Hockey Fights: Who are the NHL a est Young Enforcers? That is to say under 26 years old; can currently play in the LHA or in the Junior.

[Nevins]

For the Habs,we have Arber Xhekaj ,his brother Florian Xhekaj and Micheal Pezetta
Rangeas have Matt Rempe.
Ottawa have Brady Tkachuk
Calgary= Martin Pospisil
Floride= Jonah Gadjovich

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[Don Nachbaur 26]

I wouldn't say Tkachuk, as he has more skill than those guys, but I understand what you mean. Those types of players are just not existing much in the NHL anymore.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

For the Habs,we have Arber Xhekaj ,his brother Florian Xhekaj and Micheal Pezetta
Rangeas have Matt Rempe.
Ottawa have Brady Tkachuk
Calgary= Martin Pospisil
Floride= Jonah Gadjovich

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Pezetta doesn't fit your criteria of being under 26.

And really, only 2 guys on that list are what I would label as enforcers. Arber and Rempe.

 

[Golden_Jet]

What is the LHA

 

[Nevins]

What is the LHA

AHL

 

[Sheppy]

Rempe is the closest thing to an enforcer, right there with Wifi.

 

[JunkyardKangaroo]

How drunk are you?

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

John Ludvig sure isnt afraid of hitting the crap out of everything that moves, punch them in the face or simply knock himself out thrown a hit, it aint always effective but at least its somewhat entertaining to watch.

Also "Rangeas" and "Floride".

How drunk are you?

42.

 

[eco's bones]

Gadjovich is seriously tough and both willing and able. His issue is finding a regular spot in the Panthers lineup and that's no guarantee even this year.

 

[eco's bones]

Anyway looking at this this morning. Pospisil quit fighting because of concussions. He's building a rep as a dirty player though.

Ludvig hadn't fought in a couple years and last year fought 5 times and against 3 names--Mark Kastelic (a non event of a fight), Michael McCarron (not much better of a fight than the one with Kastelic) and Matt Martin (not all that exciting and Ludvig looked way in over his head in that one). That doesn't mean he can't hit but so far he hasn't proved anything really as a fighter.

Arber Xhekaj is absolutely legit. HIs brother---only three fights in the OHL last year (a fantastic battle with one of the Boulton brothers though). Still I don't think he's quite near his brother Arber yet.

Pezzetta's getting better.

Tkachuk is always interesting but he's not a legit heavy.

Gadjovich is a very good fighter. He hasn't proven he can stick in an NHL lineup yet.

I'm a Rangers fan. Rempe's a legit heavyweight just from the guys he fought. Even his losses apart from the one with Olivier were competitive. I wouldn't put him in the top 5 in the league though.....he has more to prove....maybe nearer to top 10. At 22 years old he has the potential to be the top guy or at least in the top 3 but he has to figure out some shit first. I imagine Laraque helped him a bit. He helped Pezzetta quite a bit so I imagine he'll be better but it's wait and see. Honestly though the best part of his game is his hitting or at least when he isn't throwing the elbows around.

The guy that Rempe trained with with Georges----Tyrel Bauer is only 22 and he is legit tough. He reminds of Arber a lot. Whether he's good enough to make the Jets is another question.

 

[Nevins]

Anyway looking at this this morning. Pospisil quit fighting because of concussions. He's building a rep as a dirty player though.

Ludvig hadn't fought in a couple years and last year fought 5 times and against 3 names--Mark Kastelic (a non event of a fight), Michael McCarron (not much better of a fight than the one with Kastelic) and Matt Martin (not all that exciting and Ludvig looked way in over his head in that one). That doesn't mean he can't hit but so far he hasn't proved anything really as a fighter.

Arber Xhekaj is absolutely legit. HIs brother---only three fights in the OHL last year (a fantastic battle with one of the Boulton brothers though). Still I don't think he's quite near his brother Arber yet.

Pezzetta's getting better.

Tkachuk is always interesting but he's not a legit heavy.

Gadjovich is a very good fighter. He hasn't proven he can stick in an NHL lineup yet.

I'm a Rangers fan. Rempe's a legit heavyweight just from the guys he fought. Even his losses apart from the one with Olivier were competitive. I wouldn't put him in the top 5 in the league though.....he has more to prove....maybe nearer to top 10. At 22 years old he has the potential to be the top guy or at least in the top 3 but he has to figure out some shit first. I imagine Laraque helped him a bit. He helped Pezzetta quite a bit so I imagine he'll be better but it's wait and see. Honestly though the best part of his game is his hitting or at least when he isn't throwing the elbows around.

The guy that Rempe trained with with Georges----Tyrel Bauer is only 22 and he is legit tough. He reminds of Arber a lot. Whether he's good enough to make the Jets is another question.

Did not know Tyrel Bauer.

 

[eco's bones]

Did not know Tyrel Bauer.

I look in on hockeyfights.com during the season and I look at a lot of AHL fights. That's a tough league. There are players there that have roles not unlike fighters did in the NHL 20/30 years ago. A young guy coming in and doing well against them is notable and Bauer did very well.

Rempe himself was hardly winning all the time down there. There were fights he didn't do well at all. That said the way he'll get better is to fight the better guys and learn from the mistakes he makes and hopefully not take too many outright shellackings. He got beaten badly by Olivier. Even against Olivier---he took a real battering but he hung in for quite a while. It probably would have been better for him if he'd gone down a lot sooner. He needed to train with Georges or someone like him over the summer. He and Bauer are buddies--they played 3 years together in Seattle WHL and that's how he got invited too.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Matt Henry is the toughest kid in the WHL the last few years.

 

[Nevins]

I look in on hockeyfights.com during the season and I look at a lot of AHL fights. That's a tough league. There are players there that have roles not unlike fighters did in the NHL 20/30 years ago. A young guy coming in and doing well against them is notable and Bauer did very well.

Rempe himself was hardly winning all the time down there. There were fights he didn't do well at all. That said the way he'll get better is to fight the better guys and learn from the mistakes he makes and hopefully not take too many outright shellackings. He got beaten badly by Olivier. Even against Olivier---he took a real battering but he hung in for quite a while. It probably would have been better for him if he'd gone down a lot sooner. He needed to train with Georges or someone like him over the summer. He and Bauer are buddies--they played 3 years together in Seattle WHL and that's how he got invited too.

Rangers selects a lot of big and tall players who know how to fight (Matt Rempe 6'8'', Will Cuylle 6'3'', Dylan Roebroeck 6'7'').

 

[eco's bones]

Rangers selects a lot of big and tall players who know how to fight (Matt Rempe 6'8'', Will Cuylle 6'3'', Dylan Roebroeck 6'7'').

They've been using later round draft picks the last 3/4/5 years for larger framed players who can skate a lot. Rempe was a bit of a baby giraffe when the Rangers drafted him. He still has some balance issues but he does have speed and a decent amount of agility. But anyway it's a bit of a different drafting philosophy. I don't think they're drafting later with the idea they're going to get a home run skill type of player. It's more about guys who can fit into bottom line and bottom pairing roles and that's where the size and skating component comes. Most of these guys also bring a physical component though not all them are guys who drop the gloves. Partly this strategy I think is to have a ready supply of bottom line players that you don't overpay for them and that will kick more cap $'s to the top of the lineup.

Cuylle's got a big, thick body, very strong. He chipped in well enough on the Rangers 3rd line last year and he's got a very good two way game. Roobroeck's game took off in the second half for Oshawa last year. He's not as fast as Rempe or 6'7 Adam Edstrom (who is also a really smooth skater) but he's a more balanced skater.

In this June's draft a lot of teams went for bigger skaters.

 

[herzausstein]

I dont think Nashville has anyone that i would call an enforcer but we do have quite a few players coming uo that are going to be pests like L'Heureux

 

[Sheppy]

I was always hoping the Gallant bros would get some time in the NHL. Obviously they're in their 30's now but yeah, wish they got 20-25 games in the NHL back when the heavies were around. A little undersized when it came to HW's but my god those guys could toss em.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

I was always hoping the Gallant bros would get some time in the NHL. Obviously they're in their 30's now but yeah, wish they got 20-25 games in the NHL back when the heavies were around. A little undersized when it came to HW's but my god those guys could toss em.

Brett was so nasty, when he put down Kassian I was so hyped. Shame Howie Rose made the call, one of the worst announcers of all time when a fight occurred.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Alex Gallant is still kicking - prob top 3 in AHL. Howe, Doty and Gallant.