After Matt Rempe introduced himself to the New Jersey Devils with a nasty hit on Bastian that resulted in a match penalty, he fuelled an NHL rivalry. Not by dropping the gloves with Kurtis MacDermid though. Instead, with another nasty hit on Siegenthaler their very next game that resulted in a suspension. Needless to say, there is bad blood between these two! So, tonight as the New York Rangers hosted the New Jersey Devils, we had ourselves a game for the ages! The opening period alone had 162 penalty minutes handed out!! We had a full line brawl, 6 scraps, 8 players ejected from the game on top of the coaches going at it all before we even played 5 minutes. From start to finish, this was old time hockey and I loved every second of it. I cover it all in todays NHL video!
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Rempe's a jack ass. He needs to be suspended for 10 games at least.
I thought this was a Tkchuck bowl
Idk rempe, but is he just taller than everyone (he is 6' 7") and when players have the puck they bend down some so its hard for him to get a clean hit, or is it just dirty, he's obviously trying to hit them hard either way
I'm still waiting to see an educated opinion about why Rempe is "bad"
Martin, Deslauriers, Olivier, Reaves all instigated the fights pre-game just because Rempe is the new big guy. Only MacDermid fought Rempe because of Rempe's actions
He's got 76 mins TOI, 1 goal, (had another called back because 1 cm of puck didn't cross line,) 1 assist, is +2, 50% faceoff win, good on forecheck, and screens goalie with huge body which has led to goals
The hit on Bastian was only bad because of Rempe's height
The hit on Lybushkin was clean. Was gliding in faceoff circle. Nobody else was near Lybushkin who had puck. His elbow was tucked. Initial contact was shoulder to shoulder. When contact was made his skate was still on the ice. Per NHL rules skates do not have to remain on ice after contact. Please learn rules and actually analyze a replay
The elbow on Siegenthaler was dirty and he deserved the suspension. But if you watch the play Rempe was going in totally clean. Siegenthaler saw him coming and slammed on the brakes. Rempe then made the terrible split second decision to throw up his elbow to finish the check. It's still not excusable but you can see the intent wasn't there. It's nothing like Gallagher's elbow or even Kulikov's on Sheary a few weeks ago
I mean, that altercations was due to happen, and neither team decided to put their best players as first liners. Definitely a wild one, but not a surprise.
I’m a ranger fan and I don’t like Rempe. Don’t think players like him contribute to the game outside of spectacle.
this rempe kid isnt cool. hes intending to injure people and we gotta get that out of the league. fighting is great. permanently injuring someone on purpose is not hockey.
In the end its just a bunch of grown men palying a game
League has gotta cool it with the misconducts. Its so soft. They should be saved for soley events that are over the line. Stop giving dudes 10s for fighting. Its ridiculous.
Devils season was already over after the catastrophic loss to Ottawa (please fire Green and Rogalski to the moon), but this brawl is what they needed. They need to get harder.
Good breakdown man.
We NEED some bts footage from both of the teams on this one.
i went to that gam and the fans where electric the whole game especially during and right after the fight when the rangers fans chanted rempees name
Lazar immediately went at Vesey knowing it would take time for Rempe to engage causing the game misconduct. DEVILS ARE AFRAID OF REMPE… didn’t want him playing whole game.
Stupid rule
I love rempe i wanna see him play thooo
That's pretty classless of Rempe to fail recognizing that he had a bad hit and at least talking to McDermid about it even if he declines said altercation or fight. Also the ruling of a match penalty after the first one starts is pretty stiff
Matt Rempe is so fucking overrated. He's not a good fighter at all. He's just big.
Rempemania babyyyyy
In English, Rempe means "fucking asshole."
Maybe if the Devils had a pair they would realize the Rangers don't give an F and are very willing to play as dirty as needed to win. The only answer to return fire take some liberties with their stars. Maybe a high hit to the head on Panarin .. and watching him being taken off the ice might wake up some people. Rempe has proven the NHL is not serious, so let'er roll. On the subject of Rempe … a low check to the knees might be what is needed to teach him a solid lesson, and all the Devils could wave to him as he is being wheeled off the ice. I wonder if he'd think that is as funny.
What's Rempe trying to prove? Does he think he's the reincarnation of Bill 'Goldie' Goldthorpe?
Sidenote: I very briefly met this guy back in the 70's when I was 18. That was one scary and quite possibly, a crazy effin dude.
Dumbest rule in the book. NHL needs to get rid of 46.7
This. Is. Hockey.
LGR 💪
if you dont like rampe then you must hate hockey. you clearly never lived through the 80s and 90s hockey. you were either tough or you didnt last long. enforcers used to be the heroes of hockey fans.
Rempes a clown. I doubt his team mates liked the hit to the head last game with Jersey. I hope the older guys on the team chewed him out after. Guys a liability. This isn't the 70's anymore. Be interesting to see how many minutes he gets in the Playoffs
Meh only losing by one ain't bad when you're running four defensemen – two of which are rookies. This wasn't gonna be the year from the moment Fitz didn't get help once Dougie went down
The announcer is actually incorrect… the line brawl at the Garden during the series against WAS in May of 2021 (which was fueled by Tom Wilson not being suspended for ending Artemi Panarin's season in the previous meeting) was actually the fastest. Official box score has that one at :01 into the game. And the gloves were literally coming off as the puck was still falling from the refs hand.
LGR!!
Thank trouba for this teaching
I’m not sure why NYR need Rempe. They’re a great team without him, and the only thing he adds is penalty minutes, cheap shots, and bad fights.
I think he’ll be a new Todd Bertuzzi in the sense that he’ll seriously hurt someone for no reason.
I don’t like him in the NHL whatsoever.
Witnessed greatness.
Nice to watch hockey after that sluggish start. Bratt is so good
No one messes with the rangers
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This reminds me of 90s Wings vs Avs.
Bunch of dudes smashing their hands on visors… lame 😂😂
We witnessed 10 guys pretending to fight. Short night for 8 of them with big paychecks.
Hell yea Dermy! As an Avs fan, I miss him
Hopefully this comes back to bite the Rangers in a big way. With the rest of the players tired out from having to compensate for lack of players, let's see them one and done in the playoffs.
I personally think one of the problems is the Rimpy is so tall and he doesn’t realize how low he needs to bend down to hit guys so he doesn’t keep hitting him in the head
I don’t know the guy personally but I don’t think he’s doing that on purpose because I play with guys that are just as tall as him and they tend to do the same thing and they get a lot of penalties for it and they forget that they need to bend down, so they’re not smashing people in the head especially people my size that are only 56