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I never mentioned Reinbacher, I was responding directly to your post asking for a citation. This is also typical of you where you demand facts but can’t provide any yourself. You can’t prove he didn’t snub the Habs.
Of course I have facts on my side:
1. The Habs drafted Reinbacher when Michkov was available.
2. The Habs met with Michkov at least once pre-draft.
There is no need to peddle in conspiracies and cope. Try it, you'll see it feels better.
But since you had to bring up his name, end of the day, whether Michkov forced his way on to Philly or Habs preferred Reinbacher, doesn’t matter because both teams will never reveal it now that they got their players. Hence, the pre-draft reports are all we have.
But it does matter to you guys who have to develop complicated conspiracies to justify something that doesn't need it.
Also, since I know you’re typically set on one train of thought on like every hockey subject, let me close by saying it is PLAUSIBLE that Michkov only wanted to play for Philly (as opposed to MTL and ARI) and Montreal preferred Reinbacher.
It's certainly plausible that a player could prefer to play somewhere but prospects don't have that luxury and cannot choose where or when they're picked. It is a draft, they don't own their own registration rights... It simply does not happen.
YOU develop a complicated conspiracy that has no basis in reality -- the last time this has plausibly happened was Jagr's draft over three decades ago - do you people not ever reflect on how unlikely it is your cockamamie conspiracy could ever be right?
No, I don't think you ever reflect on how strange it is the things you believe.
I don't even think you people believe this, you just want to muddy the waters to cope when you don't even need to do that. Accept the simple facts: The Habs could've drafted Michkov but preferred Reinbacher. If you like how the Habs have been run you wouldn't have ANY problem with this decision, not so soon after the draft anyway.
Summary is simple: Either 1) The Habs preferred Reinbacher to Michkov Or 2) The Habs preferred Michkov but only "settled" for Reinbacher out of desperation. It's incredibly pathetic to believe in the latter condition and shows no faith in Reinbacher.