Recalled/Assigned: David Reinbacher Assigned to the Laval Rocket

[Gravity]

As much as I wanted Michkov, I still feel disgusted when I remember that people sent hate messages to a kid and his family

 

[Garo]

Reinbacher joins a team where the defence is involved in scoring, scores.

Can't explain that.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Honey - get the crow out of the freezer and start thawing it out.

 

[Gally11]

I thought he had an impressive first game all around. He looks like a player and is faster than I expected in a lot of areas of the ice. It’s only one game so we’ll see, but I’m excited to watch him live Sunday

 

[YukonCornelius 5thOA]

Boys! I went to a punk rock show instead so eh... tag me if this Reinbacher kid does cool shot, mmmkay??

Reinbacher has more AHL goals than that Michov kid.

Punk rock is always better than hockey.

 

[donghabs98]

As much as I wanted Michkov, I still feel disgusted when I remember that people sent hate messages to a kid and his family

A segment of our fans always find new lows. Like how Price was treated when he was young or when Slaf was first drafted. But the Reinbacher blowback was just shameful. He's our player and he's 18, who in their right mind would harass him.

 

[Whalers Fan]

On pace for 70-something goals. Next Orr?

Aka "the Ryan Poehling pace".

 

[Whitesnake]

If he comes real close to Noah Dobson.....it will be a win to say the least.

 

[FLHabs]

Couldn't catch the game, but I'm happy to hear he played well and already scored his first! Looking forward to the highlight package from @montreal hehe

 

[montreal]

Couldn't catch the game, but I'm happy to hear he played well and already scored his first! Looking forward to the highlight package from @montreal hehe

Reinbacher Goal - 14:37

 

[Hinterland]

I wonder if the Laval coaches specifically asked/encouraged Reinbacher to try stuff like this because he's not usually much of a dangler. Huge fan of the player myself but I have to say that that's not a classic Reinbacher goal.

 

[FLHabs]

Reinbacher Goal - 14:37

Ayyy you're the man!!!

 

[Redux91]

I thought he had an impressive first game all around. He looks like a player and is faster than I expected in a lot of areas of the ice.

Yeah players like him actually end up benefitting from going to smaller ice really lol, it's an added bonus , once he fully adjusts to it and matures more he'll be zippin all over the place

 

[abo9]

I remember Avtsin being compared to Ovechkin.

Why do we do this to ourselves?

This post reminded me of Olivier Archambeault - was watching the draft on RDS at the time and they were making outlandish projections as usual ("a first round talent in the 4th round" type stuff)

And upon looking him up I saw that hes still playing in Slovakia!

 

[Zilo44]

This post reminded me of Olivier Archambeault - was watching the draft on RDS at the time and they were making outlandish projections as usual ("a first round talent in the 4th round" type stuff)

And upon looking him up I saw that hes still playing in Slovakia!

Archambault is so damn talented though. He just isn’t focused enough on hockey but he was talented as hell

 

[FLHabs]

I had a feeling Reinbacher would look good on the smaller NA ice, he's such a smooth skater. Hopefully Laval makes a push for the playoffs!

Also seemed like Barron had a good game offensively, my guess is that he's feeling the pressure, but I like how he responded this game.

 

[KevSkillz4]

WoW, what a goal. He is going to shine on smaller ice. He looks like a stud.

I feel that he is going to have the same impact of a Noah Dobson, that's worth a top 5 selection, for sure.

 

[Runner77]

Couldn't catch the game, but I'm happy to hear he played well and already scored his first! Looking forward to the highlight package from @montreal hehe

As you should, as @montreal always delivers.

Here's a slowed down gif of Reinbacher's goal from a reverse angle.

 

[The Last Red]

Like, seriously?

 

[SlafySZN]

 

[jaffy27]

As much as I wanted Michkov, I still feel disgusted when I remember that people sent hate messages to a kid and his family

Remember when some in the arena were booing Slaf after he was drafted, they were pissed because they wanted Wright and his so far 1 NHL goal….….fun times

 

[jaffy27]

Feels like a David Fischer 2.0 to me.

Elaborate on the parallels between the 2….like get deep into it as I assume most here don’t share your view!

 

[FLHabs]

As you should, as @montreal always delivers.

Here's a slowed down gif of Reinbacher's goal from a reverse angle.

Moved the dman with his eyes just enough to open the space for the shot. You can see as soon as the dman bites Reinbacher decides to shoot, great angle. It's just one game, but exciting times ahead for sure.

 

[dinodebino]

Kid is big. Plays big. Great gap control, quick on the release, quick on the transition too. And again, looks big out there. Impressive first game.

Elaborate on the parallels between the 2….like get deep into it as I assume most here don’t share your view!

You will have to look veryyyyyyy deep.

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

It's so funny that that's the goal he scores in his first game lol.

I don't think he's shown anything close to that this year so far. In his draft year, I saw him score a few nice ones off the wrister but his hands have been a mixed bag though looking somewhat better of late.

Sure it's one game but he couldn't have scored a better goal to instil faith in his offensive potential. Even though the eye test was lacking at times with him, he's still a 19 year old playing in a men's league who was their #1 (as far as I know). That alone is impressive in itself.

If he can get the offensive game going in the bigs, he's going to be a huge addition to this team.
He may not start with the Habs next year but my guess is he plays his way onto the team at some point during the season.