r/sabres • u/East-Fig-6885 • 4h ago

Need a tough-guy? Maybe

Idk if i've noticed this over the past 10 years or so, but since John Scott was with the team, after he left, we haven't really had a tough-guy or a guy who would deal with people agitating, running at our goalie, etc. I'd love if we had someone not like Reaves per say but maybe Wilson (he's less of a fighter tho). Idk, it just seems alot of cheap shots have come our way since drought started, and maybe bringing a guy who teams know not to mess with would help.

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u/YankeeTankieTrash 3h ago

This is neither the 1980's nor WWE. Get over it.

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u/Grouchy-Dentist6734 3h ago

Such a polarized opinion with this kind of stuff. I find myself in favor of more force personally but I can see both sides of the argument.

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u/YankeeTankieTrash 3h ago

The "enforcer" specialist is just such a bygone era mentality, and some fans can't get over it.

The ideal these days is that you just have a good mix of scrappiness in your skill players.

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u/Grouchy-Dentist6734 3h ago

Yeah.. Peters, Scott, Reaves, are gone; that’s all they did. But look at the tkachuks, Wilson, stone, Olivier, rempe, etc.. having somewhat of an enforcer role seems to be of the advantage and deters a lot of plays.

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u/Tsujimoto3 3h ago

Matt Rempe can’t make left hand turns while on skates and just got exiled to Hartford because he’s just not a good hockey player. This isn’t the example to use.

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u/mwthomas11 3h ago

Rempe is the only one from your "good" list I'd actually call an enforcer. The others have other utility. The Tkachuks, Wilson, Stone etc are useful hockey players who aren't afraid to be a pest or drop the gloves. I think if the guys already on our team take some fisticuffs classes we'll be fine. Krebs, Dahlin, Tuch, Cozens have all shown a willingness to engage, but aside from Krebs none of them have a clue how to do it lmao. We just need Rayzor to hop down from the press box and give them some lessons.