Paul Byron invited David Reinbacher to spend time with his family

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For David Reinbacher, the 2024-25 season is his first full-time in North America. Last year, he came to Laval to finish the year, but spent most of the season in Europe.

It had been a laborious year marked by countless coaching changes, so the Habs were happy to bring him into a more stable environment.

That said, the youngster suffered a serious knee injury just minutes before Patrik Laine suffered the same fate, and while the latter could return in a couple of months or so, Reinbacher’s season is essentially on the rocks. He might play a few games at the end of the season, but nothing more.

And given that the youngster has just arrived in America, it’s not necessarily easy for him. He doesn’t have his family or close friends around him, so it’s easy to be isolated in such a situation. Especially since rehabilitation can be mentally demanding.

But the Canadiens are trying to avoid this: on Halloween night, Paul Byron invited Reinbacher to spend the evening with his family.

The young defenseman was the delight of many youngsters that evening.

Our colleagues at HabsolumentFan also reported the news.

It’s great to see Byron, who works for the club, trying to take Reinbacher under his wing. The youngster has had to deal with some big changes in his life in recent months, and if the club can help him feel at home in Quebec, that’s a good thing.

Mathieu Chouinard notes that Reinbacher was not familiar with Halloween celebrations in America. So Byron invited him to his home to experience it all.

And for the Habs, it will be all the more important to take such initiatives in the coming days, given that Oliver Kapanen has been sent back to Europe. Yesterday, Kapanen stated that he has been spending a lot of time with Reinbacher since the start of the season, and the two seem to be close.

But now that he’s gone, we’ll have to make sure that the youngster continues to be in contact with members of the organization.

We know that Reinbacher is sometimes around the Habs and/or the Rocket. He’s been seen a few times on both teams’ victory videos (more often on the Rocket’s, that said), and the club will have to keep making sure the kid ‘s doing well.

He’s already going through a major adjustment and recovering from a major injury, so we need to help him with what we can control at the Canadiens.

Overtime

– Should Lane Hutson shoot more often?

– My colleague Marc-Olivier Cook agreed at lunchtime.

– These guys are amazing.

– It’s still the talk of the town.

– Cool!

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