Detroit does this

I would prefer the Habs keep #5, but if Reinbacher is indeed the Habs draft target, this would make sense for both sides, versus buring the #5 on Reinbacher.

And then Reinbacher goes 6, 7, or 8 lol

No from Montreal

Habs need quality not quantity

Then that's good news... it pushes the better players down a notch!

Reinbacher is seen as a defensemen like Seider so I'm pretty sure there team who would select him over other player who was supposed to be higher drafted. And while moving back is sometimes good to acquire what you want and getting more asset back, you game the chance that another team would select the same prospect you wanted and you find yourself without what you have wanted.

Except he isn’t. Seider’s selection shocked everyone including Mo. reibacher’s comparisons alone make him not the same. If people think he is the next version they will draft him accordingly, rather than be shocked if he goes 5-6.

My comment was only meant as a response to “if Reinbacher is the pick.” It could mean if the Wings want him and make a trade to get him at x spot okay. If MTL wants him but thinks 5 is early, this trading to 9, it would be funny if he was taken 6,7, or 8.

I think Detroit played head games with everyone when they took Seider at 6 because Seider wasn't even supposed to be that good; he was all but unanimously agreed to be a top 4 prospect. Now there's another guy who's a unanimous top 4 guy (and I saw an interview, saw nothing really stand out about his character), and someone will grab him top 8 in the "legendary 2023 draft" it might be known as in the future... he could end up being a Noah Hanifin (though I don't think he'll be this good because Hanifin had unanimous top pair ceiling) when you pass on Timo Meier, Mikko Rantanen, Kyle Connor, Mathew Barzal, etc. If Michkov isn't available and Detroit offered me that package, I would take it, because I do think that if someone drafts Reinbacher, you get Dvorsky, Benson, or one of the two American guys who might well be better than Smith is.

Montreal trading down could be further gamesmanship... them saying "Oh we're drafting Reinbacher" but they're really not... and they end up getting an elite forward like Zach Benson at 9, whom they really wanted at 5, and then get a massive upgrade over their 2nd first rounder, and take another potentially elite forward or a D like Simashev if he drops down that far.