Reporter Chris Johnston made a major announcement concerning Toronto Maple Leafs top defenseman Morgan Rielly. <h2>Maple Leafs' Defenseman Morgan Rielly Files an Appeal For his Five-Game Suspension</h2> <div align='center' style='padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;'><img src='https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/376775.webp' width='100%' border='0' alt='image' loading='lazy' defer /></div> Morgan Rielly decided to file an appeal for the NHL's decision to suspend him five games for a hit on Ottawa Senators' Ridley Greig. <q>Morgan Rielly will be filing an appeal to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on his five-game suspension.</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1757817506364817825?'> </a></blockquote></div> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1757820153255850050?s=46&t=QQayxxwDlUd-gfja1a65eA'> </a></blockquote></div> Over the weekend, Greig scored a controversial empty-netter with a slap-shot. Rielly didn't like it and he landed a hit on Greig's head. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/hockeypatrol/status/1757543407583412604?s=46&t=QQayxxwDlUd-gfja1a65eA'> </a></blockquote></div> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/hockeypatrol/status/1757456554968662199?s=46&t=QQayxxwDlUd-gfja1a65eA'> </a></blockquote></div> Updates will follow.
