Paywall – Le projet de décision des Canadiens sur David Reinbacher expliqué par le codirecteur du dépistage Nick Bobrov
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Paywall – Le projet de décision des Canadiens sur David Reinbacher expliqué par le codirecteur du dépistage Nick Bobrov
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>“Well, his first emergence was at the World Junior in Edmonton, which was after Hlinka,” Bobrov told The Athletic Tuesday. “So it was in August. So that was his first big stage emergence, I would say. We noticed him there. We talked to the coaching staff about him at that time. So we felt that we were pretty early in on him.
>“And then, from September on, guys were watching him, both live and on video and he kept climbing. The bells were ringing early in the season on this player. Maybe the market caught up a little bit later, but we had guys talking about him very, very early.”
> Every European scout the Canadiens employ — Christer Rockström, Hannu Laine, Tommy Lehman and Michal Krupa — saw him play multiple times, Bobrov said. Martin Lapointe and Bobrov saw him live multiple times. American scouts Billy Ryan and Albie O’Connell saw him play multiple times. Even goalie scout Vincent Riendeau saw him multiple times.
>“Through that process, we realize where the majority of the passion is living. Because if there’s no passion that we can feel about a player from the room, from different parts of the staff, whether it’s the coaches — because everybody is watching these kids, we involve everyone. So sometimes there’s a lot of passion, sometimes the passion disappears quickly and you kind of feel it.”
>Therefore, that passion was felt about Reinbacher, despite their own attempts to convince themselves of other options.
>Analytics is something the Canadiens lean on heavily in their draft process. Director of hockey analytics Christopher Boucher and his department have a seat at the decision-making table, and his thoughts are respected and considered, which wasn’t necessarily the case with the previous administration even if they had a meagre commitment to analytics. And Bobrov has always had an analytical bent to his process.
>“David’s numbers are extremely high in several categories,” Bobrov said. “Obviously his (play) kills, his breakouts. I don’t think any analytics expert would dispute where he comes out extremely high on some of the player comparisons from the past. We had similar numbers on some of the biggest names on defence that we’ve seen. So from that perspective, he’s right up there with some of the biggest names. So we felt very comfortable with that.”
David was good and available at our rank, we picked him. End of story
Welcome to the Habs David…. Josi 2.0
He was asked why draft a defenseman at #5 in draft full of elite forwards knowing that Habs fans have been begging for a star forward for the last 40 years and his answer was that they feel they have all the fire power they need with Suzuki, Caufield, Slaf and Dach.
He mentioned the VGK who won the SC without a 30-goal scorer as exhibit A to justify it.
Did I want michkov at the draft? Yes. And I over the moon with David? Also yes. The potential superstar winger would’ve been cool but let’s not pretend we didn’t get a stud with David. Can’t wait until he’s ready for the show
it’s explained but it’s not a good reason. hate the pick but its not a reason to harras the kid. hopefully i’ll be proven wrong. I was wrong about slaf, hopefully i’ll be wrong a second time!
As a fan I don’t think people don’t realize the amount of work these guys put in to make these selections.
It’s everything from analytics, to interviews, to the eye test to how their own coaches view these kids. Daily meetings, and months upon months of scouts flying all over the world to see these guys play.
We look at 2 scouting reports and 3 mock drafts and then say “pick Michkov”.