3rd game in four days: David Reinbacher’s knee is visibly healed

Dose
Crédit:

At the last training camp, David Reinbacher suffered a significant knee injury. At the moment, it was relegated to the background given that Patrik Laine suffered the same fate a few minutes later, but the young defenseman suffered the most severe injury.

What was supposed to be his first full season in the AHL became a season of long rehabilitation.

That being said, Reinbacher recovered a bit faster than expected. We saw him back in action in February, but under a strict return-to-play protocol: he didn’t play the second game when the Rocket played two games in two days.

The club wanted to play it safe to avoid overloading him.

Now, you’ll notice that I’m talking about all this in the past… because today, all this seems to be in the past: Reinbacher will play a second game in less than 24 hours.

This will also be a third game in four days for the young defenseman.

And that’s excellent news for the Canadiens. If the club had any doubts about the young Austrian’s health, he would have watched today’s game from the stands… but he’s back in uniform.

So, there’s reason to be reassured: the defenseman’s knee seems to be holding up.

The timing to end this protocol is still quite particular, considering that last week, Reinbacher had missed a few games due to discomfort in his knee that had been operated on. He returned to play on Wednesday (after Kent Hughes stated that the defenseman’s knee had no structural problems), and he’s been in uniform for the third time since then.

He’s playing big hockey when he’s on the ice… and he’s even giving himself Shea Weber-esque airs at times.

This is good news for the Canadiens, who see their defenseman getting better. There’s no longer a need to limit his workload in the short term, and that’s a good sign regarding the state of his knee.

Let’s hope it lasts.

Overtime

– Talking about the Rocket.

– Habs fans: here are the teams to cheer for today.

– J.T. Miller will face the Canucks today.

– She’s very good.

– He’s never played in this position in the majors during his career.