Even if you think he could have been “developed” better, he still was way too big of a project to consider at 3. Like basically everything needed to be “developed” lol. Strength, skating, balance, agility, puck skills, shot, etc etc
I don’t think he’s really athletic - he’s more of a Giguere style, big body, get in the way and let pucks hit him rather than actually athletically ‘making saves’
And with the 5th OA we draft….whoever this guy is sitting in row 213.So we went from Michkov, to Smith, to Benson, to Leonard, to Reinbacher, to Axel Sandin-Pellikka... By the time we reach the draft, we may have people argue that we should take Hrabal at #5.
Shane Wright doesn’t have that dawg in him. You can teach him to refine certain aspects in his game, but you can’t make him want it more than Slafkovsky. That type of stuff is natural. And Wright has shown it in two OHL playoffs and now an AHL playoff.
I wanted Mercer over Guhle, as non slick offensive D are so boring to draft…but you win with those guys. Our D core would be best in league in a couple years with Reinbacher I think.
I truly don’t even remember who that is lmao2018 NHL Entry Draft Thread (Less then 24 Hours Edition)
Ignoring the fact that Bergevin has made more than one firable offense, the firable offense would be to ignore the consensus in the war room and make the pick based on web based scouting services' rankings. If their clear #2 or #3 is there, pick him (regardless of what the media pundits and fans...forums.hfboards.com
Turns out he is, and then some.
I think that was a mental slip up actually, I said a few times how I thought Kotkaniemi was being overrated as people thought he was this years Elias Pettersson.
Very simply, this is a great example of why raw production can be misleading. I think your last couple of points explain your first two- Reinbacher was given more opportunity on his team. There are a million reasons for this. Watching Dvorskys league play, he was playing down the lineup and with beer league talent. He’d often see things that they couldn’t. Sometimes teams don’t play and trust their youngsters as Habs fans should know. Reinbacher on the other hand benefitted from greater usage as well as plenty of puck luck. I’d love for someone to compile a video of every point he had as most of his production was not coming from “great plays” from him, but rather great plays from others or a rebound etc etc
You asked about production, and I explained that. Not knocking Reinbacher for the minutes he got, but Dvorsky in a different situation could have been a lot more productive.
Why does he have to have those qualities? Ekblad doesn’t run the PP for the Panthers and he’s fine. Slavin for the Canes as well, but they are happy with him. I’d rather draft a defenceman that is elite 5v5, which is how 80% of the game is played. Add the fact he can be really good on the PK, that means elite 90% of the time.
I agree with this statement but I have to add that we are at year 1 of the HuGo revolution.
He has a lot of work ahead especially his defensive game and his skating but the rest is all at a very high level.
Completely agree, Reinbacher is a reach at 5 OA as in most drafts there are multiple dmen better than him and he is receiving some kind of weird boost in value by fans because he is the consensus top RHD available. He is not a top 10 pick in the vast majority of drafts imo, especially in a strong top ten such as this year's class.
I'm not saying reinbacher is comparable to his game but he's giving me soderstrom vibes circa 2019
