“If David Reinbacher is on the market, the other 31 teams are going to call Kent Hughes.”

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Crédit: MONTREAL, QC - SEPTEMBER 14: Montreal Canadiens defenseman David Reinbacher (64) defends the puck against Toronto Maple Leafs forward Harry Nansi (73) during the Toronto Maple Leafs versus the Montreal Canadiens preseason prospect showdown game on September 14, 2025, at Bell Centre in Montreal, QC (Photo by David Kirouac/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

David Reinbacher is having a rather ordinary camp so far, as the defenseman didn’t break anything during the Prospects Face-Off. As my colleague Charles-Alexis Brisebois says, he’s still far from having earned his place with the club. For the time being, it’s prospect Adam Engström who’s standing out on the blue line. Should we be worried about Reinbacher’s poor camp so far? Absolutely not. Reinbacher only played 23 games last year, including the playoffs, due to a knee injury sustained during last year’s practice camp, and has yet to fully regain his cruising speed. That’s one of the reasons why, in his case, it’s ideal to play a lot of minutes in Laval to regain his rhythm and continue his development.

Nicolas Cloutier discussed the 20-year-old defenseman’s situation on The Sick Podcast.

[content-ads] According to him, in addition to his imposing physique, the right-handed defenseman has everything you could want in an NHL defenseman and should become an important part of the Habs defense within five years.

Cloutier, who would still take Reinbacher ahead of Matvei Michkov, also believes that the prospect could be very valuable, and that if he were on the trade market, quite a few NHL general managers would be interested in acquiring him.Indeed, right-handed backs with this kind of potential are pretty rare and very much in demand across the League.

Could Reinbacher become the centerpiece of a deal for the Canadiens to acquire a second center? It’s a very remote possibility, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the defenseman’s name came up frequently in the requests of other GMs in discussions with Kent Hughes.

However, if the Canadiens decide to trade the Swiss player, they’d better make sure they get an excellent return on the trade, because the last thing the organization and the fans want to see is a Ryan McDonagh scenario.Let’s just say it would take a lot more than a Scott Gomez to let Reinbacher go.

And personally, I’d like to see the young defenseman stay with the Habs. spacer title=’Overtime’] – (Another) night to forget.

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