Prospect Info: David Reinbacher

[River Meadow]

Sign somewhere else if I’m a player. Not surprising they don’t come here when available. You mean I pay higher taxes, I have to deal with winter and as soon as I have a bad game my family is going to get harassed online? f*** that.

You had me at higher taxes...

I'm with Mattchew, I'd be asking to go to Florida.

 

[Skip Bayless]

I was depressed yesterday but a future defense of
Ghule-Mailloux
Hutson-Reinbacher
Xhekaj-Barron

It looks pretty good doesn’t it

Balanced, skilled and mobile.

Goalie is the next priority.

Hopefully Slaf, Dach, Newhook, Heineman fully develop and we can add the piece that puts us over the top in a couple of seasons.

 

[tooji]

Reinbacher scored at pretty much the same clip as Nemec or Jiricek but in a much better league

 

[Guy Larose]

Sign somewhere else if I’m a player. Not surprising they don’t come here when available. You mean I pay higher taxes, I have to deal with winter and as soon as I have a bad game my family is going to get harassed online? f*** that.

PLD apparently changed his mind at some point as per Brisson interview the other day and didn't want to come here...I wonder why...rhetorical question.

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

Yup, Reinbacher will easily fill out at 220….he’s as big if not bigger then Guhle already!!

Not sure that I would welcome that. A guy like Lidstrom played at about his current weight, 195. At 220, he might be a bit heavy for his playing style.

 

[FLHabs]

Teams without superstars rarely win cups. It’s very hard to do without them.

You definitely need a few all-stars to win cups, but are SUPERstars really a must? I don't know... Even if it was though, and maybe I'm being too optimistic, I think Caufield can be that guy for the Habs. I think he's just scratching the surface of the player he can become.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Do you know what wins championships? Strong defense.

Sometimes sure. Other times it’s offense. Many ways to skin the cat. Pens beat the Preds right?

Most teams have at least one superstar scorer. Many have more than one.

Aiden Hill was Vegas's 3rd string goalie and he waltzed to a Stanley Cup championship with an easy playoff thanks to that D.

And the Pens won with a terrible D a few years back. There are exceptions to every rule.

Tampa, Chicago, Pittsburgh, LA - all multi cup winners. All with superstars throughout their lineup. It’s very hard to find a Stamkos or a Kane or a Kucherov. You pretty much have to draft those guys.

You're overrating Michkov based on his past performances. Many can't get past the 16 year old phenom status. It was the same with Wright a year ago. Six teams passed on him even though nobody was reluctant to take Russians.

I don’t know enough of Michkov to give a strong opinion on him. What I do know is that he was a forward with a high ceiling that had some risk. Personally, I prefer to bet on talent. Based on what I know, I’d have drafted him.

Elite talent is hard to get. When you have the opportunity you take it. The league has hundreds of players. We had a chance to get a get who might be a top ten scorer. In my opinion you have to take that chance.

Now, the team may know stuff we don’t. Maybe he didn’t want to come here. He apparently didn’t interview with some teams… I don’t know. I just know that we had a chance to draft a guy with the highest ceiling we could have had in decades and passed on him.

And that’s frustrating.

 

[Kennerback]

I feel like that depends on what Michkov does

To me he’s a middle pair right D.

I’m OK to compare him with HHOF or superstars just for fun, but some comparisons are completely innacurate. How could he be Pronger or Seider if he’s neither mean, violent or heavy hitting. If you insist comparing him to HHOFers (again for fun), he’s closer to Nick Lidstrom. Who’s also 6’2 and used his body to pin or block players.

So if Michkov hits he’ll need to be closer to Lidstrom than an AHLer

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

To me he’s a middle pair right D. I’m OK to compare him with HHOF or superstars just for fun, but some comparisons are completely innacurate. How could he be Pronger or Seider if he’s neither mean, violent or heavy hitting. If you insist comparing him to HHOFers (again for fun), he’s closer to Nick Lidstrom. Who’s also 6’2 and used his body to pin or block players.

Lidstrom is who I brought up. See above. Not a bad template.

 

[Whitesnake]

I didn't quite understand your post but what I think is they picked the BPA. They didn't care about next year. He was bpa and he's a D. Who care about next year? He available now so take it. Next year is next year. A lot can change in 11 months with the junior players. As for needs, Habs have needs everywhere except LHD. So folks, leave me alone with your needs ideas/phobia. A team who picked 1st last year and 5th this year have needs every position.

I like they picked that goalie at 69th. And younger Jackeye, he can throw fists like his bro, haha !

I would pick BPA. I wouldn't care about next year. Charlie Stramel was pencilled to go top 10 at the same time last year. Same with Cam Allen. I don't care about next year.

But by going Reinbacher talking about RHD, by taking 3 goalies, by talking about buckets emptying so that they HAD to draft particular players, it's CLEAR that they pick by needs. They just do. Whether you think that needs for them means BPA...whatever. That's not what the original definition should be.

So my point was just to say that...if a team draft by needs...I guess they should be consequent and see what's coming so that when it will be time to pick by needs next year, they have an idea to what needs they'll be able to answer to....

 

[Galaxydoggystyle]

You definitely need a few all-stars to win cups, but are SUPERstars really a must? I don't know... Even if it was though, and maybe I'm being too optimistic, I think Caufield can be that guy for the Habs. I think he's just scratching the surface of the player he can become.

Look at all the pass cup winners.....they all had at least ONE superstar on there team. We have MAYBE two stars in Suzuki and Caufield but we don't have that game breaking forward that can put his team on his back and win us games.

 

[River Meadow]

Look at all the pass cup winners.....they all had at least ONE superstar on there team. We have MAYBE two stars in Suzuki and Caufield but we don't have that game breaking forward that can put his team on his back and win us games.

Yet

 

[Schooner Guy]

Sometimes sure. Other times it’s offense. Many ways to skin the cat. Pens beat the Preds right?

Most teams have at least one superstar scorer. Many have more than one.

And the Pens won with a terrible D a few years back. There are exceptions to every rule.

Tampa, Chicago, Pittsburgh, LA - all multi cup winners. All with superstars throughout their lineup. It’s very hard to find a Stamkos or a Kane or a Kucherov. You pretty much have to draft those guys.

I don’t know enough of Michkov to give a strong opinion on him. What I do know is that he was a forward with a high ceiling that had some risk. Personally, I prefer to bet on talent. Based on what I know, I’d have drafted him.

Elite talent is hard to get. When you have the opportunity you take it. The league has hundreds of players. We had a chance to get a get who might be a top ten scorer. In my opinion you have to take that chance.

Now, the team may know stuff we don’t. Maybe he didn’t want to come here. He apparently didn’t interview with some teams… I don’t know. I just know that we passed on a guy with the highest ceiling we could have had in decades and passed on him.

And that’s frustrating.

What if Michkov's a head case? There have been reports. I have no idea if they're true but Bobrov would certainly know.

I'm only pointing this out to highlight that none of us are close to the situation. I'm not giving Briere and loudmouth Jonesy the benefit of the doubt. They were amateur hour all last weekend with their leaks and Briere has a son in his mid-20s who threw a disable person's wheelchair down a flight of stairs. It still bothers me that the Habs had Lafleur pass the torch to him in the home opener ceremony after the washed up Danny played us several years before that to get a huge contract from Philly.

None of us know what the HuGo regime knows and they are huge on this team's culture and the young core certainly gives off an appearance of being a tight-knit family. Not to mention I have read scouting reports noting that parts of Michkov's game have stagnated relative to his peers.

 

[red devil]

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

You definitely need a few all-stars to win cups, but are SUPERstars really a must? I don't know... Even if it was though, and maybe I'm being too optimistic, I think Caufield can be that guy for the Habs. I think he's just scratching the surface of the player he can become.

No superstars this year. Okay.

Last year? Mackinnon, Makkar
Tampa x2 Loaded with stars
Blues: None
Washington Ovy
Pensx2 Three superstars
Chicago & LA two cups each: multi superstars
Etc…

Superstars are a key ingredient in most cup winners. There’s never been a multi cup winner without one. If you’re trying to win a cup without one you’re making it very hard on yourself.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I want to personally apologize to David Reinbacher if he was caught in the crossfire of my outrage, even though I made several posts saying he has nothing to do with it and that I think he's an excellent prospect that doesn't deserve any heat, nor to suffer the endless comparisons with Michkov.

It's a tough situation, and the brass are to blame for this. Not him, never. And I never will treat him differently from any other prospect. However, it must be said that comparisons will continue, because no way around it to judge the brass. But Reinbacher on his own can be appreciated and celebrated regardless of how his future performances compare to Michkov's.

 

[River Meadow]

He also said the same exact thing after he just got drafted

I want to personally apologize to David Reinbacher if he was caught in the crossfire of my outrage, even though I made several posts saying he has nothing to do with it and that I think he's an excellent prospect that doesn't deserve any heat, nor to suffer the endless comparisons with Michkov.

It's a tough situation, and the brass are to blame for this. Not him, never. And I never will treat him differently from any other prospect. However, it must be said that comparisons will continue, because no way around it to judge the brass. But Reinbacher on his own can be appreciated and celebrated regardless of how his future performances compare to Michkov's.

So um..

Are you seriously a Flyers fan now?

 

[Gravity]

Look at all the pass cup winners.....they all had at least ONE superstar on there team. We have MAYBE two stars in Suzuki and Caufield but we don't have that game breaking forward that can put his team on his back and win us games.

0 superstars, 0 game breaking Fs.

 

[BenchBrawl]

He also said the same exact thing after he just got drafted



So um..

Are you seriously a Flyers fan now?

This is none of your concern, my good man. Who knows?! An avatar is just an avatar, after all.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

What if Michkov's a head case? There have been reports. I have no idea if they're true but Bobrov would certainly know.

Like I said… maybe he is a head case. But we don’t know this. Maybe it’s why we didn’t draft him but we have no clue.

I'm only pointing this out to highlight that none of us are close to the situation. I'm not giving Briere and loudmouth Jonesy the benefit of the doubt. They were amateur hour all last weekend with their leaks and Briere has a son in his mid-20s who threw a disable person's wheelchair down a flight of stairs. It still bothers me that the Habs had Lafleur pass the torch to him in the home opener ceremony after the washed up Danny played us several years before that to get a huge contract from Philly.

None of us know what the HuGo regime knows and they are huge on this team's culture and the young core certainly gives off an appearance of being a tight-knit family. Not to mention I have read scouting reports noting that parts of Michkov's game have stagnated relative to his peers.

I already wrote this. The team knows more than we do. I’m sure they have their reasons but we don’t know what they are.

Knowing what I know, I’d have gambled on the talent but I’m not the GM. I didn’t interview anyone… I don’t know what they do.

So, I’ll hope for the best.

But if Mich pans out for Philly it’s not going to be forgotten by anyone.

 

[Vachon23]

This same lunatic behaviour hurts us when it comes to acquiring talent.

Crazy how quickly many in here turned on HuGo last night over one pick when it's highly debatable who will be the better player in 5 years. The behaviour by some is completely irrational. The interesting thing is I haven't seen any of the posters who wanted Ryan Leonard having meltdowns.

We saw the real nature of some person here..

 

[1909]

Martin Lapointe said that they want Reinbacher with Laval next Fall.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I was a headcase too at 18, and look at me now.

Calm and mature as a wise elder.

 

[River Meadow]

This is none of your concern, my good man. Who knows?! An avatar is just an avatar, after all.

I was just curious.

You know that Flyers are still gonna s*ck even with Michkova... right?

 

[Kennedys]

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