As we conclude our analysis of the very interesting documentary released towards the end of last week by the Montreal Canadiens, about the behind-the-scenes of the 2023 NHL draft, let's note an extremely interesting passage.
It was overlooked, but in a video filmed a few hours before the draft, you can clearly hear Jeff Gorton say this:
It's really interesting to see how it actually happened behind the scenes. There's a lot of ambiguity, but in light of all this, it seems we understand this:
Reinbacher was not the first option considered by the Canadiens, but a few hours/days before the draft, after a substantial internal discussion, Reinbacher found himself ahead of another player (whose name is censored, but we imagine they are talking about Matvei Michkov here).