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At 6-foot-2 and 225 pounds – and muscles like a tree trunk – you can’t call Ryan Reaves a small dude.

But going up against 6-foot-8 Matt Rempe? Puny. Miniscule.

All eyes were on the 37-year-old winger on Saturday night, with just about everyone expecting Reaves to drop the glove with the newest New York Rangers forward. Rempe has built a reputation for fighting just about everyone, while many in Leafs Nation were hoping to see

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