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David Reinbacher
Defense · MTL · NHL

David Reinbacher

Age
21
Height
6'3"
Weight
207 lb
Shoots
R
Drafted
2023, round 1, 5th overall
Born
AUT
2026-27
AHL · Laval Rocket
Games
4
Goals
0
Assists
2
Points
2
Prospect score · 2026-27
High end

74th of 1,160 prospects in the NHLnew

5th in the MTL system · 2nd among its defensemen

+0.4WAR a season if he sticks
Outlook
NHL odds68%Becomes a full-time NHL player — 200 games by 26
Impact odds26%Better than the typical NHL regular among defensemen
Arrival2027-28The season his comps who made it typically became regulars
WAR a season if he sticks+0.1+0.4+0.8Low, middle and high outcomes among his comparables who became regulars

Of the 10 players most like him at the same point in their development, 6 became full-time NHL players.

Development

His scoring, converted to an NHL equivalent, against every player his age and position that season. Zero is the average player his age; the band is where his comparables were at each age.

-10+1+2+3+417181920Age2022-23, age 17, 46 GP: +3.13 vs. his age group (0.24 NHL-equivalent points per game)2023-24, age 18, 46 GP: +0.98 vs. his age group (0.17 NHL-equivalent points per game)2024-25, age 19, 10 GP: +1.07 vs. his age group (0.22 NHL-equivalent points per game)2025-26, age 20, 57 GP: +0.35 vs. his age group (0.18 NHL-equivalent points per game)
HimMiddle half of his comps at that ageAverage player his age
Comparables

Past prospects at the same position and the same stage after their draft, matched on draft slot, age, size and league-adjusted production. What they became is already known. The outcome is judged at 26: 200 NHL games by then makes a regular.

#PlayerMatchNHL GP by 26Career NHL GPOutcomeWAR a season
1Griffin Reinhart2012 · #4 · at 2135%3737Did not stick—
2Olli Juolevi2016 · #5 · at 2133%4141Did not stick—
3Haydn Fleury2014 · #7 · at 2133%244348Regular+0.17
4Calvin de Haan2009 · #12 · at 2133%304679Regular+0.41
5Slater Koekkoek2012 · #10 · at 2133%167186Did not stick—
6Brandon Gormley2010 · #13 · at 2133%5858Did not stick—
7Jake Gardiner2008 · #17 · at 2132%407645Regular+1.17
8Urho Vaakanainen2017 · #18 · at 2131%221221Regular+0.14
9Derek Forbort2010 · #15 · at 2131%255552Regular−0.08
10Josh Morrissey2013 · #13 · at 2131%423743Regular+0.78
Season by season
SeasonGPGAPtsPIM
2026-27AHL · Laval Rocket402214
2025-26NHL · Montréal Canadiens20110
2025-26AHL · Laval Rocket575192456
2024-25OGQ · Austria30220
2024-25AHL · Laval Rocket1023510
2023-24NL · EHC Kloten351101118
2023-24AHL · Laval Rocket112354
2022-23WJC-20 · Austria U2050220
2022-23WC · Austria40112
2022-23NL · EHC Kloten463192226
2021-22WJC-20 · Austria U2040224
2021-22WJC-18 D1B · Austria U1850110
2021-22U20-Elit · EHC Kloten U20239132212
2021-22SL · EHC Kloten27110114
2020-21U20-Elit · EHC Kloten U202513416
2020-21U17-Elit · EHC Kloten U17204111516
2019-20U17-Elit · EHC Kloten U172844812
2018-19Top Novizen · EHC Bülach U1760110
2018-19Mini Top · EHC Kloten U152315132834
2017-18Mini Top · SC Rheintal U152613112432
2017-18Mini A · SC Rheintal II U1510000
2016-17QC Int PW · Swiss Eastern Selects20002
2016-17Mini A · SC Rheintal II U1564594

The prospect score is a percentile of his expected outcome among every prospect in the league: the chance he becomes a regular, times how good his comparables who did became against others at their position. A player who never sticks counts as zero, which is why a long shot with a high ceiling can rank below a safe bet. All Sabres prospects · How the rankings work