Toronto Maple Leafs: Has Cody Ceci Played Better Than Morgan Rielly?

Four games into the NHL season and I’m already questioning the Toronto Maple Leafs defense.

A short, but very intriguing start for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who are third in the Atlantic Division after four games. But, there’s one problem:

Has Cody Ceci been better than Morgan Rielly to start the season?

Short Answer: Yes. Long Answer: No.

Yes because Rielly has more points than Ceci. It’s only a two-point difference, it could only take one game to change that.

The underlying numbers are what makes the ice-tilt to Ceci’s favour.

Points are always great to see on a stat sheet and it’s good to have a defenseman who can put up a good amount of points. Yet, they need to have good defensive numbers as…