New Jersey Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald headed into the offseason on a mission.
That mission was to make the NJ Devils HEAVIER, EDGIER, MORE VIOLENT!
Fitz did just that with the acquisitions of Paul Cotter, Johnathan Kovacevic, Brenden Dillon and Stefan Noesen.
It came out in the media a couple days ago that New York Rangers pest Matt Rempe has been on-ice fight training with former NHL Heavyweight Enforcer Georges Laraque.
It looks like the Devils aren’t the only ones embracing the rough stuff.
THIS MEANS WAR!!
What do I make of all of this?
How does this impact the Hudson River Rivalry?
I discuss this all and more in this video.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
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Maybe he should be working on being a better hockey player
ahah "war"? you do realise that these men are paid millions and dont see you as "we" or "us"
chumps
Good for him but if he doesn’t learn to hit guys clean it doesn’t matter how good he gets at fighting he still wouldn’t last long in the league
Lets Hire Mike Tyson !!!
Oliwa!!!!! I saw an ad last year that he teaches a strength and conditioning class at the park by my house.
Macdermid will rock Rempe's world…again, next season. I'm really looking forward to the rivalry games with the rags.
Rempe's too easy to make fun of. Skating around with two black eyes. Healthy scratch against Florida.
I hope he trains hard all summer and still gets one-shotted first thing by McDermid.
My dad, a Rangers fan, hates Rempe….my dad knows the game is different now. Yeah fighting is not going anywhere anytime soon. However, Rempe took A LOT of careless penalties for cheap shot hits, and laughs about it. Rempe is more bad for the Rangers than good. He gets them into trouble with careless penalties, and then they're on the penalty kill. That being said, glad to see MacDermid is a perfect 5 for 5. I think Nico really needs to drop the gloves more though.I like Nico, but he's Swiss. It is required for every able bodied man between the ages of 18-45 to serve in the Swiss militia. Nico did serve, and I want to see him use some of that training to drop some pests! If he starts dropping the gloves, the rest of the team will follow. Also, #BringBradytoNJ
I saw mac manhandle Ryan reaves when he was still with Colorado so when I heard we traded for him I was very very happy.
Am I the only one who thinks it’s kind of pathetic a big giant man like rempe who’s gone out of his way to hurt peoples actually training like he needs help fighting like he was actually bullied or something? lol
This will be the only good thing I say about Purpleeyes. He brought the “Enforcer” type player back to the NHL. There are people who will fight, but not as frequent, plus he doesn’t care who it is. It’s seems to be his biggest role on the Rags, so he is a legitimate Enforcer. Kid fought so much coming into the league he had to be put on a leash. Props to him. Ok, f*** him and the rest of the Rags. Can’t wait to see MacDermid feed him so more knuckle sandwiches. Devils vs Rags 1st game should be one for the ages again. Round 2 Fight! Back in the day, a lot of Enforcers took boxing classes to be able to throw down. I’m not sure why he or anyone would take crap over that? As for the people that hate fighting in the NHL, they don’t seem to watch the game very well. It’s part of it, always has been and always will.
LGD 2024-2025!
This season, the Devils have more than 1 person who can beef up the security in McDermid, Dillon, and Kovacevic. Given the way this team got lit up I don't know any fan who would have an issue with this.
Yo Ace.. #BringBradyToNJ
Best fight era was late 70s with the broad street bullies. Anyway, I like hard nose heavy hitting hockey. I don't want it to turn into I went to the fights and a hockey game occurred.
Two things are for sure in this world… Taxes and Macdermid beating up Rempe once a year.
Do not brake for Rempe
Remember non-violence activists, the reason they fight in the NHL other than to police each other is to relieve some stress in more controlled ways. For 60 minutes, these guys are skating at 15-20 mph, hard-checking each other into the boards, and wielding a stick made out of wood, fiberglass, or carbon fiber. I know all professional sports are stressful, but especially with hockey, if you don't let the guys fight, there are many other much worse ways that they can take it out on each other, which can result in some tragically short careers. And best of all, it's fun to watch!
I personally think that Rempe is a scumbag who specializes in the cheap shot, hit from behind, style of physicality. That said, he has done one thing (possibly two) for the sport, he has put the Metro on notice, that EVERY team needs to have an enforcer on the roster, which leads to an overall more physical game. And Hopefully, that keeps the refs out of it more as players begin to enforce accountability on players.
While one side is leveling up their protagonist, we added some side bosses. I expect every game against the Rags this season to be one for the ages!
What we drinking for the live chat? lol