Matthew Rempe elbowing on Jonas Siegenthaler (suspended 4 games)

[Terry Yake]

wow, he actually got more than i was expecting. rare DOPS W

no room in the game for worthless pylons like rempe who are out there just trying to head hunt

 

[Jerzey Devil]

f***'s a coach supposed to say about his guy? You nitpicking every microdetail and laugh emojing every post has been tiresome.

Kid made a mistake and bad hit, its done

Now that punishment is down, maybe we can all move on...until 4/3

That was no mistake.

 

[MVP Zacha]

f***'s a coach supposed to say about his guy? You nitpicking every microdetail and laugh emojing every post has been tiresome.

Kid made a mistake and bad hit, its done

Now that punishment is down, maybe we can all move on...until 4/3

He could have said that Rempe made a mistake and needs to not make these types of hits. Not real difficult.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

f***'s a coach supposed to say about his guy? You nitpicking every microdetail and laugh emojing every post has been tiresome.

Kid made a mistake and bad hit, its done

Now that punishment is down, maybe we can all move on...until 4/3

Probably that it was a bad hit and that he needs to avoid repeating it, not "he's just a bebe, it's not his fault, he was just trying to brace himself from the boards with his elbow at a 150-degree angle from his body".

 

[Blackjack]

Not enough time to react to them stopping and pulling their head back to make the decision to flare out your elbow and also to act on it...

I'm sorta surprised how quick reaction times people seem to have, Rempe wasn't even looking at the guy's head.

That was just a hit with which he attempted to level the guy against the boards, but then Siegenthaler braked and pulled his upper body back so Rempe missed.

There’s always one. By these standards there has never been a dirty hit thrown in the NHL.

 

[pld459666]

I assumed 5 games. 4 games is fine

Hope JONAS SIEGENTHALER is ok

 

[Crosstraffic]

Laviolette's comments, wow, I thought he was stupid before, what are they teaching at Westfield State College?

 

[Blackjack]

He could have said that Rempe made a mistake and needs to not make these types of hits. Not real difficult.

They secretly like this stuff. f***ing scumbags

 

[Maple Leaf]

Should be 14 games for repeat offender

 

[eco's bones]

Kind of what I was expecting. It was a bad hit. He's 21. It's correctable. His size, his style of game he doesn't need to elbow a player. He can run over players without all that.

For those Devils fans who thought last night was going to be some kind of day of atonement keep in mind that Matthew Rempe wasn't brought up from Hartford to fight Kurtis MacDermid but that the Devils traded for MacDermid just to have someone to fight Matthew Rempe. I expect it will happen but IMO MacDermid being the one who wants it most should risk taking an extra penalty whether it's instigation/misconduct or whatever. Rempe isn't obligated to fight him or at least for no tactical reason like someone's need to get some revenge. Kurtis wasn't even around that night. He owes him nothing.

 

[Guttersniped]

Not enough time to react to them stopping and pulling their head back to make the decision to flare out your elbow and also to act on it...

I'm sorta surprised how quick reaction times people seem to have, Rempe wasn't even looking at the guy's head.

That was just a hit with which he attempted to level the guy against the boards, but then Siegenthaler braked and pulled his upper body back so Rempe missed.

You know who disagrees with you? The NHL DofPS.

Watch the video:

“It is important to note that while we acknowledge that Siegenthaler is stopping up as he is dumping the puck in, this is not a case where a sudden movement by the player receiving the check turns a legal check into an illegal one.”

“We do not believe this is accidental contact as the player is bracing for impact with the boards or another player.”

“Rempe is clearly committed to throwing a check on this play and having ended up at an angle of approach that will take him across the front of Siegenthaler’s body, and potentially miss Siegenthaler entirely, Rempe chooses to flare his elbow both up and away from his body in dangerous fashion, driving it directly into the head of Siegenthaler with substantial force.”

Players learn to not flare their elbows out in order to avoid Elbowing penalties.

 

[DearDiary]

Presented without comment.

No idea why coach's don't get fined for these types of comments. Basically saying the DOPS reasoning is BS and that they're stupid. Lavi is promoting the type of behavior the league is trying to get rid of and it's only going to lead to further injuries and suspensions.

 

[King'sPawn]

Players learn to not flare their elbows out in order to avoid Elbowing penalties.

It's just taught early on how to hit. Especially when you're significantly bigger than the competition.

He just doesn't know how to hit. He's a liability to everyone, including his own team, with these antics.

 

[Frederixx]

Player safety is so afraid of being overturned, they always give the same numbers to everyone no matter what. A bot could do the same job. In 2-3 years, they will be replaced with AI.

It will happen time and time again cause they don't have the courage to send a strong message.

 

[Blackjack]

It's just taught early on how to hit. Especially when you're significantly bigger than the competition.

He just doesn't know how to hit. He's a liability to everyone, including his own team, with these antics.

Coaches should be fined and suspended for these hits regardless of comments

 

[Hunter Gathers]

4 games seems a *bit* long for a first offense considering what other stuff tends to get

BUT

I'm all for increased punishments & suspension lengths by the DPS. Better late than never when it comes to protecting players.

Nah. I called it as 4 last night. I said 4-5. Had to be at least 4.

He’ll, I’d have been mad if it was under 4. He wouldn’t learn anything that way.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Eventful start of a career that's for sure.

 

[glenwo2]

Ironically, Siegenthaler went over to Rempe after the Bastian hit, gave him a couple nasty slashes and tried to stand up for his guy, but realized he was outclassed. Rempe dropped him with a couple punches

Looked like a couple of cheapshots to Siegenthaler when Sieg didn't even drop the gloves.

This Rempe guy is an absolute punk.

 

[PolishPrince21]

Should be 14 games for repeat offender

he will in no time

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Looked like a couple of cheapshots to Siegenthaler when Sieg didn't even drop the gloves.

This Rempe guy is an absolute punk.

It's unfortunate that Siegenthaler was first to Rempe there, if you're going to slash and pull at him you've got to be ready to fight. Smith was right there, he should have let him handle it if he didn't want to fight.

That being said, I absolutely hate that you're allowed to turn and start firing like Rempe did and it's not considered an instigator, in fact had Siegenthaler fought back, he would have gotten it.

It's also comical to say it was anywhere near a "vicious slash" you wanna see one of those, look at what Smith did to Konecny.

 

[BagHead]

Every now and then a player comes along who you know is, right from his very first game, going to pick up lots of brain damage in his career, and cause even more of it.

 

[OilersFanatics505]

Lavi really went with the Benn defense?

“Its unfortunate that I fell and landed on him.”

“it’s unfortunate that his head got in the way of him bracing with his elbow before hitting the boards.”

 

[RunItBackAgain]

Get out of the league scum. For your sake hopefully before your brain gets scrambled.

 

[Dessloch]

Should have had 2 or 3 for this one:




And 6 or 7 for the one he just got 4 games for,

 

[Gardner McKay]

Should have had 2 or 3 for this one:




And 6 or 7 for the one he just got 4 games for,

Clean hit.