New York Rangers Fan Favourite Enforcers Turnaround Will Leave Critics Speechless During The 2025-26 Season
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New York Rangers fan favourite enforcer will need to reach high expectations throughout the 2025-26 season, as he faced a series of massive learning curves during last seasons campaign.
Matt Rempe always said he wanted to improve his game before the start of the 2024-25 season. Unfortunately, that didn't happen much as he found himself suspended for a large portion of the season, especially when he was suspended for 8 games after boarding Miro Heiskanen.
After being suspended for boarding defenseman Miro Heiskanen, and learning from his mistakes the hard way. He'd hear from his critics on "X", incessantly.
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For Rempe, he'd find a home on the fourth line and become part of the "Rempire Towers," a dynamic duo consisting of himself and Adam Edstrom.
The two would occupy space on the ice and use their size and strength to generate offense and cause terror in the opposition's end. Rempe would only play 42 games in the Rangers lineup and would score 8 points (3 G 5 A) and play an ATOI of 8:30 near the end of the year.
A sign he'd truly cleaned up his act, and was acting like the forward he's truly wanted to be his entire career. Leaving former head coach Peter Laviolette to acknowledge his growth:
"Huge. Huge growth for Remp. He's attacking the ice now with the puck. From our end, he's getting it with a little bit of speed underneath it before our blue line. He's attacking the neutral zone, he's going to the net, he's making plays, he's going through defenders. He played a heck of a game tonight... The growth has been visible for everybody, not just me, but everybody sees it that watches him play."
Peter Laviolette, April 2025
Peter Laviolette, April 2025
Rempe has continued to train with Chris Kreider and Jonathan Quick at Prentiss Hockey Performance in order to improve his game further.
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