Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Reid ya kasance tauraron dan wasa na Halifax Mooseheads na QMJHL, amma an wuce shi a cikin 1999 NHL Entry Draft saboda girmansa, kuma New York Rangers ba ta sanya hannu ba bayan da aka gayyace shi zuwa sansanin horo a wannan kaka. Koyaya, ya kafa kansa a matsayin halattaccen damar NHL bayan kyakkyawan aiki a
Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta 2000, inda ya haskaka da saurinsa da kwarewarsa, inda ya ci maki 9 a wasanni 7 yana taimakawa Kanada zuwa lambar tagulla. Ya gama kakar wasa ta 1999-2000 tare da maki 124 a wasanni 62 don Halifax, kuma ya taimaka musu su kai gasar Memorial Cup inda aka nada shi dan wasan da ya fi kowa wasa a gasar. Bayan kakar wasa, Vancouver Canucks ta zaba shi a matsayin na 208 a cikin 2000 NHL Entry Draft.