Morgan Rielly’s timeline just moved after a lingering issue flared up

Morgan Rielly will not play the rest of the Toronto Maple Lafs road trip and will not return to the lineup until potentially after the Olympics, according to Leafs head coach Craig Berube.

Berube told reporters today ahead of tonight's game vs the Calgary Flames that Rielly re-aggrevated a lingering issue that had been bothering him.

Rielly left during Toronto's game Saturday against Vancouver in the second period, not returning with what was called an upper-body injury by the team.

Rielly, 31, has seven goals and 31 points in 54 games this season for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

With Rielly's absence, Jake McCabe has been moved up to the Leafs first pair alongside Brandon Carlo, with Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Troy Stecher on the second pair.

Philippe Myers and Simon Benoit return to the lineup on the third pairing after not playing against Vancouver, with Marshall Rifai shuffled out of the Toronto blueline.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson is playing on the first power play in the "quarterback" spot, with Jake McCabe on the second PP unit for Toronto.

The Leafs play their final game before the break tomorrow against the Edmonton Oilers, with Toronto unclear if they will roll out the same lines against Edmonton.

Toronto's next game after the break come on February 25th against the Tampa Bay Lightning, giving Rielly three weeks of rest before the Leafs return to action.

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