[Masters] Ryan Reaves on last season with Leafs: “Just a lack of trust very early … I had one bad game & was out of the lineup for 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 games. I’d come back in, have a good game, but taken right back out. I really could never gain any momentum …”
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He bilked the organization out of millions to play like garbage, wish he could shut the hell up and leave with a shred of dignity. Unfortunately he’s too much of a scumbag for that
Ya that’s the role of the 13th forward who’s not very good. Zero accountability lol
Are these “good games” in the room with us?
dude just needs to be quiet and accept that he didn’t play/fight up to expectations. seems like a nice guy, but I think it’s beneficial for both sides to move on.
Obviously frustrating for him not getting to play but sounds like maybe he didn’t want to be here towards the end. Maybe not as impactful in the room as we thought
And this was the guy brought in for his leadership vibes
He had zero good games
Yeah the fighter that didn’t ever fight is talking about having a good game
Lol, you had a good game Ryan? When was that again. See ya.
As someone who was genuinely okay (if not particularly thrilled) with the signing when it happened. . . *dude*.
Reaves is not an NHL calibre player at this point, and if he isn’t literally throwing punches on the ice, he really has no place.
He isn’t good. That’s is the start and end of it. We had a team with better depth. It was a bad signing
Didn’t drop them when he was in the lineup nearly enough
Holy crap what a cry baby. We brought him here to fight and he didn’t fight. So fuck off.
Unfortunately he’s simply not effective anymore. Berube saw it and scratched him. I imagine we’ll see the same in San Jose. Dude is getting older and slower and it’s not like he was a speed demon to begin with.
Reeves in his 20’s was a better player. Age caught up to him and like most enforcers late in their career he wasn’t fighting either.
Lol you were ass Reavo that`s why you weren’t playing bro
Half the people on this subreddit were claiming Reaves should be put into the lineup in the playoffs so he’s not the only delusional one here lol
Man is washed as all hell and probably the slowest skater in the entire NHL at this point, it’s great to even get a likely AHL player/8th D back for him
Man was brought in to do one job, doesn’t do it, and then complains that he doesn’t get playtime when he doesn’t do his job.
The dude played in nearly half the games as an almost-40 one dimensional tough guy who doesn’t fight anymore. I’d say he got a pretty good look all things considered
Ryan Reaves “good” game: 8 mins TOI, 2 hits, 0 shots, 0 PIMs -1
So weird they couldn’t find a regular spot for the fighter that doesn’t fight
I liked the part where he would rub guys out well behind the play because that was the only useful hitting he was doing. His good games must have been graded on a scale
Could’ve at least elbowed Sam Bennett in a parking lot or something productive
He’s a competitive guy and he was asked a question about why his season wasn’t good. He didn’t play well, but what do you want him to say? “I’m old and I suck and Toronto was smart not to play me and San Jose would be smart not to play me”? He’s not obligated to shit on himself as a player to appease the fanbase he used to play for.
Wouldn’t say lack of trust.
Between me and him we had 0 goals and 2 assists last season.
23/24 for instance, he had 17 games with a negative +/-, 5 with a positive one. This season, 4 with a positive +/- and 6 with a negative.
The team needed more than that. His main job was to be a body that would stop other teams guys from elbowing a goalie, injuring our players and doing all that, but he didn’t do that very often.
The fighter wouldn’t fight and wasn’t good at anything else had a good game? Good riddance
Reaves is completely washed and offers nothing to any NHL team at this point, he barely even fights now.
Leave it before it leaves you bro.
He’s an enforcer that stopped fighting. Nothing left to say other than that.
Are the good games in the room with us right now?
alright bud go be effective on a basement team
Dude pranks like he skates: https://youtu.be/XCIzLJCpyc0?si=NHeCyPOL2wrTuzyy
I think the real problem was a lack of skills.
He should have been called up immediately after Bennet took out stolarz.
Another passenger eh
It’s tough because he’s an old school enforcer, but lacks hands or any kind of finish. Add that he’s slowed down and now he’s lost effectiveness. The opponent can easily avoid him because he’s getting like 5 minutes a night. If he can’t impact a game, why would you waste a spot on him.
Loved his character and energy, but it’s a good decision to move on.
After Bennett took out Stolarz I would have played Reeves the next game to wreck Babrovsky. Many of you won’t agree with that and I don’t give a fiddlers fuck. I’m old. I remember when the Leafs wouldn’t take shit from anyone. You give it you fucking got it. Berube should’ve remembered that. So what if they suspend Reeves for 58 games afterwards. Don’t care. That’s his ‘role’. Kill mother fuckers out there when he gets the tap.
Can’t believe people gaslit other people on here saying it was a great signing and that he would protect the leafs lol
Very complainy for a tough fella
Are the good games he had in the room with us now?
I mean he was fine, and had a role to fill, but also, where is the self awareness?
Still gonna miss ya, big guy
Does buddy realize he’s not good anymore?
Are the “good games” in the room with us right now? Can you point them out?
Enforcers are a nice idea but completely incompatible with the modern game, unless he was willing to be thrown into the DoPS volcano for taking off a skate and stabbing Bobrovsky with it, his existence in the lineup would do nothing to dissuade greasy shit against our stars and it’s become incredibly apparent that none of the dirty players in the league “answer the bell” against guys their own size, let alone the guy exclusively on the roster to hurt them.
It sucks but the answer to greasy shit is be tough enough to power through it, or to give it right back (and/or strike first). Almost all the dirtiest playoff players you can think of are in the depth chart’s top 6 and nobody’s fighting in the playoffs anymore
They don’t need a 1.35 million dollar DJ. Good call dump.