majormajor
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Offensively maybe.
But he was the 2nd worst F on the team in xGA. I won't blame him for being a -28, but Eichel, Riley Sheehan and Mittelstadt were all better in that stat.. suggesting (or at least opening up the "has he really proven it?" argument) that he is not best suited at playing against #1Cs and top competition like other #1Cs have to do.
I'm not worried about Reinhart's defense. It's not his selling point and coming from the Sabres you should expect some garish against numbers. The scoring though is not likely to remain #1C caliber. He pretty much just had hot shooting down the stretch - something like 13 goals on his last 51 shots, and not great assist totals. Not that I'd expect great scoring in that situation, but it's also not like Reinhart has some other sample as #1C that we can point to. This was it and it doesn't look like something he'll do again.