Habs Fans Reactions to Drafting David Reinbacher

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It's looking more and more like we've been played. A clickbait article with no legit sources and no follow-up, and here we are – a week of low-quality cliches and circular rants about a city's fanbase. There's no actual content, so this thread survives by drinking its own urine.

 

[Frank Drebin]

It's looking more and more like we've been played. A clickbait article with no legit sources and no follow-up, and here we are – a week of low-quality cliches and circular rants about a city's fanbase. There's no actual content, so this thread survives by drinking its own urine.

Yep, thread is trash.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

In Montreal? Why Canada? Don't see Leafs or Canucks fans sending death threats to their new draft picks. Your stupid generalization doesn't make sense. It's like me saying players don't like to play in US since no one likes to play in Arizona. Just plain dumb

Hmmm it's quite obvious over the years many players prefer playing in the USA rather than Canada.

You honestly don't realize that?

 

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Hmmm it's quite obvious over the years many players prefer playing in the USA rather than Canada.

You honestly don't realize that?

What does that have to do with what he's asking?

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

What does that have to do with what he's asking?

Same confusion from me I guess from what he was commenting about my previous post too. Alot of confusion going on

My original post was touching on yet ANOTHER reason why many players don't want to play in Canada.

 

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Same confusion from me I guess from what he was commenting about my previous post too. Alot of confusion going on

My original post was touching on yet ANOTHER reason why many players don't want to play in Canada.

I understand what you are saying, but
this is not a common occurrence in Canada and it only happened in Montreal.

So, respectfully, it's not really fair to label it as a reason why players don't want to play here when it never actually happens and it's not fair to label all the teams as being guilty of doing this as there has been no record of other Canadian fanbases doing this.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

I understand what you are saying, but
this is not a common occurrence in Canada and it only happened in Montreal.

So, respectfully, it's not really fair to label it as a reason why players don't want to play here when it never actually happens and it's not fair to label all the teams as being guilty of doing this as there has been no record of other Canadian fanbases doing this.

My initial post was more less a joke.

Obviously every Canadian team fan base doesn't send death threats to their prospects but every hockey player around the world knows Canadian hockey fans are extremely vocal and demanding of their team and things get disgusting with what fans say. Like for instance If you look at many Canadian team GDTs just on here compared to majority of American teams GDT, it's gross... Some of the shit that people write is insane...

So basically I touched on this recent situation and mixed it with all the other things that make it tough for players to wanna play in Canada

 

[Nico Hischier]

I think this is a made up story just like the pipe bomb story with leafs fans and radko gudas and Wes McCauley family receiving death threats in the playoffs

I said this when this story came out. Was I right? Someone just making stuff up

 

[jackjohnson]

Hmmm it's quite obvious over the years many players prefer playing in the USA rather than Canada.

You honestly don't realize that?

Leafs and Canucks have no problems trading for, signing, drafting or pursuing players that they like. Unless you think that Vancouver and Toronto are US cities. We got Kuzmenko which was highly sought after, signed multiple players with low terms and very good cap hits, re-signed Miller, Pettersson, Hughes and others. No I don't realize that at all. Just because some players didnt want to sign in Calgary it doesn't mean anything to me. I guess players don't like to play in US since they don't want to play in Arizona lol

 

[jackjohnson]

My initial post was more less a joke.

Obviously every Canadian team fan base doesn't send death threats to their prospects but every hockey player around the world knows Canadian hockey fans are extremely vocal and demanding of their team and things get disgusting with what fans say. Like for instance If you look at many Canadian team GDTs just on here compared to majority of American teams GDT, it's gross... Some of the shit that people write is insane...

So basically I touched on this recent situation and mixed it with all the other things that make it tough for players to wanna play in Canada

So American fanbases in other leagues like NFL or NBA that write crap is fine? Is this your first time following a professional league like NHL? Are you American or European? I could name the things that Raiders fans used to do which would blow your mind in comparison to Canadian hockey fans. Honestly Canada is still a much safer country and I rather get death threats from pimply faced 12 year old Canadian than an American that might have assault rifles and be crazy enough to follow through with his plan.

All this BS talking about this is the reason why players don't want to play in Canada or that is the reason why is just plain BS made up by people here on HFboard to make it sound like Canada is a very bad place to work and live lol. The generalization is dumb for one thing, and players only care about money and if a place provides a winning environment. All the other reasons are just BS and most players probably dont care that much about Canadian fans or American fans.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

So American fanbases in other leagues like NFL or NBA that write crap is fine? Is this your first time following a professional league like NHL? Are you American or European? I could name the things that Raiders fans used to do which would blow your mind in comparison to Canadian hockey fans. Honestly Canada is still a much safer country and I rather get death threats from pimply faced 12 year old Canadian than an American that might have assault rifles and be crazy enough to follow through with his plan.

All this BS talking about this is the reason why players don't want to play in Canada or that is the reason why is just plain BS made up by people here on HFboard to make it sound like Canada is a very bad place to work and live lol. The generalization is dumb for one thing, and players only care about money and if a place provides a winning environment. All the other reasons are just BS and most players probably dont care that much about Canadian fans or American fans.

I'm astounded lol

You may be the only person I have ever seen that thinks Canada doesn't have a tough time keeping players due to them wanting to live in the States

Try to watch a little tv and listen to what players say. Majority of guys jump ship to the states the second they can. Most states houses are cheaper, food is cheaper, way less taxes etc etc... Maybe you honestly don't realize that?

You truly have no idea what you are talking about. Alot of Canadian teams have to overpay for players to get them to come and also lose out on alot of UFAs. ... This is just unbelievable to me you don't realize this my god

 

[jackjohnson]

I'm astounded lol

You may be the only person I have ever seen that thinks Canada doesn't have a tough time keeping players due to them wanting to live in the States

Try to watch a little tv and listen to what players say. Majority of guys jump ship to the states the second they can. Most states houses are cheaper, food is cheaper, way less taxes etc etc... Maybe you honestly don't realize that?

You truly have no idea what you are talking about. Alot of Canadian teams have to overpay for players to get them to come and also lose out on alot of UFAs. ... This is just unbelievable to me you don't realize this my god

The money thing and taxes I get but the other BS reasons like Canadian fans being hard on players, death threats and those other BS reasons you guys come up with is hilarious. I agree that some players might want to go to cities with less taxes or a place where the weather is better which is pretty reasonable imo. As I said players care more about money rather than anything else but this thread mentioned other reasons and I had to disagree.

Another thing is houses and food being cheaper is not really a reason why a player would refuse to go to a city. If that was the case, New York or LA would have more players asking for trades to Dallas since Dallas has much cheaper houses, food and lower taxes. And if you are rich and making millions, why would you be penny pinching on food? like a $2 macaroni in New York vs. a 50 cent macaroni in Texas would make a huge dent in your income when we are talking about million dollar salaries? seriously??

 

[HuGo Sham]

I'm going to repost what I wrote a few days ago because it's long been buried back in this thread.

I saw something about this on Twitter when the story first broke. It was one source and if I recall correctly they didn't show any of the actual messages, or if they did it was only one or two.

Far be it from me not to enjoy roasting Habs fans every now and then, but I'm wondering if this was just a few knobs doing this, something all fan bases have, or if this was widespread among the fan base.

This story originated with Arpon Basu of The Athletic. He wrote: "The general reaction from Canadiens fans on the David Reinbacher pick at No. 5 is honestly shocking."

"General" in that context means "most." I do not believe that most Habs fans feel this way about David Reinbacher and have been stalking him and abusing him anywhere. I find it much easier to believe that Arpon Basu is playing loose with the facts at the expense of the Canadiens' organization. All subsequent stories about this issue lead back to one person: Arpon Basu.

Arpon Basu also said: "But I also heard that there is some concern among Canadiens brass about bringing Reinbacher to Montreal or Laval right away in light of the torches and pitchforks running through the fan base right now, and that exposing him to that immediately might do more harm than good."

"I also heard..."

He's not backing that up with any sources. I drank beer at a pub last night and struck up a friendship with a unicorn.. Sonofabitch couldn't handle his alcohol and I had a helluva time jamming his fat ass into an Uber. Based on that information, prove me wrong.

In some of these stories random Twitter users are being quoted as saying Reinbacher has received "thousands of hate messages from Habs fans." In that case, the author and so-called sports journalist is quoting a random Bruins fan on Twitter as a source about a negative story about the Habs and expecting people to believe that's a credible source. Nuh-uh. The world has truly turned upside down when a random Bruins fan on Twitter is promoted as a credible source about a Habs player. I'm just not buying it. I think it is more likely that Arpon Basu pushed a snowball down a hill and it turned into an avalanche, and that was his intention all along.

careful, this post makes too much sense. Doesn't fit into the gaslighting in this thread

Geez, I thought management was keeping him away from Montreal and all the torches and pitchforks?

according to the few know-it-alls in this thread who read

"something something and oh yeah i hate the habs and their fans"

 

[HuGo Sham]

I understand what you are saying, but
this is not a common occurrence in Canada and it only happened in Montreal.

So, respectfully, it's not really fair to label it as a reason why players don't want to play here when it never actually happens and it's not fair to label all the teams as being guilty of doing this as there has been no record of other Canadian fanbases doing this.

actually there is record of this in other cities in Canada , and if we're going to toss stones from a glass house, you might want to remember June 15th, 2011

 

[ItWasJustified]

When Arpon Basu reported it?

That fraud reported what he heard in ONE (1) video posted on twitter then went ahead and made up a story.

 

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actually there is record of this in other cities in Canada , and if we're going to toss stones from a glass house, you might want to remember June 15th, 2011

Not race or ethnic driven. Stay on topic.

 

[Rockomax]

That fraud reported what he heard in ONE (1) video posted on twitter then went ahead and made up a story.

I don't know if we're arguing or agreeing lol

 

[AvroArrow]

Most Habs fans I talked to like Reinbacher but were freaking pissed that Michkov wasn't picked.

I don't know, something about that hate mail thing doesn't sound right. I just don't see any of them attacking the player. There was already questions about not Michkov being political coming from Molson's way. Could the club have somehow engineered this fake scandal so fans would stop protesting?

I don't know why so many Habs fans are in denial about this. Now it's not all of you, probably a small vocal percentage, but there are people who make hateful comments towards others/players. There's so many weirdos I've seen on Leafs twitter that have been bashing Domi since the Leafs signed him, saying he isn't welcome and nobody wants him here etc. telling him to get lost, while using lots of profanities. Does that represent all of us ? Of course not, but I can't deny that it's happening.

It sucks, you don't wanna see the kid your team just drafted get bashed like that, over something not in his control. But some people are just gonna do shit like that.

 

[Frank Drebin]

I don't know why so many Habs fans are in denial about this. Now it's not all of you, probably a small vocal percentage, but there are people who make hateful comments towards others/players. There's so many weirdos I've seen on Leafs twitter that have been bashing Domi since the Leafs signed him, saying he isn't welcome and nobody wants him here etc. telling him to get lost, while using lots of profanities. Does that represent all of us ? Of course not, but I can't deny that it's happening.

It sucks, you don't wanna see the kid your team just drafted get bashed like that, over something not in his control. But some people are just gonna do shit like that.

I'm not on twitter. Maybe people on twitter aren't real people.

 

[ItWasJustified]

I don't know why so many Habs fans are in denial about this.

Because there's not one single source on all those hateful comments.

 

[Kimota]

I'm not on twitter. Maybe people on twitter aren't real people.

A lot of bots.

 

[Kimota]

I don't know why so many Habs fans are in denial about this. Now it's not all of you, probably a small vocal percentage, but there are people who make hateful comments towards others/players. There's so many weirdos I've seen on Leafs twitter that have been bashing Domi since the Leafs signed him, saying he isn't welcome and nobody wants him here etc. telling him to get lost, while using lots of profanities. Does that represent all of us ? Of course not, but I can't deny that it's happening.

It sucks, you don't wanna see the kid your team just drafted get bashed like that, over something not in his control. But some people are just gonna do shit like that.

It's crazy about that Domi thing because i would think Leafs fans would welcome him with open arms cause of his father.

But in the case of Renbacker I have never myself seen people attack a player for being drafted. It doesn't seem logical to me. There's nothing he can do about it. I just don't think it's in the Habs fans' DNA. Oh we go after guys because of performances like no others. Or when guys don't want to come here. But this doesn't ring true.

 

[MardyBum]

He clearly received a lot of *less than positive* messages, seeing as Hughes commented on it and the way Reinbacher responded, but it's just idiots on twitter and/or instagram.

Not sure why people are screaming fake news when a journalist more legit than any person on here and the GM of the Habs both commented on the negativity.

Can only imagine some of the shit that gets thrown at high picks of the NFL or NBA that are considered reaches or surprises.

 

[Weztex]

Not race or ethnic driven. Stay on topic.

Neither is the whole subject of this thread. Stay on topic.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

It's fun as a Leafs fans to see all of the players from this years draft jumping so high in the rankings, knowing that Slaf and DR are both going to fall much lower in the poll:

HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects Ranking #6 (closed)

:HFB: TOP 50 PROSPECTS Criteria is 22 and under, 30 NHL GP or less, no goalies 1. Connor Bedard - C :hawks 18. 35. 2. Adam Fantilli - C :cbj 19. 36. 3. Matvei Michkov - RW :flyers 20. 37. 4. Leo Carlsson - C :ducks2 21. 38. 5. Logan Cooley - C :coyotes 22. 39...

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There was a very real and reasonable possibility of Montreal ending up with Cooley + Michkov, that would have been pain for us rivals.