Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly met with the media postgame after the Maple Leafs’ 3-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night and had to answer questions about his recent struggles.

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Morgan Rielly certainly has not had a great season for the Maple Leafs, at least not by his standards. Through 50 games he has 5 goals and just 22 points. He also has a rating of -16, which is ...

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Squaring off with nearly identical records entering Wednesday’s contest, the Toronto Maple Leafs were presented with a key opportunity to get out of a rut against a quality Minnesota Wild team, with a four-game road trip on the horizon before the 4 Nations Face-Off break.

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You can look to John Tavares and Matthew Knies’ imminent returns and hope they can spark the lineup, but this is still a team with Auston Matthews, William Nylander and Mitch Marner. Offence should not be this difficult and they have the raw talent to at least make games interesting. Tonight was far from it.

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We even saw some wacky combinations play together, such as a trio of Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly ... Marner (Steven Ellis/The Nation Network) Toronto Maple Leafs forward #18 Steven Lorentz ...

Asked about the state of extension talks with not only Marner but John Tavares and pending RFA Matthew Knies earlier this month, Leafs GM Brad Treliving said, “Those are things that we always are looking at and talking about and rumbling around, but nothing to report right now.”

Crag Berube was forced to shuffle the Leafs' lines at practice ahead of Wednesday's game against the Minnesota Wild with the imminent return of Max Pacioretty.

Drafted fifth overall by Burke and the Leafs in 2012, Morgan Rielly has been a staple on the Leafs' blueline since the 2013-14 season. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.