D David Reinbacher - EHC Kloten, NL (2023, 5th, MTL)

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Do people realize this injury could happen to anyone? Like using it to build a narrative that they “should have drafted someone else” is just wild.

Perhaps they should have drafted someone else (which will take years to know for sure). But the fact that he got injured isn’t what should be pushing that narrative at all. Plenty of players have been drafted, injured and succeeded, the trick of course is you’ll have to wait and see if they can get back on track.
 

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I think this might have been one of the worst picks in NHL history considering who they passed.
Who is that, the most overrated prospect in nhl history?


Have a hard time to keep track of who you’re trolling with the hyperbole?
 

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Do people realize this injury could happen to anyone? Like using it to build a narrative that they “should have drafted someone else” is just wild.

Perhaps they should have drafted someone else (which will take years to know for sure). But the fact that he got injured isn’t what should be pushing that narrative at all. Plenty of players have been drafted, injured and succeeded, the trick of course is you’ll have to wait and see if they can get back on track.
Stop acting like the injury is the reason. He was an ill advised pick from day one and it has only gotten worse (he was terrible last year and clearly regressed), and many people feel/felt that way.

It isn’t even just Michkov; it’s the sheer amount of talent that was available - Michkov, Leonard, Dvorsky, Benson, Willander, But, Yager. Hell, even Simashev. For a team in MTL’s situation to pass on players like those for a safe low upside guy is nuts, and was from the start.

The injury is just the cherry on top, especially with his history and the fact that he injured himself on a routine play. He’s made of glass and never had high upside to begin with. You don’t draft those players high, not if you’re smart, and especially when there’s the kind of talent on the board that there was.

But hey, at least the apologists have an excuse forever now to muddy the waters whenever they need to.
 

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Awful news.. I thought he looked phenomenal in the Olympics qualifiers but not as good in the Montreal pre-season games.

So for me he definitely showed potential in the few games that I watched.
 
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Stop acting like the injury is the reason. He was an ill advised pick from day one and it has only gotten worse (he was terrible last year and clearly regressed), and many people feel/felt that way.

It isn’t even just Michkov; it’s the sheer amount of talent that was available - Michkov, Leonard, Dvorsky, Benson, Willander, But, Yager. Hell, even Simashev. For a team in MTL’s situation to pass on players like those for a safe low upside guy is nuts, and was from the start.

The injury is just the cherry on top, especially with his history and the fact that he injured himself on a routine play. He’s made of glass and never had high upside to begin with. You don’t draft those players high, not if you’re smart, and especially when there’s the kind of talent on the board that there was.

But hey, at least the apologists have an excuse forever now to muddy the waters whenever they need to.
Literally said you could say he isn’t the right pick, but the injury wouldn’t make sense as the thing to reference. Personally I would have also picked someone else, but not because of some injury that could have happened to anyone.
 
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Kiddo, half our boards wanted Michkov. But whatever floats your small boat.

But doesn’t that also mean that half your boards did not want Michkov?

I guess we can’t fully blame Montreal management for this horrendous pick when you just admitted than half your boards didn’t even want Michkov.
 
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Literally said you could say he isn’t the right pick, but the injury wouldn’t make sense as the thing to reference. Personally I would have also picked someone else, but not because of some injury that could have happened to anyone.
Even if that’s what people are doing, it’s completely fair to bring it up because he had a history of knee injuries already. It’s not the reason it was a bad pick, but another one among many.
 

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Even if that’s what people are doing, it’s completely fair to bring it up because he had a history of knee injuries already. It’s not the reason it was a bad pick, but another one among many.
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I only know about a birth defect (or kind of, I forgot about the name of it) that impacted him as a kid but I don't think he had knee injuries pre draft. To my knowledge they all came after the draft and I don't think they're related to the birth defect (or whatever it is) either. This is not something the Canadiens could have anticipated at the draft. It's either just bad luck or one of his previous knee injuries wasn't treated or cured the right way.
 

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Sad injury, wish him the best in his recovery, poor dude takes so much hate for shit thats out of his control. Hope he recovers fully, crazy it looked like such an innocent play but it can happen to anybody, unlucky. And anyone here talking shit about draft spots and overall about a kid that just got injured is ridiculous, think how idiotic that is and stop.
 

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Stop acting like the injury is the reason. He was an ill advised pick from day one and it has only gotten worse (he was terrible last year and clearly regressed), and many people feel/felt that way.

It isn’t even just Michkov; it’s the sheer amount of talent that was available - Michkov, Leonard, Dvorsky, Benson, Willander, But, Yager. Hell, even Simashev. For a team in MTL’s situation to pass on players like those for a safe low upside guy is nuts, and was from the start.

The injury is just the cherry on top, especially with his history and the fact that he injured himself on a routine play. He’s made of glass and never had high upside to begin with. You don’t draft those players high, not if you’re smart, and especially when there’s the kind of talent on the board that there was.

But hey, at least the apologists have an excuse forever now to muddy the waters whenever they need to.
I've been a huge fan of Hughes and what he's done so far. I wanted michkov but reinbacher pick grew on me.

Anyways now that I've actually had the chance to see michkov play alot more, the reinbacher pick is starting to sting a lot. Not saying he will never be a cornerstone D for us, but so far he hasn't shown much to believe he will become that. And these knee injuries are killing his development right now.

And then on the other hand, michkov looks unreal.....
 
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I only know about a birth defect (or kind of, I forgot about the name of it) that impacted him as a kid but I don't think he had knee injuries pre draft. To my knowledge they all came after the draft and I don't think they're related to the birth defect (or whatever it is) either. This is not something the Canadiens could have anticipated at the draft. It's either just bad luck or one of his previous knee injuries wasn't treated or cured the right way.
Osgood schlatters iirc
My brother and i both had it
It’s basically visible growing pains on your knees
 

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Osgood schlatters iirc
My brother and i both had it
It’s basically visible growing pains on your knees
Ah yeah. I think that's what it is. I actually have something similar.

Anyway, that's not a "knee injury" and not something that would necessarily lead other knee injuries either. So I don't think you can blame the Habs. They couldn't possibly have anticipated Reichenbacher's knee problems. It's most certainly just bad luck.
 

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Ah yeah. I think that's what it is. I actually have something similar.

Anyway, that's not a "knee injury" and not something that would necessarily lead other knee injuries either. So I don't think you can blame the Habs. They couldn't possibly have anticipated Reichenbacher's knee problems. It's most certainly just bad luck.
yup. bad luck at the worst time.
 
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Osgood schlatters iirc
My brother and i both had it
It’s basically visible growing pains on your knees
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I only know about a birth defect (or kind of, I forgot about the name of it) that impacted him as a kid but I don't think he had knee injuries pre draft. To my knowledge they all came after the draft and I don't think they're related to the birth defect (or whatever it is) either. This is not something the Canadiens could have anticipated at the draft. It's either just bad luck or one of his previous knee injuries wasn't treated or cured the right way.



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seems like fake news
 

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Like I said. I forgot exactly what it was he had. I only know that he did have knee problems based on some kind of a birth defect. He didn't have a knee injury pre draft though. At least not that I know of. I don't pretend to know everything about his life but I don't think there were any concerns about his knees at the draft. Whatsoever.
 
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Like I said. I forgot exactly what it was he had. I only know that he did have knee problems based on some kind of a birth defect. He didn't have a knee injury pre draft though. At least not that I know of. I don't pretend to know everything about his life but I don't think there were any concerns about his knees at the draft. Whatsoever.

yeah sorry i wasn't being snippy if it came off that way. I just saw it mentioned in a bunch of places and remembered seeing that cloutier convo yesterday.
 

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yeah sorry i wasn't being snippy if it came off that way. I just saw it mentioned in a bunch of places and remembered seeing that cloutier convo yesterday.
No worries. I only responded to a post accusing the Habs of drafting a player with a history of knee injuries. I believe there was some kind of a knee condition (you may very well be right about it not being Osgood Schlatter) but I don't think it was anything that could have caused those injuries he had post draft and I don't think he had any knee injuries pre draft either.
 

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