Canadiens prospect David Reinbacher’s quiet surge in Laval is starting to turn heads
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Without making much noise, David Reinbacher has already reached 9 points in 12 games in Laval.
It was Marc-Olivier Beaudoin who raised quite a few eyebrows by pointing out on X the current streak of the young Austrian. According to him, Reinbacher is currently playing his best hockey since arriving on North American ice, and the numbers back him up.
He’ll obviously need to stay healthy, and it’s too early to declare victory, but it’s very encouraging!”
– Marc-Olivier Cook
Adding it all together, that gives a pace of 0.77 points per game for a 21-year-old defenseman who is just coming out of a long rehabilitation period. Last season, he finished with 5 points in 10 regular-season games with the Rocket, then 6 points in 13 playoff games in the AHL.
David Reinbacher is finally taking the place everyone expected
Let’s remember that David Reinbacher, the 5th overall pick in the 2023 draft, has long been viewed as a major piece of the future for the Montreal Canadiens. At 6-foot-3 and about 207 pounds, he has the perfect frame to play big on both sides of the ice.
His three-season entry-level contract, worth a total of about 6.35 million dollars, pays him an average of a little over $2.1 million per year until 2025-2026. For a player who has still not played a single NHL game, that’s a significant investment by the club-and this offensive breakout is reassuring a lot of people in Montreal.
When you look at the full track record, you see that at 21 years old, Reinbacher already had a 22-point season in 46 games with Kloten in Switzerland, even before crossing the Atlantic.
With his 9 points in only 12 outings this year in Laval, he now shows an offensive pace higher than what he produced on the larger European ice.
No surprise that David Reinbacher’s name keeps coming up in trade rumors, even if Kent Hughes has so far resisted the temptation to include him in a blockbuster deal-especially in the long-running Noah Dobson saga.
If this progression continues and his health finally holds, the young defenseman could force the organization’s hand sooner than expected.
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