Prospect Info: David Reinbacher

[Rapala]

No I can say that the heat Slafkovsky and Reinbacher got were much hotter than those guys.

And a lot less objective.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

You can call it 6"3 bud
Nobody says 6"2 and a half
And nobody cuts off an actual .5 of height to force him at 6"2 because you know , you cant
So just go with 6"3

People were saying he was 6’4”

 

[Next Best Thing]

People were saying he was 6’4”

He never seemed 6'4 those guys are usually lankier unless they weigh 230lbs and he never seemed that to me.

And I say this as a 6'4 person myself who even at 200 lbs I look skinny lol

 

[Tyson]

Man I feel bad for this kid, he will never get a fair shake with this fan base.

 

[Next Best Thing]

Man I feel bad for this kid, he will never get a fair shake with this fan base.

All that matters is what management thinks of him and all I kept hearing lately is how poised with the puck and impressed they are with his performance at camp. They're doubling down hard on this pick and I get it, he has all the tools to be a first pairing all-around D-man.

 

[Tyson]

All that matters is what management thinks of him and all I kept hearing lately is how poised with the puck and impressed they are with his performance at camp. They're doubling down hard on this pick and I get it, he has all the tools to be a first pairing all-around D-man.

I agree partly, I saw how Patrice Brisebois was treated and how it affected him. It's way more than management liking a player.

 

[Next Best Thing]

I agree partly, I saw how Patrice Brisebois was treated and how it affected him. It's way more than management liking a player.

All we gotta do is show a pic of BG disaproving on the jumbotron and silence them

 

[Tyson]

All we gotta do is show a pic of BG disaproving on the jumbotron and silence them

I appreciated when Gainey did that.
Patrice was at best a second pairing Dman often forced to play top pairing minutes, something he wasn't designed for. He played over a 1000 games.
Man the fans were hard on him

 

[Kennerback]

Slafkofsky had to fight through a lot of second guessing. I don’t think a single person still wants Wright over Slafkovsky (or I certainly hope not). Reinbacher has a much longer and tougher hill to climb. Ds take longer to develop and the 2023 draft was stronger.

With that said I think Reinbacher is a much better fit for the Habs today than the alternative. The only worthwhile argument left is could we have picked someone else at 5OA and flipped that player for someone better than Reinbacher today. Idk. In the end things worked out for the best.

 

[Leto]

All we gotta do is show a pic of BG disaproving on the jumbotron and silence them

Call it the ''Gutless Bastards Cam'' .

 

[lou4gehrig]

Man I feel bad for this kid, he will never get a fair shake with this fan base.

The fan base is huge. There's a lot of toxic, uneducated people as part of the fan base. Mostly logical and intelligent people want him to succeed and be pull a Slaf just to spite those negative people.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

So is the “Reinbacher is 6’4”” crowd going to acknowledge he’s listed at 6’2 per the latest Habs measurements?

um how dare you?

 

[Naslund]

So tired of the not-picking-Michkov hangover by some Habs fan on this board. Here's are our projected wingers next year on the top two lines:
Slaf
Caufield
Demidov
Laine

You want Michkov over any of these guys? A guy that does not seem to be particularly pleasant to start with, and who is 5'9" and not interested in playing defense?

We need a Reinbacher-type player, we don't need Michkov.

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837611168644399499

 

[yianik]

I appreciated when Gainey did that.
Patrice was at best a second pairing Dman often forced to play top pairing minutes, something he wasn't designed for. He played over a 1000 games.
Man the fans were hard on him

Well the fans see Brisbois bobble the puck at the blue line regularly that results in an odd man rush ( hence Breezeby ) and they react. Gainey stood up for him, shut the media down and said the team doesn't want fans who act like that to a player. Prior management didn't do that and should have because yeah, they failed at not getting top pair D and had to plug Brisbois into a bigger role than he had the ability for. So Breezer was a bulls eye.

 

[Tyson]

Well the fans see Brisbois bobble the puck at the blue line regularly that results in an odd man rush ( hence Breezeby ) and they react. Gainey stood up for him, shut the media down and said the team doesn't want fans who act like that to a player. Prior management didn't do that and should have because yeah, they failed at not getting top pair D and had to plug Brisbois into a bigger role than he had the ability for. So Breezer was a bulls eye.

For sure Brisebois had some defensive challenges.

 

[yianik]

For sure Brisebois had some defensive challenges.

Yep.

And Koivu would have produced more if he didn't have to put his 5 foot 10 body into the corners to dig out the puck since management rarely provided him with wingers he needed.

 

[Tyson]

Yep.

And Koivu would have produced more if he didn't have to put his 5 foot 10 body into the corners to dig out the puck since management rarely provided him with wingers he needed.

Things went downhill the day Corey fired Savard and hired unqualified people.

 

[Hinterland]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837611168644399499

That's a very good description of Reinbacher's game. First pass and processing are Reinbacher's biggest strengths. It allows him to turn defense into offense as fast as anybody in the game of hockey. I don't know if he's ever gonna be elite on the PP or PK but he's gonna be an absolute monster at even strength and create a ton of offense.

 

[Redux91]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837611168644399499

It's unreal how right of a coach we ended up getting for this whole thing

 

[Jaynki]

That's a very good description of Reinbacher's game. First pass and processing are Reinbacher's biggest strengths. It allows him to turn defense into offense as fast as anybody in the game of hockey. I don't know if he's ever gonna be elite on the PP or PK but he's gonna be an absolute monster at even strength and create a ton of offense.

He is gonna be a net-positive contributor at 5 on 5 playing a shitload of minutes against any competition. It can't be overstated how valuable that is.

Its irrelevant if he is flashy or not.

Matheson has done a 62 points season and he played 28min per game.

Was he a net-positive contributor ?

I think we fail to grasp how important Reinbacher can be.

 

[Mudz]

That's a very good description of Reinbacher's game. First pass and processing are Reinbacher's biggest strengths. It allows him to turn defense into offense as fast as anybody in the game of hockey. I don't know if he's ever gonna be elite on the PP or PK but he's gonna be an absolute monster at even strength and create a ton of offense.

I don't see why he wouldn't be a PK beast. That's the easiest for guys like him. He was on PK1 right away in Laval.

And I don't really care for the PP, that's Hutson's job.

 

[HuGort]

So tired of the not-picking-Michkov hangover by some Habs fan on this board. Here's are our projected wingers next year on the top two lines:
Slaf
Caufield
Demidov
Laine

You want Michkov over any of these guys? A guy that does not seem to be particularly pleasant to start with, and who is 5'9" and not interested in playing defense?

We need a Reinbacher-type player, we don't need Michkov.

Picked Reinbacher because of need and size. Likely the 3 year contract as Gorton seems to want to win ASAP . Reinbacher be here this season at some point. I imagine Both have outstanding careers. Habs been accused too small can't carry many more in playoffs. While right D valuable position.

 

[Hinterland]

I don't see why he wouldn't be a PK beast. That's the easiest for guys like him. He was on PK1 right away in Laval.

And I don't really care for the PP, that's Hutson's job.

I wouldn't read too much into that. Laval is the Habs farm. Coaches would probably risk their job if they refuse to give Habs top prospects special team ice time. Also, AHL isn't quite the same as NHL.

In Switzerland there have been many games where Reinbacher led the team in ice team despite playing no or very little special teams ice time. Reinbacher had four head coaches in Swiss pro hockey but none of them really relied on him for PK or PP despite leaning on him heavily at even strength.

Now in NA teams are usually dressing 6 defensemen (vs 8 in Europe) so obviously Reinbacher is gonna have to help out on PP and/or PK as well and I'm sure he's gonna be perfectly fine doing that. I'm just not sure he's ever gonna be elite in those situations. It's possible but I think he's gonna be a guy you primarily want on the ice at even strength for as much as possible.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I wouldn't read too much into that. Laval is the Habs farm. Coaches would probably risk their job if they refuse to give Habs top prospects special team ice time. Also, AHL isn't quite the same as NHL.

In Switzerland there have been many games where Reinbacher led the team in ice team despite playing no or very little special teams ice time. Reinbacher had four head coaches in Swiss pro hockey but none of them really relied on him for PK or PP despite leaning on him heavily at even strength.

Now in NA teams are usually dressing 6 defensemen (vs 8 in Europe) so obviously Reinbacher is gonna have to help out on PP and/or PK as well and I'm sure he's gonna be perfectly fine doing that. I'm just not sure he's ever gonna be elite in those situations. It's possible but I think he's gonna be a guy you primarily want on the ice at even strength for as much as possible.

He was immediately the best PKer on Laval when he joined. He will get plenty of PK minutes.