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Things didn’t get better for Kloten after Reinbacher arrived and the 19-year-old defenceman suffered two injuries — one to his knee and another to his hand. Kloten went through three head coaches and finished the season in 13th place in the 14-team league with a 17-29-6 record. Reinbacher had 1-10-11 totals in 35 games, along with a minus-15 differential.

Rob Ramage, the Canadiens’ director of player development, went to visit the struggling Reinbacher. He showed him video of former Canadiens defenceman Shea Weber, trying to get Reinbacher to simplify his game.

“It was a tough season in Kloten,” Ramage said last week when the Canadiens held their development camp in Brossard. “He went through three coaches. He had such a good (training) camp here. His maturity on the ice is beyond what he is off the ice. I think I went in there end of November. He had just come back from injury. The team was struggling, he was struggling.

“We had some really good conversations when we were there,” Ramage added. “I think there were a lot of voices hitting on him at that point and I really wanted him to simplify that. Sometimes these guys can really overthink the game and that will translate right into their hands and their feet. So we did that and his second half was better and then I think he played very well when he came to Laval.”