Petrielli on the team’s lack of overall offensive contribution from the blue line:
First off, there is the obvious reason — not enough talent across the board. I don’t think anyone would fight that point.
Also, Morgan Rielly is not having a great season. You can argue that he is eating some minutes and playing with some poor partners, and I have some time for those arguments. The partner one is valid. I don’t think anyone believes that Rielly is a stud #1 defenseman, so by default, if he is not that, he needs to have a good partner.