Prospect Info: David Reinbacher

[Garbageyuk]

You don't mention one other possibility - again not sure by any means, but.......

Monahan stays healthy and provides top 6 services for a few seasons - he is still only 28 and was a worthy top-4 forward not that long ago.

That honestly seems like the least likely out of the possibilities mentioned here. I’d love for that to happen, but Monahan is broken. In all likelihood, they signed him for energy and leadership. Anything more than that is gravy.

 

[tooji]

He honestly reminds me of a Nemec/Jiricek hybrid and that’s a helluva combo.

 

[Nicko999]

I’m done with this team. Goodluck guys, but MB sucked the passion out of me and this group isn’t doing anything to bring it back.

Same

 

[Belial]

You would think so....

Komisarek was drafted 7th OA in the kovalchuck year, Right D

ESPN:

" Komisarek's offensive skills are undervalued because his defense and physical play are considered his biggest assets."
"That's the most surprising thing about him -- his hands are unbelievable for his size," Umberger said."
"Big, mean and skilled defensemen are like gold in the NHL. Sometimes, they can even be as appealing as an electrifying scorer."

Sure they're not exactly the same size but its incredible how we've walked this path before.

The difference now is that this year we actually had the opportunity to get high end forward...

Komisarek best scoring season was 19 points.... 19 POINTS... dude din't even crack 20 ...his whole season.... and he played with MARKOV!!!

He's nothing like Komisarek though...

 

[Skip Bayless]

To be fair, Reinbacher had a historic season in Switzerland for a player his age. There is more offense to him than I initially thought.

His game at the world championship vs his game in the NLA is a bit different. And it skewed my perception of him.

In the NLA he looked like a full blown offensive D, and at the worlds he looked like more of a Pietrangelo/McDonagh type. More conservative offensively, but showed tremendous poise with the puck and maturity in his game.

It will be interesting to follow his progression, I wouldn't write off his offensive potential, which to me is his biggest question mark considering he's now a top 5 pick.

I shall wait and see.

 

[Adriatic]

Josi was 29 when he started to flirt with PPG season.

That also has a lot do with the game as a whole opening up. Scoring is up across the league. Karlsson hit 100, Makar and Hedman 85, Hughes Morissey Hamilton all getting 75pts.

 

[Vachon23]

Same

Bye !

 

[Belial]

What he did this year is comparable to what Josi did in his D+1 year. Reinbacher has the best D year ever for a defenseman in the NL.

Hopefully, they hit the right dude!

 

[Bombshell11]

He's nothing like Komisarek though...

Better offense and worst D

Same situation

 

[BenchBrawl]

Reinbacher should always be supported by the fans. I wish him a great career!

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

@BenchBrawl listen bro. Take the next week to just cool off. Get away from Habs viewing, read a book, all that good stuff. I get it, it's disappointing, I wanted michkov too. But instead of looking at a singular transaction, evaluate the Habs as a totality in what they're trying to build and come to terms with the philosophy of how they want to build it.

Also, and this is for everyone, I want you to remember what it is like to have a D core that couldn't break out of their zone and distribute the puck to the forward group. I'd rather have a great D core and an okay forward core than the other way around, even if I wanted michkov. I've been on the Sorokin to Montreal via 2024 FA bandwagon for about a year and a half and hope people will start to join me. It's a good way to get your attention off the recent proceedings

 

[Runner77]

You had ONE job Carey.

That clip was played as nauseam on Sportsnet.

Whenever they discussed a prospect, they always showed the announcement by the team that picked him. And of course, since ours was flubbed, it stuck out like a sore thumb.

I guess Price took a page from Weber announcing Cole « Caufelt » when he was selected.

 

[JT3]

Same

 

[nhlfan9191]

You would think so....

Komisarek was drafted 7th OA in the kovalchuck year, Right D

ESPN:

" Komisarek's offensive skills are undervalued because his defense and physical play are considered his biggest assets."
"That's the most surprising thing about him -- his hands are unbelievable for his size," Umberger said."
"Big, mean and skilled defensemen are like gold in the NHL. Sometimes, they can even be as appealing as an electrifying scorer."

Sure they're not exactly the same size but its incredible how we've walked this path before.

The difference now is that this year we actually had the opportunity to get high end forward...

Komisarek best scoring season was 19 points.... 19 POINTS... dude din't even crack 20 ...his whole season.... and he played with MARKOV!!!

Komisarek wasn’t a terrible hockey player. His prime and peak was incredibly short. If we get a player who can do more on the offence side of things in comparison to a Komisarek without the weird highs and lows that Komisarek had with some longevity, we did pretty good with this pick given what was available. We’ve known for months that we weren’t going to take Michkov. I’m a little surprised more people didn’t brace themselves for us passing on him.

 

[Belial]

Reinbacher should always be supported by the fans. I wish him a great career!

Now change your avatar back! you're embarrassing me!

One player doesn't make a team! You should know this!

 

[Team_Spirit]

They re-did it for the kid, nice gesture.

 

[Guess]

To the people telling those who aren't happy to calm down, you realize that Michkov represented the hope of getting the star for the first time in forever.

The chances of Reinbacher becoming a #1D star are probably not that high.

So it doesn't matter if he pans out and becomes a 2-3D, anything but a #1 star D is a fail for them.

 

[Runner77]

Redenbacher. Orville.

 

[BenchBrawl]

@BenchBrawl listen bro. Take the next week to just cool off. Get away from Habs viewing, read a book, all that good stuff. I get it, it's disappointing, I wanted michkov too. But instead of looking at a singular transaction, evaluate the Habs as a totality in what they're trying to build and come to terms with the philosophy of how they want to build it.

Also, and this is for everyone, I want you to remember what it is like to have a D core that couldn't break out of their zone and distribute the puck to the forward group. I'd rather have a great D core and an okay forward core than the other way around, even if I wanted michkov. I've been on the Sorokin to Montreal via 2024 FA bandwagon for about a year and a half and hope people will start to join me. It's a good way to get your attention off the recent proceedings

I'm perfectly able to look at the Habs as a totality. I can go as deep as looking at the history of the club, and seeing Newsy Lalonde, to Howie Morenz, to Maurice Richard, to Jean Béliveau, to Guy Lafleur, and seeing a very clear end to that line of great forward superstars after that. Which coincides with us not winning anymore, except when Roy decided to steal a couple of cups.

You do not pass up on a phenom forward here at 5th to play LEGO with your building plan.

This team used to mean something.

 

[OnTheRun]

That also has a lot do with the game as a whole opening up. Scoring is up across the league. Karlsson hit 100, Makar and Hedman 85, Hughes Morissey Hamilton all getting 75pts.

Yep that too and more PP. That said, Josi was pretty damn good long before he exploded offensively, and the Habs getting that version of Josi wouldn't be a bad thing by any mean.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

To be honest, you can easily make the argument Price wasn't the BPA there. Not one had him that high, he was close with Rask for a lot of people, you can't really find an objective definition of BPA that works for picking Price.

They clearly felt he was the BPA though. And they picked him despite having Theo. I don’t see how anyone can dispute that.

They certainly weren’t drafting for need.

What you find though, is how the Habs projected Price. And this is why McGuire looks so dumb here, because he defines "needs" as "they have players in that position I can name" but for the Habs, they never had a goalie like Price. Hence why Gainey bent over backwards multiple times to get Price to be successful, why Gauthier immediately traded Halak, because in their mind they needed Price to compete. And it wasn't wrong, despite failing to build a team around him during his prime.

So the Habs picked Price because they thought you needed a goalie like him. And that made him the BPA. I remember people here comparing him and Crosby to Lemieux and Roy lol, saying that hey, if you have a goalie that can steal you a cup, that's pretty much as valuable. That's also seeing it as a need.

I think on the whole, superstars are what win you cups. Most teams have at least one on the roster. And the best goalie in the league usually will at least make a finals appearance no matter how bad his team is at some point in his career.

My guess is that the Canadiens don’t see Mich as the superstar every team wants. They may not believe in his ability to realize his awesome potential.

It’s going to be interesting to see if they turn out to be right.

 

[Vachon23]

Better offense and worst D

Same situation

That’s like saying Michkov is the next Filatoc or Zherdev...

 

[Guess]

Michkov is just as unproven as anyone else. He hasn't really been scouted in over a year.

He could be the next Ovechkin, or the next Yakupov. And he might never make it to NA.

Let's see where this goes. And no matter where this goes, he's not a Habs.

I don't think it's possible for him to become Yakupov.

He's probably already better than Yakupov in the KHL.

 

[Belial]

To the people telling those who aren't happy to calm down, you realize that Michkov represented the hope of getting the star for the first time in forever.

The chances of Reinbacher becoming a #1D star are probably not that high.

So it doesn't matter if he pans out and becomes a 2-3D, anything but a #1 star D is a fail for them.

If they drafted him they probably believe he has that potential!

 

[NotProkofievian]

To be fair, Reinbacher had a historic season in Switzerland for a player his age. There is more offense to him than I initially thought.

His game at the world championship vs his game in the NLA are a bit different. And it skewed my perception of him.

In the NLA he looked like a full blown offensive D, and at the worlds he looked like more of a Pietrangelo/McDonagh type. More conservative offensively, but showed tremendous poise with the puck and maturity in his game.

It will be interesting to follow his progression, I wouldn't write off his offensive potential, which to me is his biggest question mark considering he's now a top 5 pick.

I shall wait and see.

I think the anxiety around this pick is due to people not watching him in NL, end of story. To start the year I thought he was an interesting prospect, but I changed my mind on him when I watched him in Switzerland. In some games he absolutely took over, on both sides of the puck.