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His shooting percentage is also at a very high number.  Is it repeatable? Or is he having a season with some puck luck?

 

25% seems an unsustainable number in future seasons. 

 

 

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Not sure why Reinbacher still out, minor tweek to knee or pain?

 

Rocket @ Comets recap & highlights: Laval bounces back with win

"It was Farrell’s 13th goal of the season. Laval was outshot 13-8 in the first period but Cayden Primeau stood tall, making some great saves to preserve the lead."

 

"The Comets continued to push in the final minutes of the second, but Primeau kept it a two-goal lead entering the third period with some big saves."

 

"After the game Vincent talked about Xhekaj, and admitted that they weren’t even sure if he would be with the team this year as sending back to junior was a real possibility, but they liked what they saw in rookie camp and in the pre-season."

“What he’s doing is very impressive. Not only the goals but his contributions on the penalty kill. He doesn’t play on the power play so most of his goals are five-on-five,” Vincent said. “His capacity to learn is very high. His details, the way he plays, we’re really happy to have him.”

 

... and David Reinbacher sat out his third game in a row as the team is being cautious with his return to play. He did make the trip to Utica, but will not play in Saturday’s game either. Pascal Vincent said there’s no panic, he will skate in the morning, and they are following the process provided by the Montreal Canadiens.
 

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3-2 Win:1banana:

Laval Rocket @ Utica Comets Saturday, March 15, 2025 | TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League

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Sean Farrell’s late goal moves Laval Rocket closer to playoffs

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"Logan Mailloux quickly swung the puck around to Barré-Boulet, who returned it back to Owen Beck in the faceoff circle. Beck then threw it to the slot where Sean Farrell uncorked a wicked shot over the blocker of Daws to open the scoring."

 

"In fact, it was the Rocket who began find extended shifts deep in the Utica end, with the third line of Davidson, Beck and Mesar generating plenty of great looks."

 

"It was Hughes and the combination of Condotta and Xhekaj who bled off the final moments and secured another huge pair of points for the Rocket."

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AHHHHH, just dont want to hear about set-backs involving 'ANY" damage to knee.:shocked:

 

"...Harvey-Pinard is still undergoing evaluation while Beaucage is out indefinitely.  While David Reinbacher (knee) didn’t play last week, there’s no structural damage and he remains day-to-day."

Rocket Weekly: Two Out of Three Against East’s Worst – HabsWorld.net

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20 hours ago, DON said:

AHHHHH, just dont want to hear about set-backs involving 'ANY" damage to knee.:shocked:

 

He was a full participant in practice today which is a good sign.  Lindstrom skated in a non-contact jersey as well so he's hopefully getting closer to returning as well.

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3-0 Win:1banana:

Toronto Marlies @ Laval Rocket Wednesday, March 19, 2025 | TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League

Engstrom 0pts 5 shots

Reinbacher 0pts 1 shot

Primeau 18save shutout.

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Laurent Dauphin’s hat trick pushes Rocket closer to playoff berth

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"The biggest news for the Rocket was the return of David Reinbacher to the lineup after he had sat out a stretch of games with some knee soreness. He immediately slotted in on the second pairing next to Adam Engström..."

 

 

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2 hours ago, DON said:

3-0 Win:1banana:

Toronto Marlies @ Laval Rocket Wednesday, March 19, 2025 | TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League

Engstrom 0pts 5 shots

Reinbacher 0pts 1 shot

Primeau 18save shutout.

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Laurent Dauphin’s hat trick pushes Rocket closer to playoff berth

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"The biggest news for the Rocket was the return of David Reinbacher to the lineup after he had sat out a stretch of games with some knee soreness. He immediately slotted in on the second pairing next to Adam Engström..."

 

 


Despite the Marlies running the goalie and boarding players, the Rocket kept to the game plan. The PK saved them when they were caught out of position defending and Primeau got another shutdown win.

Beck is going through something, mentally or physically, since being sent down; he has not been as assertive as when he was recalled.

Laval need to secure as many points before ending the season with a lot of rod games in April.

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14 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:

Beck is going through something, mentally or physically, since being sent down; he has not been as assertive as when he was recalled.

 

It could be that he's hitting the proverbial rookie wall too.  He has played a lot this year and even when the AHL had its All-Star break, he was on recall back and forth so he didn't get much of a break.

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20 hours ago, dlbalr said:

 

It could be that he's hitting the proverbial rookie wall too.  He has played a lot this year and even when the AHL had its All-Star break, he was on recall back and forth so he didn't get much of a break.

I hope you are right. 

He may also be bummed out from his NHL stint. Or trying to process what he needs to work on versus what he has been building his game around in the AHL.

 

I hope to see him play with more confidence as the team goes into the playoffs.

 

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Reinbacher just scored a Laine-like power play goal. 

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Must I explain all the similarities between that PP goal and a “usual” Laine PP goal outside of the exact mileage of the shot?

 

Probably a coincidence that many others saw it as well. Not that I agree with every comment, or had even seen them prior to my post.IMG_6590.jpegIMG_6592.jpegIMG_6591.jpeg

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Just cause a bunch of people on reddit said it, doesn't mean it's true. 

 

Caufield scored a few goals from that same spot early in the season when Laine was hurt.... its obvious the difference in those goals and why Laine, with his shot, can score at a higher rate.

 

The only similarity is the point on the ice. 

 

It isn't Laine like, cause the shot is not as good and Laine can repeat that goal at a higher rate than either caufield or reinbacher can. 

 

This isn't a criticism of either Caufield or Reinbacher, its an acknowledgment that guys like Ovechkin, Stamkos, Laine can repeatedly score this goal and most NHL players don't have the shot to do it regularly.

 

But sure tell me again what some random idiots on reddit think. 

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Rematch at 3pm today

 

2024-25 Third Quarter Grades: Goalies and Defencemen – HabsWorld.net

 

"The defensive structure remained the same, but David Reinbacher and Adam Engström were swapped down to the third pairing, likely to set up Reinbacher for his first back-to-back situation this season"

 

"With a chance to break the game wide-open, the Rocket found themselves getting stonewalled by the theatrics of Sawchenko. A brilliant passing play freed up Sean Farrell at the side of the net, and Farrell let a perfect shot go only for Sawchenko to come across and deny him with a raised pad."

 

"Xhekaj and Dauphin then completed the perfect tic-tac-toe passing play for Xhekaj to bury his 18th goal of the season … then promptly start another scrum."

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52 minutes ago, Commandant said:

Just cause a bunch of people on reddit said it, doesn't mean it's true. 

 

Caufield scored a few goals from that same spot early in the season when Laine was hurt.... its obvious the difference in those goals and why Laine, with his shot, can score at a higher rate.

 

The only similarity is the point on the ice. 

 

It isn't Laine like, cause the shot is not as good and Laine can repeat that goal at a higher rate than either caufield or reinbacher can. 

 

This isn't a criticism of either Caufield or Reinbacher, its an acknowledgment that guys like Ovechkin, Stamkos, Laine can repeatedly score this goal and most NHL players don't have the shot to do it regularly.

 

But sure tell me again what some random idiots on reddit think. 

Okay, and just because your “1 man army” opinion is that it wasn’t Laine-like doesn’t mean it is true either. In fact, you are wrong, as you often are, and that’s alright. It’s okay to be wrong. What is weird is to still try to defend your wrong stance and then insult people who disagree with your wrong stance.


I wasn’t using those examples to demonstrate that anything is true or wrong but to rather show that many people saw the same thing as I had mentioned; that the goal was Laine-like. 
 

The similarities to Laine’s goal:

 

1) Laine and Reinbacher are both right-handed

 

2) The location on the ice where the shot was taken from

 

3) The location the puck entered the net (top cheese far corner)

 

4) The velocity of the shot being high leading to a “boulet de canon” caption

 

5) The goalie in a useless butterfly position lifting their shoulder too late as the puck had already flown past them

 

6) The fact it was set up for a one timer in the exact same fashion Laine would be set up

 

Caufield hasn’t scored a goal similar to Laine from that position. I don’t think anyone ever said he has. He is a right hander and has scored goals from that area but they never reminded me of Laine.

 

We were talking about how this goal was similar to a Laine PP goal, because it was.

 

In what world does that mean that Reinbacher is the second coming of Laine? Is that what you registered from someone stating that this one goal was Laine-like? 

Who cares if Reinbacher can do it again? I don’t expect him to be able to.

 

The point was that this individual goal was Laine-like.

 

But sure tell me again how you are right and everyone else is wrong. I know you’re good at trying to find that one flaw (I’ll help get you started: point #4 above because Reinbacher’s shot isn’t as hard as Laine’s… or how about point #1 - who cares that they are both right handed? It means nothing when it comes to similarities) and then ignoring every other part that is accurate.

 

In the end, this is all opinion based but a differing view isn’t going to change all the similarities I can see between Laine scoring on the PP and this one Reinbacher goal. Trying to argue against that takes a very specific personality type. But go right ahead if you want to feel better about being “right”. 

 

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7 minutes ago, xXx..CK..xXx said:

Okay, and just because your “1 man army” opinion is that it wasn’t Laine-like doesn’t mean it is true either. In fact, you are wrong, as you often are, and that’s alright. It’s okay to be wrong. What is weird is to still try to defend your wrong stance and then insult people who disagree with your wrong stance.


I wasn’t using those examples to demonstrate that anything is true or wrong but to rather show that many people saw the same thing as I had mentioned; that the goal was Laine-like. 
 

The similarities to Laine’s goal:

 

1) Laine and Reinbacher are both right-handed

 

2) The location on the ice where the shot was taken from

 

3) The location the puck entered the net (top cheese far corner)

 

4) The velocity of the shot being high leading to a “boulet de canon” caption

 

5) The goalie in a useless butterfly position lifting their shoulder too late as the puck had already flown past them

 

6) The fact it was set up for a one timer in the exact same fashion Laine would be set up

 

Caufield hasn’t scored a goal similar to Laine from that position. I don’t think anyone ever said he has. He is a right hander and has scored goals from that area but they never reminded me of Laine.

 

We were talking about how this goal was similar to a Laine PP goal, because it was.

 

In what world does that mean that Reinbacher is the second coming of Laine? Is that what you registered from someone stating that this one goal was Laine-like? 

Who cares if Reinbacher can do it again? I don’t expect him to be able to.

 

The point was that this individual goal was Laine-like.

 

But sure tell me again how you are right and everyone else is wrong. I know you’re good at trying to find that one flaw (I’ll help get you started: point #4 above because Reinbacher’s shot isn’t as hard as Laine’s… or how about point #1 - who cares that they are both right handed? It means nothing when it comes to similarities) and then ignoring every other part that is accurate.

 

In the end, this is all opinion based but a differing view isn’t going to change all the similarities I can see between Laine scoring on the PP and this one Reinbacher goal. Trying to argue against that takes a very specific personality type. But go right ahead if you want to feel better about being “right”. 

 

 

How many words did you write and still not address my point that the biggest issue is that Reinbacher cant repeat this at the rate Laine does.

 

But sure... go off...

 

As for my opinion... im just a guy on a message board but at minimum its equal to yours and all those posts on reddit.  But again go off.

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19 minutes ago, DON said:

Rematch at 3pm today

 

2024-25 Third Quarter Grades: Goalies and Defencemen – HabsWorld.net

 

"The defensive structure remained the same, but David Reinbacher and Adam Engström were swapped down to the third pairing, likely to set up Reinbacher for his first back-to-back situation this season"

 

"With a chance to break the game wide-open, the Rocket found themselves getting stonewalled by the theatrics of Sawchenko. A brilliant passing play freed up Sean Farrell at the side of the net, and Farrell let a perfect shot go only for Sawchenko to come across and deny him with a raised pad."

 

"Xhekaj and Dauphin then completed the perfect tic-tac-toe passing play for Xhekaj to bury his 18th goal of the season … then promptly start another scrum."


It’s very early in his career but I’m starting to wonder if Xhekaj is a round 4 drafted gem. 
 

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Just now, Prime Minister Koivu said:


It’s very early in his career but I’m starting to wonder if Xhekaj is a round 4 drafted gem. 
 

 

If he can continue shooting close to 25% then yeah thats possible.

 

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Laval leads league in PIMs also, be nice to cut down on that somehow, having just the 16th best PK.

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