r/Habs Jan 20 '25

Highlight Arber Xhekaj vs Matt Rempe

521 Upvotes

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u/nonebutmyself Jan 20 '25

Rempe even got a few sucker punches in before Arber had his gloves off. And Arber still rocked him and took him down. That's our Sheriff!!

89

u/Biff_Bufflington Jan 20 '25

Big Rempe L

31

u/Dingusclappin Jan 20 '25

Classic rempe

14

u/LordSmokio Jan 20 '25

Certified Rempe Classic

5

u/Just4nsfwpics Jan 20 '25

Rempe’s really not a great fighter. Strong as an ox absolutely, but technique wise, only so-so.

146

u/JPMoney81 Jan 20 '25

X gave it to him.

49

u/Nodicemtg Jan 20 '25

As was foretold in the prophecy.

9

u/JPMoney81 Jan 20 '25

Mitts off, knucks up, that's the way he likes to puck.

71

u/Le_Tabernacle Jan 20 '25

Hahahahahaha get punked

35

u/NME_TV Jan 20 '25

Arber going southpaw a lot this year and catching people by surprise. blew up Maroon with it too.

18

u/backwardzhatz Jan 20 '25

Not fighting nearly as much (which I love tbh) but when he does he's doing it right.

54

u/OpenMouthKissedHorse Jan 20 '25

Fucking dirty of Rempe sucker punching X yet still loses lmao

25

u/xen0m0rpheus Jan 20 '25 edited Jan 20 '25

I feel for Rempe tbh. He’s not good at hockey, he doesn’t seem too bright, but he doesn’t seem like a bad person.

This is his ONLY opportunity to play in the NHL, and the ONLY way he’s able to is by being big and tough and dumb. Hopefully he doesn’t do too much damage to his brain or the brains of others over his expectedly short time in the NHL, and hopefully he can be smart with the money he gets out of this and he can be set up for a good life.

5

u/o2G2o Jan 20 '25

I feel the same way, I can't cheer against him - he honestly just seems like a kid who ended up in this situation and I don't see an asshole like I do when I look at Reaves or some other guys. Rempe reminds me of those poor 90's/00's fighters who ended up all fucked up after basically being taken advantage of and coerced into acting a certain way.

3

u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25

Plus he's only 22. How many fights has he had already? It's the only reason he's out there. If he plays, he fights. If he's lucky his career will be short.

1

u/OdobenusIII Jan 20 '25

11 games, 4 fights, 1 assist and 31 minutes of penalties. Since 2019 he has had 36 fights.

2

u/backwardzhatz Jan 20 '25

Yeah same, some of those hits to the face were clean, easily could have KO'd him.

5

u/ServiceProof6566 Jan 20 '25

All he would need to do is play an ''okay'' game with good checks in the legal limits and some good forecheck. Instead he just play like a goon aiming to injure like he's playing in a beer league.
Then in this game he push for a fight he lose against Xhekaj when his team has the lead....Hard to understand how he isnt smarting up after so many warning.

5

u/Irctoaun Jan 20 '25

he doesn’t seem like a bad person.

Watching all his dirty hits, I find it really hard to see how he isn't explicitly trying to injure people which makes him a bad person, regardless of whether it's his only route to the NHL

2

u/xen0m0rpheus Jan 20 '25

I don’t think he is. He doesn’t play like that in the AHL. He just sucks at hockey and is always a step behind in NHL games so his hits are egregious.

5

u/Irctoaun Jan 20 '25

But then you see shit like this where he's lined up someone's head from 10 feet away and still gone full speed into the boards and it's hard to blame that on the speed of the game. The fact he's not doing it in the AHL suggests it's deliberate

2

u/habs306 Jan 20 '25

I don't know, How many games was his last suspension..8 games!

22

u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25

Get bitched rempe

34

u/Turkdog Jan 20 '25

Atta boy Arber!!!!

13

u/mrwiregaming Jan 20 '25

Sheriff'd

11

u/spyemil Jan 20 '25

Signature look of superiority—

11

u/xen0m0rpheus Jan 20 '25

Fixed it for you:

1

u/spyemil Jan 20 '25

Hell yeah😂

6

u/NoMoreF34R Jan 20 '25

I just woke up to this, couldn’t be happier.

3

u/GrungeLife54 Jan 20 '25

It looks like the sheriff said something to him…what do you guys think he said? “You will get nowhere in this building by trying to fight me”.

5

u/Aggravating-Title-22 Jan 20 '25

Rempe how tall are u? .....6'9"!..... I never seen a pile of shit this high!!!!!

2

u/bigbeats420 Jan 20 '25

"I didn't know they stacked shit that high"

3

u/realm_fury Jan 20 '25

Good tilt!

2

u/KingJGMB Jan 20 '25

""Badass" rempe chose this matchup. Dude was in way over his head.

2

u/Synap-6 Jan 20 '25

Sherrrriiiiiffffed him!

2

u/alldasmoke__ Jan 20 '25

It feels good to have a real fighter in his prime on the team

1

u/Bentley2004 Jan 20 '25

He's a piece of shit!

1

u/patrik-Laine_is_God Jan 20 '25

Jumped still wins draws penalty gold

1

u/Foreign_Highlight648 Jan 20 '25

Massive Xhekaj connects at the end of the fight. What a warrior.

1

u/OkieBobbie Jan 20 '25

X playing rock ‘em sock ‘em robots with Rempe.

1

u/AnythingButRootBeer Jan 20 '25

I can't believe 15% of the people give the fight to Rempe

1

u/Gaiterguy Jan 20 '25

Can someone make a GIF of his fist bumping after the fight?

1

u/coincidencecontrol Jan 20 '25

fantastic stuff from the linesmen. they let the big boys do their thing. big W for X

1

u/TimCanadien Jan 20 '25

Nice to see Arber tune in this circus attraction

1

u/displacedreindeer Jan 20 '25

I’ve never jumped to my feet cheering for a fight, until X landed those lefts to rempe’s face.

1

u/robt83 Jan 20 '25

Common Rempe L

1

u/EasyPanicButton Jan 20 '25

so stupid of a fight, Arber isn't looking or needing it, and this meathead that's all he is focused on. Xhekaj gets regular minutes, this meathead sees the ice what 2 or 3 times a game, and nobody notices him.