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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Tangentially related, but at 6'3 209 and a heavy hitter, I am quite gunshy to move D-petey because I think he could play a very similar game to Ohlund once he matures, even if he has a lower ceiling.
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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.
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Basically a thicker meaner Ekholm (885 PMs) and would have been better even offensively if he hadn't lost vision in his eye after a horrific accident which changed him to primarily a shut down D. Made for some bad passes from time to time because of it but he persevered and was an anchor core piece. Could play huge minutes with ease. Human eraser and when he hit it hurt
Funny story about Ohlund. Went to a Boxing Day game against the Flames and i swear to this day he was drunk. Was always so consistent and reliable but in this one he was stumbling in the warm up and was comically bad in the game tripping over his own feet. Never ever seen him play like that any other time....Players are human beings think he had some extra cheer with the family a little too close to game time. Flames didn't even really take advantage of him and he ended up ok in the stat line from what i remember but had some hilarious clueless pinches and drifting moments to nowhereville....anyway me and a buddy were laughing at the time but he still was ok in the end...what a friggen stud
Reinbacher needs about 25-30lbs of thick powerful muscle before he has the same build and in all honesty outside of before the draft i haven't seen much of him....thought he was a bit lanky. Guhle actually has some Ohlund in him but he's not that good yet nor as strong
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Swedish Adam Foote is what I can think of. Adam Foote being one of the best shut down dmans when he was an active NHLer. Shut down DMAN. Ohlund was a Shutdown dman for us, that can also play some offence.
Ohlund was mostly a 28-34 point guy for us. Think he would have been into the 40's if he wore a Visor from the start of his career and didn't suffer the eye injury. Think Linden said it best during Ohlund's ring of honour ceremony, calling him a Swedish Viking when he first saw him arrive in 1997.
PuckMunchkin
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My aunts husband lived around Piteå when Öhlund was growing up and playing his Jr hockey.
He was known as a slightly simple but strong as an ox even as a child.
Also, kinda related, maybe interesting to some;
Former Canuck player and I think current scout Lars Lindgren was born in the same small municipality of Piteå (pop. 42,447 as of today). He returned to coach in that region after his NHL career and managed to help Piteå produce 3 NHLers out of the small pool of players:
- Renberg of legion of doom fame
- Holmström of the Detroit dynasty
- Mattias Öhlund whom I would argue is the 2nd best D-man to play most of his career with the Canucks.
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