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Habs Season Thread: Offseason 2025

Different personality for sure, Slaf is a bit more flamboyant while David seems a bit more reserved, maybe a bit shy, but he seems fairly confident, we'll see how he handles adversity.

But Slaf also seem more likely to get in trouble in this market. :)
Germans are more demure
 
Reinbacher is Austrian and played in Switzerland. Neither country is known for its flamboyant personalities (except for Adolf Shickelgruber) He's taciturn where Slaf is ebouilliant.

But I've also seen him in after whistle scrums and he doesn't come off as meek by any means. He can be quite truculent when he wants to be. He'll give a guy the stick when they fuck around.
 
I would definitely look to trade Reinbacher. He doesn’t seem to have the mental makeup to thrive in a market like Montreal. Cut our losses now.
What losses?
Largely . . . but he seems a little unsure of himself . . . but he is only 20 and not everyone has Slaf’s “swagger.”
Redenbacher is playing like a man amongst boys, he went into shutdown mode last game, gave the opposition nothing, no errors, no miscues, no chances at all in Dzone. Quick, hard & precise tape to tape outlets / transition out.

True to his Austrian / Germanic heritage…. efficient.
 
Heino with an assist in Sweden's 5-0 win over Slovakia today.

He's playing on their third line with Mikael Backlund and Elias Lindholm.

I really liked Heino's game (pre-car accident)......he was amongst the top rookies in the league.

I can see him on our second line one day....he would create space and do the dirty work to get puck for Demidov from corners
 
I'd like to get rid of Laine... Struble and Wifi would be #7 and 8 dmen... and I just totally forgot to include Dach.

Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovsky
Heineman - Duchene - Demidov
Anderson - Dach -Gallagher
Newhook -Evans- Xhekaj

Guhle - Hutson
Matheson - Ekblad
Reinbacher - Carrier

Montembault
Primeau

Armia, Wifi, Struble​
Doubt they have Reinbacher playing his off side.

And I'd swap around newhook, heineman, Dach depending on health and level of play
 
I wouldn't.
Nor would I. I'd love to add Lafreniere but not at the cost of Slaf.

The problem when dealing with the Rangers is that they are always in "win now" mode so picks and prospects are of little interest to them. They only want bona-fide NHL players who can help them win today, not 3 or 4 years from today, so they aren't looking at what Laval has, they're looking at our current 23 man roster.

I'd happily give them Newhook, but I don't think the Rangers would be much interested. Matheson and Newhook? Matheson, Newhook and Anderson?
 
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