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Prospect Info: David Reinbacher - Laval Rocket edition
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BenchBrawl
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That is an unfortunate habit of this board: someone shares an asinine hottake and it spawns a huge avalanche of contradictory statements with the hottaker doubling down; someone says something normal and it gets likes and maybe 1-2 answers. As a board we have to learn to ignore hottakes, and instead just leave a laughing imoji.
Reinbacher is quietly having himself a solid playoff run. The Habs knew what they were doing when the drafted him.
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I really love to see that people are opening their eyes about Reino. Also pointing toward the fact that scouts were right about him. One day, maybe fans are going to say that both draft scouting and the development team (and the medical team) were where Habs should have focused instead of trying to hit a home run. Now we finally have all that, and our kids look even better.
Reinbacher's spot in the NHL is there to take for next season.
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In this case, it's not because they are impatient. It's because of effing Michkov.
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I feel like the Michkov drama died down when we got Demidov , and the drama was replaced by injury worries. Nice to see him play
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Maybe, but my impression is that these injury worries are put forward mostly by people who disliked the pick. An additional argument, like.
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And that’s why I wouldn’t write Justin Barron off. He has all the tools and is still really young. He might well carve himself out a good career.
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It did temporarily but the Michkovians wait for any chance to raise the decibel level. But these are the people who will criticize anything. Turn on players they backed. Invent narratives that the alternative that's doing better is what they would have done and advocated for.
Yeah with Demidov in the fold Michkov talk will go away especially after Reinbacher establishes himself as a top pairing Dman.
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The moment RB has difficulties they will be here in force. Book it.
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People continued to question the Price pick for a decade or more, arguing that the Habs should have taken Kopitar. Sometimes we get posts here saying that the Habs made a mistake drafting Doug Wickenheiser.
A lot of posters love to revisit old draft picks.
A lot of posters love to revisit old draft picks.
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People here also assumed that after taking Fischer over Giroux, taking Pacioretty over Perron was a huge mistake. Pacioretty then had 5 30+ goal seasons with strong two way play and was subsequently traded for Suzuki++.
Its ok to just not make conclusions too quickly as fans.
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Years long arguments over Pacioretty/Perron was pretty insane.
If the Habs took Perron they go back to back in 08 and 09 and Sergei K. goes into the HHOF next year.
If the Habs took Perron they go back to back in 08 and 09 and Sergei K. goes into the HHOF next year.
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Everybody seems to pencil him into the lineup, but given how little Reinbacher's played this season, I think it would be a good thing if Mailloux takes the RD spot with a great camp. Reinbacher is not overripe for the AHL, and having strong competition to beat is what drives hunger and improvement.
Pretty sure that whomever shows better NHL readiness at camp/preseason will be the one to make the opening day roster (assuming there is a RD spot open).
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The reason for that is there was a decent chance he makes the team this year without the injury.
The injury concerns are legitimate and not put forward by haters only.
He did miss half the season and even when he came back, had stretches where he wouldn't play for weeks. He was a part time hockey player.
Those are facts it's perfectly fine to have concerns with it.
Whitesnake
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Thing though is this..when the draft happens...it,s obviously too soon. When we are 5 years-7 years past it....why do we revisit old draft picks?
In what job do you have the luxury to always be excused because of how unexact the science is AND NEVER be subject to revisiting your past moves to assess how good you are/were?
you have to think that even amongst teams, some scouts are being let go 'cause at one point, their job is being reviewed.
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Whitesnake
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Who is picked is the Head scout job. Who he's traded for is the GM. For example, let say we pick David Fischer...and the guy is a dud. That's on the scouting team. But let say our GM is able to find an even worst GM than him, and trades Fischer for a good player...it doesn't make Fischer a great pick. It makes the trade a great trade.
As far as your example is concerned....Fischer for Giroux..of course. Not a lot of people though use Pacioretty for Perron as a proof of bad pick. If so, that's bad faith. Even me I don't use that....lollll
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We did not see the same game at all......but it's fine. To each their own interpretation. A lot of fumbles, not reacting the best way under pressure...that play where he starts on his own blue line to finish behind his own net to try to avoid pressure...and STILL lose the puck was a really really bad play. But he is at the age he is at. But hey, true that it takes a longer time to develop. See Simon freakin Benoit.....Thing is....will he be ready when THE TEAM is ready? And disregarding who was taken at that rank, is he a typical top 5 pick.
Yes, it's always tough when you prefer other players instead of the one that is being taken. But for me, let say a guy liek Buium would have been avaiable and from the same draft, EVEN if i would have still preferred Michkov or maybe even Leonard, I would see the ELITE qualities that Buium brings. And would be able to judge Buium for what he is.
David for me, at best, could develop into a safe No 4 d-man. With limited offensive upside. But Good pk'er and safe minute eater. You need those guys. But even if he is that....he has WAYS to go in my opinion. Which is also normal due to the time he missed. I really don't see how he is envisioned in a NHL lineup in September. Don't agree with that but that's just my opinion.
A guy like Mailloux who I wasn't a fan of either and thought he might have a greater value in a trade...looks way more capable of getting that opening. And frankly, David would need an insane preseason and Mailloux a tough one to be able to surpass him.
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