I think Max is the type of player teams win with. He does everything so well. What is he not good at? He just keeps on improving and improving and improving. He has a very high-end hockey IQ, and I think this is what makes him continually become better every season, surpassing expectations over and over.
It may take Reinhart another year, but he will be a Flame. Just when you put a ceiling on it, he decides to break it.
The Flames are very quickly starting to be a team that is becoming that much more difficult to make for young players with all this young talent, but Max is one guy I wouldn't bet against to crack the lineup and stay there. Kid just keeps on developing and developing. This is actually one of the reasons why I had his brother as the highest rated prospect on the list. If he is anything like Max, it will just be this constant development and ease of learning. I really am a huge believer in hockey IQ now, and how players often go on to find important roles within a franchise regardless of their skill-set.
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