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If he’s not reacting on a night like last night, he has no purpose. Like said earlier, he’s only here to establish a media career.
What exactly does Reaves do?
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Anthrax442
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Every treliving acquisition looks lousy.
Just as ud expect for a GM hired by Shanahan
Reaves is the player u can afford to get misconduct or majors
He isn't really an nhl player anymore
This team hasn't defended itself since the Orr, McLaren, Fraser, Brown days. They don't give a f*** about each other. They're not a team. They're a collection of guys that wear the same jersey. It's been that way for years. They don't care about each other.
Racer88
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So you are ok with the lack of response by the team when their team mate is done dirty and injured?
I like tough hockey, but said when you signed him to look out. Reaves doesn't really have the effect he is rumored to have. He talks alot more than he acts. He doesn't deter anything. Three years is about two and a half more than you want. Marchand would never engage with him. The move Reaves needs to pull is to have the team get one of those scrums going and while the linesmen are occupied, pick a guy who isn't a fighter and throw him a beating, then if he wants to talk, he can tell the Bruins bench he's going to keep picking other people to beat up until Marchand takes his medicine. It probably gets him thrown out and costs his team the game, but at least you could say he was doing something.
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WTFMAN99
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You can find a locker room DJ for 775k, I would be waiving him today.
Peasy
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Nothing lmao. Should just waive him and let him spend his time on the bus. Might actually make him retire.
You aren't paying him much. If you want to put him out there to fight, he will do that and again, you arent paying him much to do that.
The issue as many have said...when he is on the ice maybe you aren't paying him much, but he CAN HURT you as a hockey player so you are paying 'not much' for someone who is, right now, a liability.
The issue as many have said...when he is on the ice maybe you aren't paying him much, but he CAN HURT you as a hockey player so you are paying 'not much' for someone who is, right now, a liability.
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Could it be that Keefe held him back last night? This guy knows his job but if the Leafs are not allowing him do it, trade him to Minnesota already.
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Bertuzzi laughing with/at his buddy Marchand while Liljegren struggling to get to the dressing room really p***ed me off too.
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Marchand would have turtled anyway. He should have taken a run at one of their good players.
IMO, Domi should have went after Marchand. He needs to bring something at some point.
IMO, Domi should have went after Marchand. He needs to bring something at some point.
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Domi to Marchand, Reaves should have grabbed Frederic or Carlo and not given a choice
was coming to say this. obviously you have to careful of a bertuzzi (todd) situation but after a dirty play like that from a vet on a young player, you go out there and punch him in the face
I also hope Lil comes out and just be honest. I'm a young player, trying to get my career going and someone like that does something like that. Its embarrassing
GoonieFace
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It’s a bit concerning, maybe being around this team makes these guys think “Do I really want to punch someone out for these clowns?”. Seems to happen to every player that’s here
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I imagine when he wasn't put on the ice the next shift he was sitting there wondering "what am I here for?"
IMO, it's hard to blame him.
Exactly.....Keefe is really puzzling.
The Management
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Reaves just reminds me of that bygone era of enforcer that just has no one to dance with in today's NHL. Rats like Marchand, Tkachuk, Bennett, aren't going to drop the gloves.
I know it sounds counterintuitive, but I'd be fine with him grabbing Marchand on his next shift after that Liljegren injury and just pounding on him. Take the instigator penalty, take a suspension if that's what you need to do, but make one of their more important guys pay a price.
I know it sounds counterintuitive, but I'd be fine with him grabbing Marchand on his next shift after that Liljegren injury and just pounding on him. Take the instigator penalty, take a suspension if that's what you need to do, but make one of their more important guys pay a price.
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I'm not sure what anyone expected. Enforcers who can't play haven't been a thing for quite a while in the NHL. I would have loved it if Reaves knocked someones head off after the can opener by Marchand, but the reality is it would just cost the Leafs a PP. The Leafs already learned this lesson the last time around with blowhard Burke and his truculence. Personally, I'd be ok taking the penalty to send a message, but Keefe obviously wasn't.
You need toughness or at least drive in your players that actually play the minutes. I hate agreeing with Kypreos, but the clip he showed in the intermission says a lot about the Leafs. Besides Reaves, they were completely disinterested that one of their teammates was injured on a dirty play. Marchand should have been pasted every time he touched the puck the rest of the night, but this team has absolutely no grit and no heart.
You need toughness or at least drive in your players that actually play the minutes. I hate agreeing with Kypreos, but the clip he showed in the intermission says a lot about the Leafs. Besides Reaves, they were completely disinterested that one of their teammates was injured on a dirty play. Marchand should have been pasted every time he touched the puck the rest of the night, but this team has absolutely no grit and no heart.
Reaves knows his role and Domi was out with Marchand to end the period, they just create the situation and that was done
Hey now. Facts and logic aren't going to help him try really really really hard to blame Keefe.
WTFMAN99
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Keefe maybe gave him 1 shot at it? I don't necessarily need it to be Marchand either, I wouldn't mind if Reaves took out someone important on their side just to get the point across.
Domi is another guy that could have done something. He fought a couple guys for hitting Kane last year.
This seems to happen with every remotely gritty guy we bring in, either corporate sends out a memo to keep it clean for families watching the game or Keefe just neuters anyone we get.
I'd be willing to try a different coach and see what we get.
Reaves never has and never will fight a guy like Kane. Most fighters understand their role better than that.
Domi fought after a star, which Lily isn't.
Keefe has regularly used fighters, arguably when he shouldnt have, and encouraged responses like the start of the TB series
