As a fifth overall pick, and in Montreal, no less, David Reinbacher carried extremely high expectations last season—perhaps unfairly so, but it’s the reality of the situation. Reinbacher, who is still 19, split the ’23-24 season between EHC Kloten of the Swiss A league and the Laval Rocket, Montreal’s AHL affiliate, where he played 11 games after his season ended in Switzerland. He also had three different head coaches and two significant injuries, one to his knee and one to his hand.
It wasn’t the ideal post-draft season, to say the least. Still, there’s a lot to look forward to about Reinbacher as a player. He’s a smart guy, and he plays a solid defense-first game—but there’s some playmaking potential there as well. If the Rocket play him consistently this season, we should get a better sense of how his skill set can translate to the North American game.
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