Rempe shows the myth of the so called “enforcer”. The idea that this is the type of player that protects the stars of the league from the so called cheap shots and in turn make the game safer. The reality is these guys are the dirty ones themselves that the league needs protection from. Since they can barely play, they have to resort to dirty stuff to survive their shifts to begin with and play with a natural tint towards violence as is. So you need one “enforcer” to I suppose protect from another “enforcer” and reach the equilibrium the game is in if neither existed at all. The game is better off without them as a whole.
