As you're probably aware, Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly got suspended five games for his hit on Ottawa Senators' Ridley Greig. Earlier this week, it was confirmed that the Leafs would go on appeal about the League's decision and a major detail about the process is giving hope to fans that Toronto could actually win this. <div align='center' style='padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;'><img src='https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/378132.webp' width='100%' border='0' alt='image' loading='lazy' defer /></div> <h2>Morgan Rielly's Appeal on his Five-Game Suspension: Brendan Shanahan's Involvement Will Help the Leafs Win the Appeal?</h2> According to a new report, the Maple Leafs' president Brendan Shanahan got invovled in Rielly's appeal. This could truly help the Leafs chances of reducing Rielly's suspension. The whole thing was discussed on The Leafs Nation podcast. Here's what was said: <q>I think it was Shanahan that requested an in-person hearing because he wanted to go in there and read the riot act back to the league... because they've been sort of on the receiving end of some of these suspensions where it's like, when it comes to Toronto, they're tacking on a couple games to send a message... that's what I've heard, I'm not sure, I'm not going to be an insider.... Is this one of the worst suspensions, most egregious offences this year? I don't know if it's anywhere close, I can see them understanding like you know what we'll give you three or four games, we're talking about 5 plus, some people talking about throwing him out of the league... there was no injury. Yes it was a revenge play, but he had time to protect himself so yes, I'd rather him drop the gloves and punch him in the face but what if you knocked him out? We'd be talking about a whole different thing.</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/TLNdc/status/1758597716441981259'> </a></blockquote></div> Details and updates will follow. As read on Hockey Patrol - <a href='https://www.hockeypatrol.com/nhl-team/toronto-maple-leafs/breaking-major-development-regarding-morgan-riellys-appeal' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>BREAKING: Major Development Regarding Rielly's Appeal</a>