Question about Mattias Ohlund
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I don't think Reinbacher has Ohlund's physical assertiveness...he was a beast. If he didn't have his eye injury early on in his career he would have been even more impressive as a player, and he was already pretty darn good.
David is listed at 6’3 207 lbs. needs about 10 more lbs to get to ohlund’s weight to throw the body around. Can hope he’s as solid as Ohlund was over his career. Big minute muncher. Without the eye injury likely more offensive but the reduced vision probably kept him more defensively responsible vs attack as much.
Ohlund was a mean player to play against that made everyone regret coming near him. Was pretty much the prototypical two-way #2 that was actually a #1. Criminally underrated by the rest of the league for his entire career. Pretty much did everything right without putting a wrong foot forward while leading the team in ice time every night. Was used on the powerplay, since two-defencemen PPs were still common when he played, but wasn't dynamic offensively.
I haven't watched Reinbacher since his draft year so I don't know if he's developed that edge. That was really a defining trait of Ohlund.
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Guy got matched up against Iggy, the premier Power forward at both their primes (since they were drafted a year apart). So, that would be like matching up vs Brady T. (though Iggy is the better player). which might not be fair since there is like a 5 year age gap or something.
Ohlund was a physical beast who was one of the strongest/meanest high-leverage, high-minute matchup defenders in the NHL.
I like Reinbacher and think he'll be a quality NHL defender but I don't think he quite has that elite level of physicality/defensive play in any sort of projection for him.
I like Reinbacher and think he'll be a quality NHL defender but I don't think he quite has that elite level of physicality/defensive play in any sort of projection for him.
Ohlund was an animal. f***ing up his eye diminised him a little and we could have used someone like him in the 2011 run. He leveled the boston rat with an open ice hit in the semi finals.
Sadly at some point while in TB his knee got messed up. Don’t recall the year. Lost some Offense after the eye injury. Otherwise, could have added like 15 or more points per year.
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Ohlund was criminally underrated league-wide because he doesn't put up elite offensive number, but he was a rock defensively. Jovo got the headlines/spotlights during the WCE era, but I always thought Ohlund was the more important player. The eye injury was devastating, he still had a really great career as is, but he could've been even more.
If Reinbacher can be anywhere near what peak Ohlund was, Montreal will be a powerhouse with their F core + Hutson.
If Reinbacher can be anywhere near what peak Ohlund was, Montreal will be a powerhouse with their F core + Hutson.
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Weren't the knee problems pre-Tampa, which influenced the Canucks not re-signing him?
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Canucks didn’t re-sign him because it wasn’t a good use of cap dollars on a declining 33 year old. We already had Edler/Salo/Mitchell/Bieksa in the top-4, and our biggest need was a puck moving guy which is why we acquired Ehrhoff later that summer.
