There have been zero relevant data points so far to indicate whether or not Reinbacher will succeed in the NHL. It’s all trust.
Assessing a player is not either data points or trust.
The best player evaluators any sport use data as a support, not a source of their assessments.
Some people make assessments based on data and inputs and trends and others go by “vibes”. Sometimes the vibes types end up looking like the winners. Many such cases.
Lol. Sure, amongst those without a background in the field of performance development... Which, of course, is the majority of sport fans.
But there are competencies in athlete assessment that are more informative than data sets. Using data without those competencies is precisely where terrible player assessments show up the most.
Not my place to say what can and can’t be said here. I don’t even know what youre trying to say.
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I thought it obvious.
Last year, many posters couldn't understand or see the very obvious signs of performance progression (and limitations) of one of our top prospects. They relied heavily on the available data about his performance and shallow visual assessments of his play to feed a strong conviction that he was "being rushed", "had no or low hockey IQ", "was a terrible pick", "was/would be a bust".
This despite the experts closest to his progression and performance articulating very clearly what they saw, and some fans around here observing and articulating those same things.
Sadly, we're seeing glimpses of the same thing at play. RB, by his play, is demonstrating quite clearly "what they saw & see in him"... But one has to know what they are looking at and how to assess it, to be able to see those attributes. If not, like with Slaf last year, the superficial assessments backed by small data sets that are ultimately meaningless without the ability to contextualize them appropriately, drive hot takes and, poor assessments.
Vibes & trust have nothing to do with it. Dismissing something one doesn't understand in that manner isn't a good way to expand ones understanding... Imo
Reinbuster already defends better than 80% of our D corps. Which is not a huge achievement, because theyre trash on D. But still. he's only 19-20.
I want him playing in the AHL because he wont get as many offensive opportunities to develop his offensive touches with the big team, but he will be a top pairing D for us for a long time.
I too hope he busts-a-move in the AHL, if only because it'll save us the incessant whining about his play in every Habs game day thread.