Sam Reinhart

THW’s NHL Draft War Room Rankings: #2 (Feb 2014

THW’s NHL Draft Rankings – The Next Ones Edition (aka Chris’s List): #2 (March 2014)

Hashtag/Nickname: #MrCerebral

Team: #23, Kootenay, WHL

#23, Kootenay, WHL Position: Centre

Centre Shoots: Right:

Right: Height: 6’1

6’1 Weight: 185 lb.

185 lb. Born: Vancouver, BC, 6-Nov-95

Vancouver, BC, 6-Nov-95 Twitter: @SamsonReinhart

Stats

Other Rankings

1 – Craig Button, Jan-14

2 – Bob MacKenzie, Jan-14

2 – Future Considerations, Feb-14

2 – ISS, Feb-14

4 – NHL Combined – Mid-term, Jan-14

Worth Retweeting

Sam Reinhart has scored 3 consecutive goals for Canada @ Ivan Hlinka Tourney. Winner vs. Slovakia & 2 goals vs. Czechs in Semi. 2-1 Canada. — Craig Button (@CraigJButton) August 17, 2012

Sam Reinhart has 42 in his last 18 with four more tonight. 26(!) in 9 games this month. #2014NHLDraft http://t.co/UnkYldfsjt — Zenon Herasymiuk (@ZenonHerasymiuk) February 20, 2014

Profiles

Profile 1: Cleve Dheensaw at The Times Colonist

Cleve Dheensaw at Profile 2: Bryant44 at www.ontheforecheck.com

Interview

Sam Reinhart: One-on-One with 2014 NHL Draft Prospect http://t.co/J5w7gugQkK #THW — The Hockey Writers (@TheHockeyWriter) January 21, 2014

Quotable

From Ross MacLean, ISS Head Scout at Fansided.com, “He’s a great offensive thinker with great skills and a natural nose for scoring goals. He’s a very smart playmaker who can really control his time and space well around the puck. He’s got a great release on his shot, a release that reminds me a lot of James Neal. He has a natural ability to adapt to his surroundings and seems to build chemistry quickly with whomever he lines up with.”

From the War Room

Eldon MacDonald, THW: A few words on Sam Reinhart: Winner – Gold at the 2013 Ivan Hlinka; gold at the 2013 U18 Worlds. Cerebral – A lot of Sam’s success comes from thinking the game faster than everyone else. Leader – Captain of his club team, the Kootenay Ice, Captain of Team Canada at the 2013 U18 Worlds, Captain of Team Cherry at the 2014 CHL Top Prospects Game. Most likely to be drafted number one in 2014 – Yes, I have Aaron Ekblad number one but I am not the one doing the drafting. Top line centres are both harder to come by and are more likely to perform as advertised than defensemen of a similar age since the forwards are closer to maturity in their game. Watch for Sam Reinhart’s name being called out first at the 2014 NHL draft in Philadelphia.

Video

Video 1: World Juniors prospect profile from Sport Chek

World Juniors prospect profile from Video 2: Prospect discussion from ShawTVKootenays

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