Morgan Rielly One of the Maple Leafs’ ‘A’ Men
Morgan Rielly has taken the first step to what many see as him one day wearing the ‘C’ as captain of the Leafs.
The club announced Tuesday evening the 22-year-old defenceman would be one of four alternates, with Matt Hunwick, Tyler Bozak and Leo Komarov.
Rielly was one of the early favourites to eventually replace Dion Phaneuf when the latter was traded to Ottawa in February, though no one expected anyone to get the job full time until the Leafs youth movement under head coach Mike Babcock was on more solid footing.
