McIlrath is quickly climbing the ladder of NHL heavies.
Rempe is just not a very good figher.
He's fought him twice, went with Reaves, MacDermid, Deslauriers...kid isn't ducking anybody.He should've started at the top. He's been the king of the AHL for years already and there's better fighters down there who can't actually play hockey.
Seems like Rempe was ducking him for a reason.
I'm sure you'd lay a beating on him .Rempe is just not a very good figher.
Yeah anyone who can hold their own against Deslauriers isn't a bad fighter. People should go back and watch some of John Scott's early fights. Rempe will never be as good at fighting as Scott became but he'll get better.If you look at almost all of the top "heavyweights" now, it took them YEARS at the pro level to hang with the big boys at the top of the heap. Someone like Xhekaj is a pretty rare exception. Rempe is 22 and hasn't even grown into his body yet, pretty crazy to see the criticism when he's taking on these killers.
I think he can hang with most of them already, but wouldn't shock me if he gets exposed too. I guess he didn't look so great against Johnston or Deslauriers now that I watch it again.Yeah anyone who can hold their own against Deslauriers isn't a bad fighter. People should go back and watch some of John Scott's early fights. Rempe will never be as good at fighting as Scott became but he'll get better.
I don't agree about Xhekaj though, he hasn't fought many top heavyweights and has struggled with the ones he did.