Prospect Info: David Reinbacher - Get Well Soon Edition

[Lafleurs Guy]

Knee injuries, as well as knee operations, are so damn hard to really assess. While the timeline to getting back on the ice, getting back in the games, like it can all be projected pretty accurately, BUT to know when the player is back to his former (or close to it) ability is just.. not as easy.

Ive had a few knee dislocations, and knee operations, and luckily in the long run my last operation had awesome effect. In the short run it was the opposite, i.e. the focus was so much on stability that the knee lacked so much in the mobility side for the longest time.

My operating surgeon was "only" Aki Hintsa (one of the best ever in Finland, he was used also by F1 teams and Barcelona (football)).. and the NHL guys will have the best ones available. But its imo, from personal experience and from following these rehabs of NHL-guys, its a waiting game. One just hopes they can get back to normal physically AND mentally, that they dont start to fear situations unnecessarily.

I hope this kid gets back and can get back on track and can deliver already from the start of next season.

We saw what happened with Kirby Dach this year. Need to give him lots of time to find his game.

 

[montreal]

We saw what happened with Kirby Dach this year. Need to give him lots of time to find his game.

Caufield last year with the shoulder, some fans were saying crazy shit but what else is new.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Let alone go underneath one.

Just after seing a black cat.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

We saw what happened with Kirby Dach this year. Need to give him lots of time to find his game.

It's not the best situation, it's concerning but not the end of the world. It's a pause of more or less 10 months in his developpment, he'll be fine when he will come to the nhl level. He'll be the perfect partner of Hutson.
Amen.

 

[Bombshell11]

You would think this guy will be the perfect partner for Hutson once he is ready.

Nothing guarantees that

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

It's not the best situation, it's concerning but not the end of the world. It's a pause of more or less 10 months in his developpment, he'll be fine when he will come to the nhl level. He'll be the perfect partner of Hutson.
Amen.

It’s a pause of more than that unfortunately. First he has to recover. Then he has to find his game. That’s going to take a while.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Caufield last year with the shoulder, some fans were saying crazy shit but what else is new.

Yep.

I don’t know what it is. It’s like some people need to draw a conclusion on a player before he’s even hit his prime. People are now doing this with Slafkovsky. It’s ridiculous.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

It’s a pause of more than that unfortunately. First he has to recover. Then he has to find his game. That’s going to take a while.

Yes, so 10 months is a low number after taking into consideration what you say. But what matters also (and it's different from an indivudual from another) is when he gets to his shape/game, he doesn't regress or have slowdown in his progression. If he can have a good progression curve, he'll end up being a very useful player. He was highy regarded by many teams at the time.