Junohockeyfan
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Both Reeves and Lucic are easily top 5 fighters in the league. Please tell me who is better.
Lucic just destroyed the guy who most people thought was the toughest player in the league.
Brian McGrattan was the best fighter in the league from 2012 until his last game in 2015 when he was 34 years old. Age didn't seem to slow him down much fighting wise.
Since that time Lucic has pretty much taken over, besides losing a close fight to McDermid last year he's practically unbeaten. Reeves has very few losses as well. They are feared as much as anyone else in the league. To say different is simply ignorant.
Xhekaj is a pretty tough kid, I'll guess we'll find out if he can handle Lucic and/or Reaves in a few months.
Lucic is useless. Reeves probably even more useless. They are on their respective teams to ensure players don't take liberties on their stars. They are there to keep players like Xhekaj honest. Not the other way around.
Xhekaj doesn't need to fight unless he's standing up for a teammate. Lucic / Reeves are too slow to cause any havoc. I doubt either plays more than 6 minutes / game.
Bruins signed Lucic for nostalgia reasons - he will retire after this season.
Leafs overpaid for Reeves out of panic because Marner / Matthews were getting abuse. But that won't change with Reeves in the lineup.
Enforcers like Macdermid / Lucic / Reeves who are useless are pointless. Enforcers who can actually play the game are valued. Xhekaj falls in the latter category.