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

[Favster]

I think this might have been one of the worst picks in NHL history considering who they passed.

When I see posts like this I wonder why I come on this site every day. Give your head a shake buddy

 

[Bottomshelf]

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.

 

[Frank Drebin]

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?

Michkov vs Demidov

If Laine plays well in MTL, and the habs re-sign him, then the Reinbacher selection makes even more sense So you’re telling me the Habs picked Reinbacher over Michkov because they knew Laine was going to have to enter the player assistance program for the majority of the upcoming season so he...

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

 

[Garbageyuk]

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.

 

[TheDoldrums]

So bizarre. It really looked like a nothing play when it happened, but I guess something got caught and slightly twisted in the worst way.

 

[Jee]

Montreal fans will still tell you they made the right choice

Kiddo, half our boards wanted Michkov. But whatever floats your small boat.

 

[Pazucha]

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.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Hopefully he comes back strong

 

[Bottomshelf]

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.

 

[AvatarAang]

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.

 

[Garbageyuk]

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.

 

[Chainshot]

Hopefully he comes back strong

Thinking the same thing. Hope this is just something for him to overcome and he does so.

 

[Hinterland]

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.

Source?
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.