ForsbergForever
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Not a single Montreal 1st round pick between 2006-2018 resulted in a star player, and all were eventually given up on or traded away.
D David Reinbacher - EHC Kloten, NL (2023, 5th, MTL)
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FrankMTL
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The drafting/development in this organization was horrific for the good part of a decade...It really set this organization back a long time.
Carey Price was virtually the only reason this team wasn't a bottom dweller for a good chunk of those years.
Pavel Buchnevich
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He's still underrated, at the same time Montreal doesn't need another top 6 players under 6 foot. Sean Farrell is the type of player that I don't see in a bottom 6. Top 6 or bust type of player
Hockeyville USA
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He was until he wasn't. He got hyped a little too much last year. I saw the usual Canadiens Twitter folks hyping him up at a reasonable level prior to 2022-23.
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I've been very hyped on Farrell as he's got the high IQ and skill but he works hard and despite his lack of size he will go to the dirty areas. He was easily one of the best players in the NCAA last year and while he needed some time to adjust to the AHL, he was playing very good hockey though you can clearly see the lack of speed, skating, strength, mass, height are all issues for him.
He's been out with an injury so we'll see what happens when he gets back but he's going to see more NHL games that for sure, right now he needs to focus on just trying to mature physically as the quicker he can get, the stronger he can get is only going to help him as he knows what to do with the puck when he has it and can get it to you but there's a lot of work yet to be done.
He's been out with an injury so we'll see what happens when he gets back but he's going to see more NHL games that for sure, right now he needs to focus on just trying to mature physically as the quicker he can get, the stronger he can get is only going to help him as he knows what to do with the puck when he has it and can get it to you but there's a lot of work yet to be done.
SannywithoutCompy
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I'd argue Pacioretty, McDonagh and Segachev fit the bill, although 2 were obviously traded away before they were stars.
I can count on 0 hands the amount of times I saw that
I don't have a clue about on these boards, but as a person living in the Quebec Province, that was a consistent topic of conversation with my Habs fans friends
That's very anecdotic because I've never heard anyone say that. Mete a generational defender, maybe I need some of the thing your friends are smockingI don't have a clue about on these boards, but as a person living in the Quebec Province, that was a consistent topic of conversation with my Habs fans friends
Makar wasn't generational yet. Makar wasn't in the NHL then while Mete was as a 19 years old. It was not an isolated opinion.That's very anecdotic because I've never heard anyone say that. Mete a generational defender, maybe I need some of the thing your friends are smocking
The Gr8 Dane
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I don't understand why habs fans defend the fanbase when somebody says *I've seen habs fans say Y about X player/prospect*
We are the biggest hockey fanbase in the world and the majority of hockey fans are casuals who don't follow other teams of course there are people saying absolute nonsense all the time.
You know dam well those posters really did hear people say Mete>Makar or other examples of nonsense Because living in Montreal I know dam well my friends who don't follow other NHL hockey have all of these ridiculous takes that posters of other fanbases would laugh at all day, I know I laugh at them all day.
We are the biggest hockey fanbase in the world and the majority of hockey fans are casuals who don't follow other teams of course there are people saying absolute nonsense all the time.
You know dam well those posters really did hear people say Mete>Makar or other examples of nonsense
Because living in Montreal I know dam well my friends who don't follow other NHL hockey have all of these ridiculous takes that posters of other fanbases would laugh at all day, I know I laugh at them all day.
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viceroy
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Yeah but some dudes just can't. I remember back in the day with Louis Leblanc, they said he was tacking on mass and I remember they listed him for a spell at 202lbs. I met the guy at some hotel, he wasn't 202 or 192 maybe 182 at most. Dude was skinny, not rangy, just skinny.
Shenanigans.
CristianoRonaldo
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Is Montreal the only team where the local fans UNDERRATE their prospects? Every other team over rates them, but for years I periodically find myself arguing with MTL fans about how their prospects are better than they're able to acknowledge at the time. But they always come around.
Ptsd from years of bad drafting...
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BerthMania
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Not a good season at all, but it might not be totally his fault. His team is a shit show and it might be asking too much of a defensive defensemen to cause his team to be better. I think if he was in a better environment (lets hope Laval as soon as possible) his season might have been different. So I will suspend my judgment on Reinbacher until I see him a couple of weeks in Laval.
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His team was bad last year but Laval isn't much better as they are currently tied for 25th OA out of 32 teams by win % and have been mostly terrible defensively all year though Reinbacher would adjust easily since his NL team ended the year as the worst defensive team in the league in GA and Laval has been the worst defensive team in the AHL in GA.
Flyers fan here. Kept a close eye on Reichbacher last year given where PHI was picking. Really liked Reichbacher, had him 8th on my personal list and think he has the chance to be a good 2/3 dman.
From an outside perspective didn’t really have a good year. Both team wise and personally for himself. Montreal fans, am I in the right ballpark with that assessment?
From an outside perspective didn’t really have a good year. Both team wise and personally for himself. Montreal fans, am I in the right ballpark with that assessment?
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He doesn't have a single goal all season against a goalie, that alone kind of sums of the season he's had as that's never what you want to hear from a 5th OA pick unless it's a goalie prospect of course.
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It's almost impossible to score goals as a defenseman playing for Kloten these days. The only Kloten defenseman with more goals than Reinbacher is Nicholas Steiner who scored a whopping 3. Tells you everything you need to know.
Artaud
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I get that Kloten sucks, but a true blue chip prospect should rise above a poor situation.
SlafySZN
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At least Reinbacher was extremely young for his draft year, so there should definitely be more upside there than you might think at first glance.
Disappointing D+1 but it'll be much easier to watch him play in NA and form a better opinion. Dumping on a top Habs pick because some early disappointing play has already proven to be dumb.
