Habs Fans Reactions to Drafting David Reinbacher

[kranuck]

It would be kind of hilarious if their over the top reaction and general asshole nature lead to him publicly refusing to sign and they get shit value in a trade.

 

[JianYang]

Is this like a bunch of teenage kids with a keyboard in their hand?

Either way, it's pathetic.

 

[EverTheCynic]

This is why people don't want to play in Canada

 

[Dach Vader]

I have a Habs fan friend that is constantly wishing death upon Kent Hughes for picking Reinbacher (among other things). Honestly Habs fans are a different breed...

No shortage of irony or lack of awareness here.

I've never heard any Habs followers wish death on anyone? hmm.

But I don't keep unhinged lunatics for "friends", so that might be it.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

And people are shocked when players don't want to play in Canada. f***ing disgraceful.

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

Why direct it at the guy who had no agency or decision-making on the situation?

This. Enough said

 

[SENStastic]

Reason #378 why many players don't wanna play in Canada.

Mostly applied to TO and Montreal though, their fanbases are rabid to a completely different level than the other Canadian cities, both online and offline.

 

[Clare2904]

If he spoke French he would be their next boyfriend, regardless of his talent.

Pathetic fanbase
Pathetic city (I live here)

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Could be Joulevi 2.0


This is true. But they passed on Michkov. This is after they passed on Shane Wright.

Habs fans. How do you like Marc Bergavin now ?

Passing on Wright was the right decision.

It's passing on Cooley that is going to hurt.

 

[Coffee]

this is an absolute lie and should be deleted.
Shame on you for this ignorance.
It's completely untrue and anyone who wasn't lazy
could've looked this up. Instead, you decided to fit into
the thread in order to pile on


both are Austrian.
yeah we know; it's an an absolutely idiotic reach

Good to see you sticking up for your fanbase.

ALLEZ MONTREAL!!!!

 

[Asinine]

Habs fans are some of the most unhinged in the league.

Even Leaf fans wouldn't do this. They would all get behind the player and pretend like he was a future HOF'er without ever watching more than a 3 minute 480p YouTube video of him.

 

[Oddbob]

You’re really asking why a team’s fans get called out when this happens?

Because it’s detestable behavior and should be called out. As it should when any fanbase does it. Like when fans in the playoffs for multiple teams were called out for throwing stuff on the ice.

This time it was crappy Habs fans. Stop playing whataboutism. You accidentally said this behavior shouldn’t be called out. Unless it wasn’t an accident, which makes it worse

Yes I am. Because I don't consider these people fans but idiots and every town on earth has them.

 

[Torspo21]

Jack Todd: Many Canadiens fans should be ashamed of themselves

Some of Montreal's passionate supporters have embarrassed themselves with the viciousness unleashed on first-round pick David Reinbacher.

montrealgazette.com

 

[John Mandalorian]

They don't love Mozart. "He was Austrian, you know?"

 

[Bombshell11]

Pay your tickets, buy your jerseys, buy/eat your hot-dos and most improtanly.....

SHUT THE f*** UP

-NHL Owner

 

[Hobble]

Ignoring the fact that no one should be sending such messages to anyone, why are fans targeting a player who had no control over this situation instead of the GM who drafted him?

 

[Hanji]

Hab fans are no worse then any other fan base....if this had happened to the Leafs or Rangers or Flyers, you would also have a segment of over reactions.....it just that the Habs have one of the largest fan bases so thus you will have a subset of overly passionate fans that take things a little to seriously.....But to suggest that this is unique to the Hab fan base is absolute nonsense.....

This is unique to the Habs because their fans are so passionate. Perhaps the Leafs can rival them, but nowhere in the States do you witness this level of fanaticism on a regular basis.
An American team could have 2x the fan base as Montreal, yet it still wouldn't rival the Habs because the average US hockey fan filling up stadiums isnt as emotionally invested. Hockey isnt religion here.

 

[George Clooney]

For hockey sure, but nfl ,ncaa and other popular sports? Yeah I'm pretty sure it can be as bad.

 

[Ezpz]

This is unique to the Habs because their fans are so passionate. Perhaps the Leafs can rival them, but nowhere in the States do you witness this level of fanaticism on a regular basis.
An American team could have 2x the fan base as Montreal, yet it still wouldn't rival the Habs because the average US hockey fan filling up stadiums isnt as emotionally invested. Hockey isnt religion here.

Didn't a florida fan just get arrested for threatening to kill the Vegas team?

 

[ReHabs]

Didn't a florida fan just get arrested for threatening to kill the Vegas team?

That's different, you can't judge an entire fanbase off the actions of an individual or several individuals

 

[John Mandalorian]

This is unique to the Habs because their fans are so passionate. Perhaps the Leafs can rival them, but nowhere in the States do you witness this level of fanaticism on a regular basis.
An American team could have 2x the fan base as Montreal, yet it still wouldn't rival the Habs because the average US hockey fan filling up stadiums isnt as emotionally invested. Hockey isnt religion here.

This is questionable.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

I don't do social media.

Well.... this forum is also social media so you kinda do

 

[Ned Bouhalassa]

If he spoke French he would be their next boyfriend, regardless of his talent.

Pathetic fanbase
Pathetic city (I live here)

There’s nothing pathetic about this city. It’s way more than what is represented by a very tiny fraction of the population that are fanatics.

 

[Orfieus]

I really believe, and this is as a Toronto fan, that we are only talking about a few tweets here and there. I find it hard to believe a large group of people would threaten an 18yr old like this

This isn't to say a lot of Montreal fans are not upset about the pick but I have to believe the vast majority of fans are reasonable people

 

[jetsv2]

I really believe, and this is as a Toronto fan, that we are only talking about a few tweets here and there. I find it hard to believe a large group of people would threaten an 18yr old like this

This isn't to say a lot of Montreal fans are not upset about the pick but I have to believe the vast majority of fans are reasonable people

That may be true but there is a long history of Habs fans taking things way past the extreme. There were a bunch of Habs fans that were calling Schiefele's parents and making threats after his suspension in the playoffs a couple of years ago.

I dont know of another instance where fans tracked down a players family and started harrassing them over the phone.


Also don't forget the time a bunch of them called the police trying to get Chara arrested. There seems to be a good number of them who have a couple screws loose.