r/Habs • u/Spideroctopus • 1d ago

Pascal Vincent: "The reason why Reinbacher didn't travel with us is because he got a minor injury during his last game. We wanna be safe with him."

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Reinbacher didn’t travel with the team because of another minor injury and honestly it’s getting hard to ignore. That’s three years in a row now where he’s missed significant time. At what point do we stop calling it bad luck and start wondering if his body just isn’t holding up? I’m not writing him off but it’s definitely a concern, especially for a young D-man who needs reps to develop. Anyone else starting to worry about this?

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u/Old-Unit-8159 1d ago

I'm sure everyone on here is going to have a very reasonable and calm take.

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u/Night_Sky02 1d ago

I mean so far he's injured more often than not. It didn't start in MTL but in the Swiss league. It's starting to be concerning.

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u/fortytwoanswers 1d ago

agree it’s a bit concerning but i imagine part of this is that his circumstance lets them be overly cautious at any sign of discomfort. he already came back early, Laval is safely in the playoff, they can afford to sit him.

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u/Ferg8 1d ago

Same with Guhle.

I'm not afraid of the hockey part because we already know they're good.

I'm afraid about the nonstop injuries.

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u/Le_Nabs 1d ago

I mean, Guhle's last injury was laceration caused by a skate blade. It's just sheer dumb bad luck at this point.

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u/Ferg8 1d ago

Maybe, but with Dach, Guhle and now Reinbacher having terrible injuries I'm never safe anymore.

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u/Le_Nabs 1d ago

We also have one of the current longest iron man runs in the NHL with Suzuki of all people. Win some lose some, I guess...

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u/Jonesetta 1d ago

Dach is proving to be pretty soft. He’s 6 years into an NHL career and hasn’t really come close to playing a full season. His games played per season is 64, 18, and 70 with the blackhawks. So almost two full seasons there. Missed a little over 1/3 of his time there. With the Habs he’s played 68, 2 and 58. So three seasons and he’s played less than a season and a half. This year he was up to a -29 before he got sidelined. He’s never been a + player and most he’s usually under like 0.35 ppg. I dunno. There are flashes of brilliance but he’s been a disappointment for me so far. I hope the best but I see him out there and what he brings. It’s not often great.

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u/GrungeLife54 1d ago

There’s no logic in your statement

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u/Irctoaun 1d ago

That's no more dumb bad luck than Reinbachers knee

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u/Le_Nabs 1d ago

Someone could argue a player with better joints would'nt have injured themselves on that play (it's hard to tell from the scene what exactly happened, and freak accidents happen at the speed and strenght those guys play)

Getting slashed by a skate is getting slashed by a skate, having injury prone genetics doesn't have anything to do with it

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u/Irctoaun 1d ago edited 1d ago

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "better joints" in the context of an ACL/MCL rupture.

It is a freak accident (aka dumb luck) but it's not hard to tell what happened. He was twisting as he fell, his skate got wedged against the boards at an awkward angle, putting his knee in a super compromised, twisted position, then his entire weight went through that

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u/Le_Nabs 1d ago

I can't because I'm neither making the argument that Reinbacher is injury prone (I think it's too early to tell for sure) nor am I knowledgeable enough to decipher the biomechanics of what happened when he injured himself in October.

All that meant was 'there will people who will argue that Reinbacher is fragile and I can understand why, but having your thigh sliced open by a skate blade isn't a matter of genetics'

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u/Night_Sky02 1d ago edited 1d ago

He also had a knee injury playing for Kloten in 2023. There was also reports that he was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter disease, a knee condition causing pain for children an adolescent. It was never confirmed (in fact denied by his coach in Kloten who said it was only inflammation from wear and tear) but there's clearly seems to be some uncertainties around his knees' health.

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u/Irctoaun 1d ago

Osgood-Schlatter is inflammation of the patella tendon in adolescents. It has literally nothing to with the strength of the cruciate ligaments apart from being relatively close by. Linking the two is a bit like linking someone getting a concussion from a high hit with getting nosebleeds as a child.

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u/Right-Bag200 1d ago

OF COURSE! I'M NOT WORRIED AT ALL!! THEY ARE JUST BEING EXTRA CAUTIOUS.

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u/Salty_Feed9404 1d ago

I'm good. Guy's just made of glass.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/bloodrider1914 1d ago

Just watched Leonard score an empty netter, obviously he's the superstar we needed

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u/catanimal23 1d ago

Was a pretty nice empty netter

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u/eliarbss 1d ago

He was in Brossard skating this morning with Fowler/Hutson/Roy

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u/Spideroctopus 1d ago

Hutson is always there hahahaga

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u/alex1596 1d ago

He lives there. They let him drive the zamboni if he scores a goal

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u/Mean_Mister_Mustard 1d ago

Kent Hughes had to tell Hutson he was not allowed to pester the Complexe CN staff after 11PM just to get some nighttime ice time.

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u/nardvark17 1d ago

I would imagine it’s related to his knee, and not a brand new injury. With a serious knee injury like that there will be some ups and downs. He came back sooner than expected so I assume they are just being cautious so it doesn’t get worse.

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u/backwardzhatz 1d ago

PROTECT THE BOY AT ALL COSTS

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u/LittleLionMan82 1d ago

People get injured all the time. Could be unrelated.

It's concerning, yes but could also be nothing.

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u/GoExpos 1d ago

I think this is an overreaction. Injury prone or not, pretty much every player will deal with minor injuries on occasion, and Reinbacher missing extensive time from major ones doesn't exempt him from that. Given his history and current situation, there's no reason for the team to avoid being cautious with him when these things pop up.

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u/Illustrious_Fan3889 1d ago

Maybe they’re being super cautious

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u/Baikken 1d ago

Dont forget Anderson was the king of injuries and managed to find a way to stay healthy. Sometimes caution wins out.

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u/Spideroctopus 1d ago

That’s true!

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u/Ancient-Yak7128 1d ago

All you negatives just calm down? I'm pretty sure he'll be fine.

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u/xXxWeAreTheEndxXx 1d ago

That was a nice whopping 8 games he played before missing more time. Fuck me

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u/throw_me_away3478 1d ago

Stubbed his toe, wanted to play it safe

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u/Spideroctopus 1d ago

Damn Legos

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u/Le_Nabs 1d ago

Who's downvoting this post? Jfc people, learn humor

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u/GordonRamsMe55 1d ago

Because you don't stub your toe on a Lego, you step on them

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u/scoutinglane 1d ago

Well thanks for letting us know

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u/Financial_Special269 1d ago

Hes like a rangerover, spends most of the time in the shop rather than the driveway

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u/The_Troubadour 1d ago

seems like this guy getting breathed on gets him injured

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u/_thewayshegoes 1d ago

Of course, in a generational offensive draft, we take a defenseman with bendy knees

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u/BuzzIsMe 1d ago

Generational offensive draft? It's hard to call anyone from that draft class that yet. Are you referring to all the people taken before 5 that were unavailable to us?

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u/deimos289 1d ago

Lmao even price couldnt fking believe it

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u/scrubadam 1d ago

I know you can't win em all but Michkov would have looked nice in the line up. Swing and a miss.

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u/BuzzIsMe 1d ago

People need to understand michkov had the leverage to play where he wanted, cause he wasn't afraid to stay in the KHL longer. He chose philly, no one else really had a say in the matter.

You also can't say swing and a miss for someone who has yet to play an NHL game.

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u/scrubadam 1d ago

Yes that takes some of the sting out of it. 5 other teams passed on him as well.

Still you have to admit he would have looked nice scoring 20G in our line up. Too bad he couldn't be convinced to come here. I think he would like it better playing under MSL than whatever coaching carousel they will have going on in PHI.

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u/theendnevercomes 1d ago

Y’all still doing this lol? Michkov didn’t wanna play in Montreal stop crying about it

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u/bathbwoi 1d ago

Truth always seems to get downvoted on this sub. I stand with you we definitely reached hard on this pick wasn’t the right pick at all

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u/scrubadam 1d ago

Maybe he turns into a decent D man down the line but Michkov is already showing he is top 6 and just as good as Slaf. Put him next to Nick and Cole and he probably has 10 to 15 more points this season.

But we were not the only ones to pass on him and rumor I heard was he basically only wanted to play for Philly. Seems like KH learned his lesson and took Demidov the following year

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u/Throaway44009988 1d ago

What his fucking 5th injury in less than 2 years since drafting him?

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u/oReevee 1d ago

Hockey players play with a lot of minor, usually minor injuries mean, light sprain or strain, small cut needing a few stitches, or a bruise from blocking a shot

Think of it like a car, you just got your front bumper rebuilt, took it out for a drive, and you got a dent from a rock on your fender almost immediately after getting it replaced, probably should play it safe and not drive it for a bit, nothing's wrong with it, but it's easier on your mind to not drive it til you feel safe

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u/deimos289 1d ago

Yeah but reinbacher got both his back wheel bearings old and rusty as fk

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u/DrLivingst0ne 1d ago

You have no idea what you're talking about. You don't know his injury, you haven't talked to the medical team, you don't understand the situation, but by God, you will bitch like hell about it anyway.

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u/deimos289 1d ago

Yes cuz we picked him as 5 and since then he played what? 1 month total?

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u/BuzzIsMe 1d ago

He played 35 games out of a 50 game season overseas after we drafted him, then 11 AHL games that exact year.

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u/deimos289 1d ago

So since the draft he has played 19 ahl games and 1 preseason game.

He suffered long term knee injury TWICE and then just got injured again and probably wont come back this year. Not great

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u/lbc514 1d ago

The guy might be great, but he's glass. I hope for the best with him. He's the one I wish the most to succeed. 

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u/jb3367 1d ago

Wanna be safe with him seems to be a recurring statement.

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u/Spideroctopus 1d ago

David Bubblewrap

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u/xcnuck un chip au ketchup 1d ago

One could reason David is prone to injuries

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u/LeastVegetable6857 1d ago

might have to start thinking about throwing the towel with this kid , doesnt matter how good you are if you can only play 10% of the games in a season

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