Matthew Rempe elbowing on Jonas Siegenthaler (suspended 4 games)

[billingtons ghost]

Bastian's concussion wasnt a result of the hit by Rempe. It was another hit he took later on.

Rempe has fought a good amount of the heavyweights in his short time....and the one time he skates away from a guy who's sole purpose was to follow him around....a good hockey strategy to say the least, lol....now he's broken the "code".

Probably not worth answering someone who thinks they can determine 'which' blow to the head caused a concussion.

Doubly so for not seeing the irony of the clown not taking accountability for his own illegal actions.

Good post tho. Good for the game.

 

[aylib]

I get why you don't like it. You are worried he's going to take the head off of one of your players, but you are lying to yourself if you are going to claim you wouldn't want him playing for your team.

You don’t know me, not everyone is a spineless weasel without integrity.

 

[ReddestRum]

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lol career goon, take a f***ing lap. I get that as a Rangers fan he's way in your head at this point but Rempe's done more in like 10 games than Wilson has ever done in a whole season from a shithead perspective and probably isn't going to have multiple 20 goal seasons...

f*** out of here with that "what about you?" bullshit, especially when the Capitals had your team's coach and literally managed to keep him on a leash to the point that nobody was talking about him anymore except as a boogeyman who hasn't even done the things they suggest he'd do to prove a point.

Wilson is a legit top 6 player Rempe will never become.

But that's beside the point. While Terrific Tommy didn't blossom into the top liner he was during the Cup run under Lavi's coaching, Laviolette knows how to utilize a player with a strong physical presence in the modern league. And it's not by having an oversized rat running around throwing elbows like an idiot.


Yeah everyone dreams of their team getting match penalties.

So because Wilson is a Top 6 player it's okay to goon it up because you can score goals? I love how his penalty minutes are conveniently removed. Wilson has about 40 days worth of suspensions in his career, and plenty of other shit that have warranted an in-game penalty that didn't even get suspensions, but could've very well have been. Elbows included.

If people want to be mad about an elbow from Rempe that I don't think was intentional, then that's fine, but let's not play high and mighty here.

 

[billingtons ghost]

There's a reason that meatheads like Rempe that specialize in putting your team on the penalty kill are dying out at the NHL level.

Really? Bc in two games against him, the Devils scored zero goals on the two majors and are down two players. That's on us. But say we score a bunch and take a game that's meaningless to the Rangers but lose a defenseman. Is that a 'win'?

Seems like Rempes and Troubas actually are really effective at removing other teams players and since he did the same thing the last game in the series I didn't think a two game suspension will change his game one bit and won't have Laviolette take him out of the lineup.

Don't get me wrong, I loved it when Stevens did it, and I wish we had our own intent-to-injure goon, bc clearly building a team on skill and speed in today's NHL doesn't work for us

 

[Rodgerwilco]

I was sure he was getting off


I’ll give the DoPS credit. They’ve not been perfect but imo they’ve been a lot better this year about head contact type stuff

I mean, could still be just a fine. I'd hold off praise until we actually see the result.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

You don’t know me, not everyone is a spineless wiesel without integrity.

But apparently you know me to call me a spineless wiesel without integrity.

Sorry I like some intensity to hockey, and don't prefer half-ass checking and pond hockey.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Um... So the league says that they are ok with Wilson being Wilson... and everyone except the Rangers were ok with it.

But if the Rangers look at that incident and decide to start playing within the rules that were set fourth by the league's action and inaction... they are villafied?


Never change HFBoards... never change...

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You should probably look up how many elbowing penalties Stevens had in his career.


(for the record I am no Devils fan and hates Stevens when he played. But he was largely a clean hitter who now has his rep based on a top 10 YT video)

 

[SnS]

So because Wilson is a Top 6 player it's okay to goon it up because you can score goals? I love how his penalty minutes are conveniently removed. Wilson has about 40 days worth of suspensions in his career, and plenty of other shit that have warranted an in-game penalty that didn't even get suspensions, but could've very well have been. Elbows included.

If people want to be mad about an elbow from Rempe that I don't think was intentional, then that's fine, but let's not play high and mighty here.

I can’t see how anyone with an objective point of view can say that it wasn’t intentional.

Rempe stuck his elbow out purposely to make contact with the defenders face.

 

[HolyHagelin]

Probably not worth answering someone who thinks they can determine 'which' blow to the head caused a concussion.

The Debs medical staff determined that Bastian was still g2g after the rempe hit, so nobody on this board determined that it was the Trouba hit that injured him. The Debs determined that.

 

[Mirka the Turka]

Um... So the league says that they are ok with Wilson being Wilson... and everyone except the Rangers were ok with it.

But if the Rangers look at that incident and decide to start playing within the rules that were set fourth by the league's action and inaction... they are villafied?


Never change HFBoards... never change...

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Stevens was one of the best Dmen in Devils history. His hits were mostly clean but through your career of big hits you can have some questionable just like your boy Trouba

Rempe, on the other hand, has no skills besides attempting to harm people. He is a dangerous player that needs to be banned

 

[aylib]

Stanford Experiment at its finest

 

[Machinehead]

But I was told it was clean

No you weren't.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

1G/1A in 10 games is “rather productive”?

PLAYING 5:38 PER GAME.

Why'd you leave it out?

And he literally had a goal the prior game that he scored that was incorrectly called back. In fact, his suspension should be nullified because they incorrectly took a goal away from him. Fair is fair, and they owe him. This game he completely altered a goal by screening the goalie because he's 6 foot 9. BUT NO POINT!

He has a 53.93% xGF% playing fourth line minutes. 10 games into his career. But I'm sure your no context point totals are more important than everything else.

 

[HersheyBob27]

Bastian's concussion wasnt a result of the hit by Rempe. It was another hit he took later on.

Rempe has fought a good amount of the heavyweights in his short time....and the one time he skates away from a guy who's sole purpose was to follow him around....a good hockey strategy to say the least, lol....now he's broken the "code".

Bastian luckily escaped without a concussion. He injured his leg later in the game. I believe that was part of reason there was no suspension there

 

[MXD]

But apparently you know me to call me a spineless wiesel without integrity.

... He's just drawing a logical conclusion.

 

[TrufleShufle]

Just saw this on socials.... Makes an interesting point

Sassy is the new badassy.

 

[nbwingsfan]

PLAYING 5:38 PER GAME.

Why'd you leave it out?

And he literally had a goal the prior game that he scored that was incorrectly called back. In fact, his suspension should be nullified because they incorrectly took a goal away from him. Fair is fair, and they owe him. This game he completely altered a goal by screening the goalie because he's 6 foot 9. BUT NO POINT!

He has a 53.93% xGF% playing fourth line minutes. 10 games into his career. But I'm sure your no context point totals are more important than everything else.

Is the 5:38 per game supposed to be a positive in his favour? He’s not really an NHL player.

 

[yukoner88]

oof, got the guy with the ol' chicken wing

 

[Dirty Dog]

Rempe clearly doesn’t know what player he wants to be: (1) a goon who fights for entertainment and to stand up for his team; (2) an agitator who likes to cross the line and get under the skin of opposing players; or (3) a big fourth line player who plays a physical game (who can also fight and agitate as needed).

I’m sure rangers fans and the organization want him to choose door number three as that’s pretty darn valuable. That’s a type of player, with his size, that teams covet.

 

[nbwingsfan]

I get why you don't like it. You are worried he's going to take the head off of one of your players, but you are lying to yourself if you are going to claim you wouldn't want him playing for your team.

Yes fans are probably worried an actual NHL player is going to be injured by a goon who contributes nothing other than dirty hits and fights.

As I said, there’s a reason these players don’t exist anymore in theNHL, and the Rempe hype will die down real fast.

 

[My3Sons]

I get why you don't like it. You are worried he's going to take the head off of one of your players, but you are lying to yourself if you are going to claim you wouldn't want him playing for your team.

Sure, who wouldn't want some guy elbowing Rangers in the head after Rempe does it to their players. That's common sense. If he keeps giving out head shots I'm sure some other Rangers will face similar behavior and when it does you will no doubt defend it just like you are doing right now.

 

[Machinehead]

Is the 5:38 per game supposed to be a positive in his favour? He’s not really an NHL player.

While I understand your argument, I wouldn't trust NHL coaches to tell me what day of the week it is.

He's been effective and that's why his TOI is being framed as a limited opportunity rather than the coach hiding him.

I don't think the coach is hiding him. The coach has raved about him. It's just some stupid ritual "earn it" thing that coaches do. Adam Edstrom has also been very effective and he keeps getting sent down outright.

Meanwhile, Barclay Goodrow could shoot Shesterkin and probably get bumped up a line because he's past the paying his dues phase in the league.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

To a certain extent I agree with your sentiment. The problem is if a guy like that continuously crosses a line. Eventually his own team will get fed up with it, either when their own players start getting run and or he consitetnly puts the team in a bad spot penalty wise.

Right, I agree, but let's remember that this is slated to be his first suspension.

He got a very unfair reputation because he hit Bastian when Bastian was admiring the puck. Yes, he did damage to Bastian. The player being hit also has an obligation to not put himself in jeopardy to get his face destroyed. Can't just blame the hitter. People made that out to be something it wasn't. Not even close to a suspendable hit. The fact he got a match penalty was ridiculous. It was 2 minutes for charging at most. Arguably a clean hit if you take the emotion out of it and just look at the mechanics of the hit.

The Lybushkin hit was worse, but also nowhere close to suspension worthy. I think a bigger deal is made of it than it would otherwise be because it's Toronto, the guy unfortunately got injured, and the refs likely missed a penalty. It was probably like a two minute charging call. Again, these aren't plays he should get suspended for. Fourth liners who play a very physical game are going to commit some penalties. These really aren't plays that should have caused the ire they did. These hits happen every game. Rempe can't be more liable than others because he's 6'9 and his hits have more potential force to unintentionally hurt opponents.

People have also made a big deal about him so far for a lot of things that aren't hits. The staged fights with the enforcers who have nothing else to add like Reaves and co aren't anything that people should dislike about him. It's these thirsty veterans trying to use a rookie to fulfill their contribution. I don't like staged fights either, but that's not really on him.

And it's a no-win. People were mad he turned down a staged fight with Macdermid at the beginning of this game for a completely overblown hit in a previous game. If he takes the staged fight, he'd be even more disliked and this website would have more Rempe discussion.

Part of why he's such a lightning rod is that he's been very productive so far for what his role is. Much more so than the average fourth liner. 10 games into his career at age 21. He looks like a real legit NHL player who can contribute outside of all the antics.

 

[My3Sons]

PLAYING 5:38 PER GAME.

Why'd you leave it out?

And he literally had a goal the prior game that he scored that was incorrectly called back. In fact, his suspension should be nullified because they incorrectly took a goal away from him. Fair is fair, and they owe him. This game he completely altered a goal by screening the goalie because he's 6 foot 9. BUT NO POINT!

He has a 53.93% xGF% playing fourth line minutes. 10 games into his career. But I'm sure your no context point totals are more important than everything else.

Did you just say Rempe should avoid suspension because a goal he scored was waived off?

 

[HBK27]