took a little less money compared to what he would have got on the open market. Last summer alone, Seth Jones signed an extension with a cap hit of $9.5 million, Zach Werenski signed for just over that same $9.