Inside Wheeler’s Shocking Summer 2025 NHL Prospect Rankings: Who’s the True Future Star?
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STL
2023
Tier 4
C
Reinbacher is a likable player who can do it all at a decent level. We sometimes see draft-eligible D play their full draft year in a professional league. We seldom see them play big minutes in a good league, though, even when they’re on the older side as Reinbacher was with his October birthday. But that’s what the Austrian did in Switzerland’s top flight three seasons ago, where he played over 20 minutes more often than he played under it. He drove results at both ends in those minutes, too, with a positive goal differential on an under-.500 team that was outscored pretty significantly. Two years ago was a lot tougher on a Kloten team that was difficult to watch and frankly a mess, but he was impressive in the AHL right away and showed his very tangible two-way elements with Laval. He was injured in a hit along the boards early in his first NHL preseason game this year, but after undergoing knee surgery and the six-month timeline that comes with it returned in late-February and played 20 minutes per game for them into the playoffs.
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