Matt Rempe, released from press box by Pete Laviolette was reunited with Jimmy Vesey and Barclay Goodrow on the New York Rangers fourth line.
The New Elbow-less Matt Rempe Era is here in all its splendor.
Now -- as we all know -- eras come and go but this Man Mountain Mania is here to stay. "Mostly," says one NHL scout, "because Rempe wants to stay."
Proof positive was available last night in The Land Of Funny Talk, "TD Gahden," (Translated from the native Massachusetts language, it means Garden.)
Master Rempe -- released from press box servitude by Warden Pete Laviolette -- was reunited with Jimmy Vesey and Barclay Goodrow.
It was abundantly clear that management had ordered Man Mountain Matt to stash his elbows in some Safe Deposit Box at TD Bank and play some NHL hockey.
"Rempe used his body and played the game at high speed," The Scout went on"And except for a goal against, they played a solid game, forcing the Bruins to be on their toes. They played an excellent game."
Between Rempe's bull-in-a-China Shop forechecking and the chip-and-chase version of puck-ping-pong played by Vesey-Goodrow, the unit excelled down low with exquisite chemistry.
The Maven's Thought-Recording Machine reveals that Rempe lent coach Laviolette his ear and the conversation went like this:
"Matt, pal, we all know you can fight. We all know that your elbows are like pile-drivers and I know that you can score and do all the other things that will win us games. JUST PLAY HOCKEY AND STAY OUT OF TROUBLE."
Had you seen the game last night at "The Gahden Of Nightmares" you would have comprehended that the four missed -- as in suspension -- games gave Rempe enough time to think.
And as The Maven's Thought Recording Machine revealed, Young Matt thought to himself, "I get it. I GET IT!"
Aren't we all lucky to be eyewitnesses to this New, Elbowless Rempe Era.
So let's hail it the right way with one chorus of the New Matt Mantra -- with a one, and a two and a three: I GET IT; I GET IT!
Now watch, tomorrow night -- heaven help them -- the Panthers will get it. Pow! right in the "kisser." (Only kidding; only kidding!)