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 tabbatar da kansa a matsayin halattaccen damar NHL bayan kyakkyawan wasan kwaikwayon a Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta 2000, inda ya haskaka da saurinsa da kwarewarsa, inda ya ci maki 9 a wasanni 7 don 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 sun zaba shi a matsayin 208th a cikin duka.
Zaɓin shiga NHL na 2000.