David Reinbacher traded to the Rocket: hold off on drawing parallels with Noah Dobson

Following yesterday's game, the Canadiens decided to send David Reinbacher down to the Laval Rocket.

This means that when the Canadiens head to Florida for Game 5 of the series, Adam Engstrom (barring any changes) will be there, but David Reinbacher will not.

Engstrom has more NHL experience and has been participating in pre-game warm-ups recently.

That said, we'll have to wait before drawing any conclusions about the connection between Noah Dobson's health—he's the only player currently injured enough to be sidelined—and Reinbacher's demotion.

Why? Because the Laval Rocket hadn't played in days.

It therefore made sense that the Canadiens preferred to keep Reinbacher, who played Games #81 and #82 up top, in the team's entourage to experience the playoffs up close.

But since the Rocket will start playing again on Wednesday, at home, keeping two big Rocket defensemen in the NHL just to keep them from playing was becoming hard to justify. Playoff experience is worth its weight in gold…