Rempe elbowing major on Heiskanen - Suspended 8 games

[Blackjack]

How does a team benefit from having Rempe play for them? Struggling to see any positives.

Because the league rewards you for injuring people

 

[OilerMcLord]

Crappy league. They’re so worried about a rookie who hits a little too hard because they don’t want anyone tough in the league and not concerned about why their product is so mediocre and is on the decline year after year. What a sad state of affairs the NHL is

Whatever…

 

[DoubleGold]

Crappy league. They’re so worried about a rookie who hits a little too hard because they don’t want anyone tough in the league and not concerned about why their product is so mediocre and is on the decline year after year. What a sad state of affairs the NHL is.

Indeed a crappy league if no-skill bums like Rempe can get in

 

[Dynamite Time]

Pleased by 8 games cause it’s deserved.

Next time, if this happens again, he’ll get 20 give/take depending on the incident.

 

[Hntz]

8 games seems acceptable.
Also lol at people complaining about ”softness”. I enjoy physicality too, but I also don’t want idiots like Rempe ending the career of players like McDavid or MacKinnon by pulling these garbage moves.

 

[johnnyonthspot]

Fourth ejection in 22 games

That has to be a record and 8 games for that seems harsh given what others get away with around the league .The dops is as consistent as the refs aka badly inconsistent

 

[Dynamite Time]

That has to be a record and 8 games for that seems harsh given what others get away with around the league .The dops is as consistent as the refs aka badly inconsistent

They actually got it right here.

 

[sabremike]

8 games seems acceptable.
Also lol at people complaining about ”softness”. I enjoy physicality too, but I also don’t want idiots like Rempe ending the career of players like McDavid or MacKinnon by pulling these garbage moves.

The guy is literally a no-talent goon with no redeeming value as a hockey player whatsoever. Imagine if this guy had connected harder and ended the career of one of the best players in the league? He belongs in the LNAH.

 

[Dynamite Time]

That has to be a record and 8 games for that seems harsh given what others get away with around the league .The dops is as consistent as the refs aka badly inconsistent

The 8 games doesn’t seem harsh it’s hopefully just the NHL realizing how the game is supposed to be played; and slapping the idiots.

 

[JPT]

Don't worry about me. You just stick to having the day you deserve.

Watched the video, and anywhere between 5 and 10 games would have been appropriate. This is a borderline NHL player who won't change. Either the Rangers will get rid of him or he'll DOPS his way out of the league.

The reactions he elicits, especially from rival fans, despite being a completely ineffective player on the ice? Chef's kiss.

If he were just trolling in the media by talking shit, I'd be with you. However, he's doing very stupid things that could seriously injure people. That's what he does to elicit reactions. To say "chef's kiss" about that is f***ing abhorrent.

 

[RabbleMasterBlaster]

I really want to know what Laviolette's train of thought was with this:

"Geez we really suck lately. We can't score, we can't play D and our goalie is struggling with the basic task of stopping pucks. I have an idea! Let's put in a guy who can't do a single thing at the NHL level other than possibly end careers. There's no way we can sink any lower. No way."

 

[elmaco]

Rempe is not even an NHL player, why are people so upset, it's good they ban the Raffi Torresses.

 

[hirawl]

Good riddance. No need for this idiot on an NHL ice. Hopefully we've seen the last of him.

 

[Sanderson]

I really want to know what Laviolette's train of thought was with this:

"Geez we really suck lately. We can't score, we can't play D and our goalie is struggling with the basic task of stopping pucks. I have an idea! Let's put in a guy who can't do a single thing at the NHL level other than possibly end careers. There's no way we can sink any lower. No way."

Well, moving attention away from team-performance to something else is a commonly used tactic, so there is that. It's similar to politics in a way. If you want to push something through parliament that would have everyone outraged if they knew about it, conjure up some sort of scandal that draws everyone's attention. That way no one will care about what happens in the background.

Very doubtful that there was any intent to be found here, but it still managed to draw some attention away from lackluster performances. So while it wasn't the plan here, it's still something that can be a reason to do something that seems stupid or illogical generally speaking.

 

[Ciao]

The kid has a screw loose.

Get him off the ice ASAP.

 

[Acallabeth]

25 games, 2 points and 95 PIMs.
DOPS should have given him more and issued a fine or warning to NYR mgmt and coaches.

 

[RickChartraw]

Checks schedule, back in time for the Devils/Rangers on the 9th?

 

[LeafGrief]

8 games is fair. You cant put your elbow on the back of a guys helmet and then hit him from behind.

I want to see a Sasquatch man running people over. I can even admit that the line is a bit blurry. But this hit was so egregiously over the line it blows my mind. Rempe has so much time where he’s skating towards Heiskanen’s numbers. He’s going to hit people high because of his size, but he’s absolutely in control of his arms and his angles of approach.

 

[Laus723]

He spent the summer with the wrong coach. He should’ve been learning how to be an effective player, not that he’s a good fighter either.

 

[ijuka]

For being such a "tough player" isn't it interesting how Rempe only seems to hunt smaller skill players instead of challenging the actual tough guys of the league?

As for his hockey playing ability, when a guy has twice as many match penalties as he has points, I'd say that he's not an NHL calibre player. But he is an active danger to the truly NHL-calibre players.