Around the NHL 2024-25 regular season Part II - The holidays are upon us

[My3Sons]

Why not? It's damn near a guarantee that he's going to physically harm one of our players, probably through being a dirtbag on the boards because that's his only tactic. All he needs is five minutes TOI to do it, too. That breakdown of his games someone tweeted after his last suspension is damning- 22 games played, thrown out of four of them, has been suspended for more games on the NHL level than he's played. He's not even a good fighter or hitter. Blatantly injuring the opposing team is all he does and that's the only reason he gets any amount of time. We all know it.

Tom Wilson broke Jimmy Dolan's brain so hard that he thinks that the only option is to get headhunters. At least Trouba understood that the league tends to look the other way on open-ice hits. Rempe can't even do that, because he's a stupid thug.

The trick is to have MacDermid fight Rempe right off the hop. If they both get ejected quickly it should help NJ

 

[Clam Jensen]

The trick is to have MacDermid fight Rempe right off the hop. If they both get ejected quickly it should help NJ

This is the way.

 

[SJinNewJersey]

I would think (but I am wrong most of the time) that coming off an 8-game suspension. that Rempe might try to not get suspended in his first game. I hate to say it, but he was actually having a productive last game before he decided to be an idiot.

 

[NJDevs26]

I would think (but I am wrong most of the time) that coming off an 8-game suspension. that Rempe might try to not get suspended in his first game. I hate to say it, but he was actually having a productive last game before he decided to be an idiot.

He can’t help himself, the team and the league both encourages him to be a dick (took them long enough to give him any kind of meaningful suspension at least)

 

[My3Sons]

He can’t help himself, the team and the league both encourages him to be a dick (took them long enough to give him any kind of meaningful suspension at least)

Just let me coach the team for the game against the Rangers and Rempe will never be a problem again.

 

[mdj12784]

The trick is to have MacDermid fight Rempe right off the hop. If they both get ejected quickly it should help NJ

It is, but Rempe won’t take the bait. Makes sick to my stomach knowing he’s going to be pulling bullshit again. Wish he’d disappear

 

[Triumph]

Rempe is in serious danger of not having a career. At least when Raffi Torres got sent out of the league he had been a player for a decade. While the Rangers obviously love this guy, they have to be running out of patience with him too.

 

[Devils731]

To add to the Rempe talk, if he does something illegal in the game against the Devils then the league is absolutely going to be compelled to levy an incredibly harsh penalty.

Rempe may still do something illegal and hurt someone, he’s fighting for his NHL salary and being crazy is what gets him in the lineup, but if he has any type of rationale thought about him, he should be careful for the rest of the year.

 

[MasterofGrond]

I really do think we’re not gonna get a full moron rempe game. just financially, I think he’ll manage to play one without getting suspended

 

[guitarguyvic]

Rempe is in serious danger of not having a career. At least when Raffi Torres got sent out of the league he had been a player for a decade. While the Rangers obviously love this guy, they have to be running out of patience with him too.

I have serious doubts about that last part. He’s young and they continue to insert him in the lineup despite these issues. If anything, that makes it seem like they are encouraging this garbage and manipulating a young kid who’s doesn’t know any better and will do anything to earn an nhl spot. I wouldn’t put it past that scummy organization to put him in the lineup tomorrow just for the sole purpose of hurting one of our best players out of spite for their recent results against us and the media aftermath. Especially now that it’s obvious their season is cooked and they basically have nothing to lose.

 

[Triumph]

I have serious doubts about that last part. He’s young and they continue to insert him in the lineup despite these issues. If anything, that makes it seem like they are encouraging this garbage and manipulating a young kid who’s doesn’t know any better and will do anything to earn an nhl spot. I wouldn’t put it past that scummy organization to put him in the lineup tomorrow just for the sole purpose of hurting one of our best players out of spite for their recent results against us and the media aftermath. Especially now that it’s obvious their season is cooked and they basically have nothing to lose.

Rempe would be a complete fool to go along with the plan you've invented in your head. He's just had 3 unpaid weeks off to think about his NHL career. They've also sent him to the minors once so far this year (not counting the other day which was a paper move) and he's been a healthy scratch multiple times.

Do you remember the post the other day where you said you aren't given to conspiratorial thinking?

 

[TheBeerNerd]

Rempe would be a complete fool to go along with the plan you've invented in your head. He's just had 3 unpaid weeks off to think about his NHL career. They've also sent him to the minors once so far this year (not counting the other day which was a paper move) and he's been a healthy scratch multiple times.

Do you remember the post the other day where you said you aren't given to conspiratorial thinking?

Rempe may not play tomorrow but if he's in the lineup, you and I both know what he's going to do. He's young and is doing whatever he is being told to keep his career. He's such a dumb mother f***er that "I might lose money for this" clearly hasn't crossed his mind.

 

[Triumph]

Rempe may not play tomorrow but if he's in the lineup, you and I both know what he's going to do. He's young and is doing whatever he is being told to keep his career. He's such a dumb mother f***er that "I might lose money for this" clearly hasn't crossed his mind.

If he's in the lineup, he will play a hard, physical game, one that crosses the line too often. I do not think that the Rangers, jealous of the Devils' success this year, are going to tell him to deliberately injure an opposing player.

 

[guitarguyvic]

Rempe would be a complete fool to go along with the plan you've invented in your head. He's just had 3 unpaid weeks off to think about his NHL career. They've also sent him to the minors once so far this year (not counting the other day which was a paper move) and he's been a healthy scratch multiple times.

Do you remember the post the other day where you said you aren't given to conspiratorial thinking?

I mean…he already had plenty of time to think about it before the latest suspension and still went out and did what he did. What the heck makes you so dang confident he’s learned his lesson this time?

Rempe at least has the excuse of being young and barely talented. The people in management, however, certainly know better. What else are we supposed to gather from them repeatedly calling him back up to the big club while he repeatedly keeps doing what he does? Yeah he’s been sent down and scratched several times….and if he stayed there then you might have a point that management is not in on this.

It’s not conspiratorial. Management doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt in a situation where it’s clear this kid should not be on an nhl roster going forward.

 

[guitarguyvic]

If he's in the lineup, he will play a hard, physical game, one that crosses the line too often. I do not think that the Rangers, jealous of the Devils' success this year, are going to tell him to deliberately injure an opposing player.

Yes I doubt they are telling him literally verbatim “go out there and injure x player”.

But I’ve been watching the nhl long enough now to know how Neanderthal it still is. I’m sure they are telling him to just go out there and “play your physical game” and to focus on their best players, wink wink nudge nudge. Based on his repeated behavior when he’s called up, do you think they are having any serious discussions with him about how to be physical without crossing the line?

 

[TheBeerNerd]

Let me repeat the stats.

22 NHL games
4 ejections
More games suspended than games played

Whatever he is being told by management is causing him to play like he does. I don't think that they're straight-up telling him to injure an opponent, but they know his style of play does that, so they don't need to.

 

[Patrik26]

If he's in the lineup, he will play a hard, physical game, one that crosses the line too often. I do not think that the Rangers, jealous of the Devils' success this year, are going to tell him to deliberately injure an opposing player.

They don't have to. He's that f***ing stupid.

 

[Triumph]

I mean…he already had plenty of time to think about it before the latest suspension and still went out and did what he did. What the heck makes you so dang confident he’s learned his lesson this time?

Rempe at least has the excuse of being young and barely talented. The people in management, however, certainly know better. What else are we supposed to gather from them repeatedly calling him back up to the big club while he repeatedly keeps doing what he does? Yeah he’s been sent down and scratched several times….and if he stayed there then you might have a point that management is not in on this.

It’s not conspiratorial. Management doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt in a situation where it’s clear this kid should not be on an nhl roster going forward.

It is conspiratorial. You said that "I wouldn’t put it past that scummy organization to put him in the lineup tomorrow just for the sole purpose of hurting one of our best players out of spite for their recent results against us and the media aftermath. Especially now that it’s obvious their season is cooked and they basically have nothing to lose." How else am I supposed to read this other than management is sending him out there with the express purpose to injure? Oh, I'm supposed to parse this that dressing him might result in these things but that management isn't telling him to do these things, that merely dressing him is the conspiracy?

Management obviously knows he's a physical player who can cross lines and given his size he probably has to be more careful than a player of average build. I don't think they want him to injure anyone, at least not on purpose.

 

[NJDevs26]

I mean the Rangers had Laraque work with him on his fighting skills, when have they actually tried to work on his hockey skills?

 

[Devils731]

I mean the Rangers had Laraque work with him on his fighting skills, when have they actually tried to work on his hockey skills?

I think they’d for him to become better at the skilled side of the game.

Matt Rempe training with Chris Kreider amid quest for bigger Rangers role

You can measure Matt Rempe’s commitment to improve off of this sentence.

nypost.com

 

[guitarguyvic]

It is conspiratorial. You said that "I wouldn’t put it past that scummy organization to put him in the lineup tomorrow just for the sole purpose of hurting one of our best players out of spite for their recent results against us and the media aftermath. Especially now that it’s obvious their season is cooked and they basically have nothing to lose." How else am I supposed to read this other than management is sending him out there with the express purpose to injure? Oh, I'm supposed to parse this that dressing him might result in these things but that management isn't telling him to do these things, that merely dressing him is the conspiracy?

Management obviously knows he's a physical player who can cross lines and given his size he probably has to be more careful than a player of average build. I don't think they want him to injure anyone, at least not on purpose.

You’re being intentionally obtuse. This is like saying you don’t think someone is taking bribes even though they did everything to indicate they did except directly saying “pay me x to do y”.

They know exactly what they are doing by putting a guy in the lineup who has proven he can’t control himself from intentionally injuring opposing players.

 

[Triumph]

I mean the Rangers had Laraque work with him on his fighting skills, when have they actually tried to work on his hockey skills?

I don't like Rempe, but he is definitely a better hockey player than most of the guys who were in the league with his sort of role 10 years ago. He skates much better than the two players the Devils have employed in this way over the last few years, and with just a little stick skills and positional awareness he can stick in the league.

 

[TheBeerNerd]

I don't like Rempe, but he is definitely a better hockey player than most of the guys who were in the league with his sort of role 10 years ago. He skates much better than the two players the Devils have employed in this way over the last few years, and with just a little stick skills and positional awareness he can stick in the league.

It's clear that Rags management doesn't care about that.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

The NHL does not like this guy

 

[Hisch13r]

The NHL does not like this guy

Coaches and GMs who rather trot out guys they perceive as “safe” despite those guys being bigger negatives than Sprong.