Arber Xhekaj Under Fire Following His Actions With Leafs Enforcer Ryan Reaves
Montreal Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj tried to mock Ryan Reaves but ended up not only embarrassing himself, but drawing the ire of several fans.
With his team jumping out to a 3-0 lead, Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj was asked to throw down by Leafs enforcer Ryan Reaves but declined and decided to mock him by pointing to the scoreboard as a way to say "we're already beating you up."
But Xhekaj must have felt like quite the fool when he looked to the scoreboard after 60 minutes. Toronto seven. Montreal three. With an explosion of offense and a complete team effort, the Leafs comfortably skated away with a victory over their rivals.
Reaves ended up with the last laugh, and now Xhekaj's actions have drawn the ire of the NHL world and is the perfect case of it ain't over 'til it's over.
Arber Xhekaj Is Getting Heavily Scrutinized For Actions Towards Ryan Reaves
Leave it to Xhekaj to do something so brazen, and it's safe to say that fans were not impressed with how the defenseman acted.
His actions aged like milk, and it may give Xhekaj pause if he decides he wanted to try and humiliate his opponents. He did lay in a massive hit to Reaves during the game but that seemed to be the only thing Xhekaj could do to make an impact.
Unfortunately for Reaves he was the only forward on the Maple Leafs to not register a point, however he did finish with an even plus/minus which can't be the same for Xhekaj who pushed his rating to -2 on the year.
This season, Reaves has zero goals, two assists and a minus-1 in 29 games; often used to bring extra physicality when Craig Berube needs it.
For Montreal, Xhekaj has one goal and four assists and a minus-2 in 42 games.
The next time these two clubs meet will be April 12, and while things may be much different by the time that date arrives, don't expect Reaves to forget what Xhekaj did and make sure to let him hear about it.
