It's pretty wild how much playoff hockey and regular season hockey are different.
I'm glad we have Reaves on our team.
And any mention of sitting him when an injured player comes back is silly, You NEED the toughness.
Reaves is the sort of guy you need to have around when you are playing certain types of teams, not so much others. You must surround him with a bit of speed, and defensive ability, as he is so slow that he can't get back defensively. Also tends to get the puck stolen from him in the neutral zone, as he simply doesn't react quickly enough, and has stone hands.
He is very good at delivering clean, crunching forechecks, though, and keeps his head/doesn't take stupid penalties.. Anyone who plays with him has to understand what he does well, and take that into account, i.e. a slow rather than quick dump in, don't expect anything from him in the open ice, etc. That's where Dewar's experience with him in MN pays dividends, as they have skills that compliment one another's games.