Prospect Info: David Reinbacher

[CaptainKirk]

Price was held at gunpoint. Couldn't even bring himself to say the name.

“You want me to say his second name? That’s an extra $50. I’m not joking, I’ll just stand there.”

 

[Vachon23]

If we're daydreaming, its more like:

Hutson-Reinbacher
Guhle-Barron
2 of Xhekaj, Harris, Mailloux, Engstrom, etc.

I like Guhle, but both Hutson and Reinbacher have massive upside. More upside than Guhle.

One thing is for sure, Montreal has one of the best prospect/young NHLer groups in the league.

Good news, nothing is more important then a big solid top 4

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Shocked that we went with a blueliner. Wanted Mich. Would've made the Nashvile trade for Askarov and the picks.

All that being said... I hope this guy is a stud for us. I hope we look back on this as a great decision.

Welcome to the team!

 

[Guy Larose]

Expectations are one thing. Being completely clueless and passing on a generational talent is something else.

Lets wait and see how that turns out, shall we. I hear a bunch of these comments at every draft and every trade, then people come back with "I guess I'll eat crow" as if it validates them for acting like a big baby the first time around.

 

[hockeyguy2022]

a whole year gone to get a second pairing dman or possibly third pair even yikes

Next year is the year we needed to go for defense. This year was all about the forwards. The one thing they didn't need to screw up, and they did. Hughes has got to go. We have seen enough.

 

[sansabri]

So I assume we rush him right into the NHL next season?

he's coming on his D+2

 

[NicRattlehead]

Reinbacher is a legitimate BPA at 5 for a team that does not want to pick Michkov.

I had him at 6.

As a NFL fan I get that every pick can’t be sexy (Offensive linemen are not exciting) but this just seems extremely safe. A solid defensemen. Not a guy with crazy skating ability, offensive skill, paired with defensive ability. All I’ve heard is he’s solid. Is that really the 5th best player in this draft? If so does this draft just suck.

I’m not an expert by any stretch. I could be way off base.

 

[Bacchus1]

This is huge. If he is excited to play for the Habs, then that is gold!

 

[Adam Michaels]

Awesome prediction. There's actually just 17 d-men that did that last year INCLUDING Mike Matheson. Which makes me believe that racking minutes doesn't mean you have a winning team....

Having the right guys eating big minutes is what winning teams have.

 

[Garo]

Always draft BPA. Reinbacher was not it. If they weren’t going with Michkov then I would have traded down or took Leonard

What makes Leonard more of the BPA, though? I don't get what he has that is so clearly over Reinbacher.

 

[Seb]

In the Swiss league, among U-19 players of all time, Reinbacher is 9th all time.

He's second among defensemen all time with 22 pts in 46 GP. Only other 18-year old D who is ahead of him in that league all time is Roman Josi, who had 24 pts in 42 GP.

In Josi's case it was his D+1. In his D year he had 8 pts in 35.

 

[Hullois]

Pass on a possible all star winger for a sure thing top 4 D that could be a #1RHD. It is what it is. I would have drafted Michkov but I understand their decision.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Habs were impressed when they found out Reinbacher wasn't willing to bomb his teammates.

 

[The Great Weal]

Simashev going 6 and Willander to the Canucks should show everyone how much defenders are valued. If you want a good one, you have to draft him high.

Ya clearly we should follow the Arizona Coyotes' strategy, they clearly know what they are doing

 

[le_sean]

a whole year gone to get a second pairing dman or possibly third pair even yikes

We had an even worse year and picked a guy who is going into his 9th team at 3rd overall.

 

[Habricot]

I had a feeling they woud only draft michcov if they managed to get Dubois. But i am quite happy leaving the first day with Newhook and Reinbacher

 

[red devil]

 

[MarkovsKnee]

People should go re-read the Price draft thread. Same disgust can be found there too.

Reinbacher isn't nearly as bad as people here seem to think.

It's disappointing only because it's a "team building" pick and not a wildly offensive player pick.

He's a REALLY good player.

 

[didimentionlarseller]

Next year is the year we needed to go for defense. This year was all about the forwards. The one thing they didn't need to screw up, and they did. Hughes has got to go. We have seen enough.

after having to endure Bergevin so long I just have 0 confidence in our drafting or development - that wont really change until we start hitting on some picks but id say we are 0/2 so far in the last two years and thats with a 1st pick and a 5th

get ready for a long extended period of nothingness from this team imo

 

[Vachon23]

Awesome prediction. There's actually just 17 d-men that did that last year INCLUDING Mike Matheson. Which makes me believe that racking minutes doesn't mean you have a winning team....

Look at every team that have win a Stanley cup, they all had that big top 4 with a great #1 Dmen who can eat minutes

 

[le_sean]

Ya clearly we should follow the Arizona Coyotes' strategy, they clearly know what they are doing

Definitely what I said.

 

[River Meadow]

Hughes looking like a GENIUS to have traded 31 and 37 with all of the players that are falling.........

S M H

 

[jellybeans]

What a disaster the last 2 years these clowns aren't going to build us a stanley cup winner.

 

[Natey]

I had Honzek at 9. Someone told me he'd be available at 31 lol

 

[HabsCode]

Watch it be David Fischer No.2.

It's f***ing unbelievable, I swear complete madness, how this team cannot draft elite offensive talent in the top 5.

Thank god for smurf Caufield dropping to us at 15 in 2019, he is truly the only hope of this franchise to ever get a PPG player in the near future. The level of collective depression on this board without him would be unreal.