Having a guy like this on your team makes everyone play harder and tougher. It is something this team has been missing for years. Having Reeves reminds me of when the leafs had Tie Domi nobody messed with our stars for fear of retribution.
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Question, if Reaves gets suspended at some point (lets be honest, pretty good chance between him and the sweater) can we afford to fill his spot or would we need to play short?
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Let’s observe the mastery of this Pro Goon.
First, he lays a devastating hit.
If not enough…..he lays a second devastating hit.
Whether legal hit (like against the Wild and the first Habs hit) or infraction (the second Habs hit)….Pro Goon Reaves DRAWS the instigator.
It’s hook, line, sinker.
Not going to get suspended for that. But players on the other team may be sitting on the bench nursing themselves for 10 minutes or in the penalty box for a 10 min instigator misconduct….. like we saw happen both games.
Watch and learn Leaf fans how real Pro Goonery is done. It’s new to us. And it’s fucking awesome to watch!
It’s been 2 games and we’ve played the tanking habs and the wild. Neither team is known for big time hits or fights. Can you people please relax a bit ?
I’d love to see a big time tone setting game from him against a TB or Boston or Florida that would sell me more. A scripted fight against Xhekaj (which he lost) and a fight against Foligno haven’t really moved the needle for me.
Honestly it’s so refreshing to see a tough guy actually stick to his tough guy game. Kyle Clifford was disappointing, Matt Martin was disappointing, to a lesser extent Simmonds was disappointing. Having a guy that actually lives up to his reputation since signing here is amazing and it’s working so far
Milk?
But don’t tell the analytics that. James Mirtle and Jonas Siegel have hated this signing since day one.
I said to my wife that with Reaves on the bench you won’t hear much from Maroon this game.
Leafs goals in the games BEFORE Reaves fights: 0 in about 19 minutes
Leafs goals in the games AFTER Reaves fights: 12 in about 106 minutes
Coincidence?
Keeps the flies off.
Doing this in game 2 of a season means nothing. Lets see how effective he is come playoffs. That’s all that matters.
I love how this opinion will flip flop 10+ times this year (as the prelevant opinion) based on if we are winning or losing.
You’re out of your mind if you think any agitators or dirty players in the league are saying “Sorry coach, I refuse to do what I’m paid millions of dollars for. I’m afraid I might need to fight Reeves for 7 seconds.” If it was true that 1 guy magically turns a team into a tough group who stands up for themselves that everyone’s afraid of, that guy would be demanding 10 million a year. We beat the Habs and the Wild, neither of which actually tried to goon it up with us the way playoff teams do.
Your experience in your beer league is not at all analogous to playing in a multi billion dollar sports entertainment business.
while i like reeves, we’ve always had a designated enforcer on the team since the kids joined. reeves is just another one in a long line. how far the team goes in the playoffs, however, will never come down to who their enforcer is
Dallas abused the hell out of Kaprizov in the playoffs and Reaves did nothing about it. Miiiight want to pump the brakes here.
Signing a 36 yo goon for 3 years over a million is stupid, and judging his impact after two games, two hits and two fights as positive is just as foolish.
Man he can lay some bone crushing hits
we are two games in, calm down
As long as he can continue to play his level of physicality, while also being (somewhat) sound defensively during his ~11minutes of ice time a night, this can be one of the best pickups for the Leafs.
He’s looked okay so far, despite a couple errors, as you’d imagine by 4th liners. The accidental icing last night comes to mind, where he cleared the puck a bit harder than he’d like to have.
All in all, I’m really exciting for this new look Leafs. All grit, don’t take shit.
I am looking forward to Thursdays game against the panthers. They got away with so much in that series. Its Reaves greatest opportunity to show that we are not the same leafs this year. Sam Bennet better have one eye on Reaves all game.
Second to that I hope he destroys Gudas when we play the ducks for the way he screamed in Will’s face.
Send those msgs, mark it as Urgent! And let the rest of the league know we got SNOT!
I remember when the only person on the leafs who was energizing the team and a threat to panthers was knies. And full on gooned him out of the series. That won’t happen anymore. Leaf’s are playing the game as it is. Not how they wish it was.
Leafs have needed this so bad.. glad to have Reeves
Game two.
Wow and everyone on this sub was bitching about signing this guy. All of a sudden he’s awesome? Okay Leafs reddit
Yup, the Habs and Wild didn’t lay a single hit after the fights.
Oh wait…
He’s doing what Simmonds was brought in to do. But unlike Simmonds, he is exactly succeeding.
For SO LONG I wanted a player like Reaves on our team so no one would mess with us. Now that he’s here, shamefully… I kinda want people to mess with us, because it will NOT end well for them and I’d like to SEE it.
Lol yes this guy gave the leafs swagger. Not Matthews popping off because his wrist healed and willy finding another gear.