John Tavares' last duty as Toronto Maple Leafs ... Again, this is what made Tavares — and not Matthews or Morgan Rielly — the natural choice to wear the ‘C’ in the first place.

I feel good despite numbers,” said Rielly, who has five goals and 17 assists for 22 points in 51 contests. “It’s a battle ...

Morgan Rielly is struggling through one of his worst seasons as a Leaf.

Morgan Rielly, not even remotely venerable at 25 ... he was wondering where he’d get picked in the WHL draft when John Tavares was anointed as the saviour of the New York Islanders.

The Vancouver Canucks have made it clear, ‘there’s no good solution’ to keeping J.T Miller on the team after the NHL’s trade ...

One notable exception has been Morgan Rielly. The Leafs blueliner hasn ... that Rielly deserved the captaincy when it went to John Tavares. There is plenty of value to what Rielly brings ...

John Tavares will miss the Toronto Maple Leafs ... but that's clearly not happening at this point. Morgan Rielly, who has only been wearing the alternate captaincy for road games this season ...

The Maple Leafs captain is scoring all the time again, but is he back to peak Matthews? Also, what's behind Rielly's struggles?

A timeline for the injured centre’s return from a lower-body injury is starting to come into focus, Mark Masters writes.