Confirmed with Link: Owen Beck Signed to 3-Year ELC

[Captain97]

Awesome pick this guy looks solid. Suzuki Dach Dvorak Monahan are ahead of Evans I would imagine; if Monahan is back to his old self there will be interesting decisions to make with Mesar and Beck pushing. Heck where would Dubois even play at this point, where did all those centers come from???

Dubois would be on LW a position he has played almost as much as he has centre with the Jets

 

[BLONG7]

This is all fine and dandy, but I wanna see a Caufield contract too, before he explodes

Agreed, but there is this thing, called an agent or parasite if you will.
Two sides here, and CC's side says maybe wait and see?

Beck has been playing like a 1st round pick who wants to stick!! What a great pick. Off the dominate the Jr ranks and hopefully we see him next year.

 

[AHShadow]

Kid deserves it after how he's been playing the last few weeks!

Projecting into the future, but our center depth is looking really good.

Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson
Suzuki
Dach
Beck

Who out of the above is better suited to play wing?

 

[waitin425]

Kid deserves it after how he's been playing the last few weeks!

Projecting into the future, but our center depth is looking really good.

Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson
Suzuki
Dach
Beck

Who out of the above is better suited to play wing?

Bedard

PLD - Suzuki - Caufield
Slaf - Dach - Bedard
Farrell - Beck - Mesar

 

[Wats]

This is all fine and dandy, but I wanna see a Caufield contract too, before he explodes

Caufield probably thinking opposite, wants a contract after exploding.

 

[Rapala]

Here's hoping he gets all the chances in the world to develop his O Game. His instincts are phenomenal.

 

[Captain97]

Kid deserves it after how he's been playing the last few weeks!

Projecting into the future, but our center depth is looking really good.

Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson
Suzuki
Dach
Beck

Who out of the above is better suited to play wing?

The 2023 guys I think would all be better suited for wing than Suzuki or Dach.

Tbh either Carlsson or Fantilli would be good with Dach (or Dubois) they are left handed and can take faceoffs on their strong side and Dach as a righty can take them on his.

 

[Le Tricolore]

Watch Beck end up being the player we needed to get out of the tank over Slafkovsky. Lol

 

[Jared Dunn]

I think it's fairly reasonable to expect to have 3 top nine forwards and a top four D out of the 2022 draft within the next 5 years, tidy bit of business by management

 

[Beendair Donedat]

Hard working, intelligent hockey player with talent. He’s going to be our Carbonneau of the future. A faceoff winning machine, that can shutdown the opposition and score. Glad he’s signed, and I look forward to a big year in his development.

 

[Beer and Chips]

Congratulations to Beck, he has earned it and will be seriously looked at for a spot next season with several veterans' contracts ending. Beck, Slafkovsky, and Heineman should all be looking for a regular spot next year along with the young defensemen. One more year of futility in store before the team starts to take shape.

 

[Beer and Chips]

Kid deserves it after how he's been playing the last few weeks!

Projecting into the future, but our center depth is looking really good.

Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson
Suzuki
Dach
Beck

Who out of the above is better suited to play wing?

Imo, that's a heck of a center depth no need to move any of them to wing. If Hutson's body doesn't co-operate I would consider him a candidate for wing.

 

[AHShadow]

Bedard

PLD - Suzuki - Caufield
Slaf - Dach - Bedard
Farrell - Beck - Mesar

The 2023 guys I think would all be better suited for wing than Suzuki or Dach.

Tbh either Carlsson or Fantilli would be good with Dach (or Dubois) they are left handed and can take faceoffs on their strong side and Dach as a righty can take them on his.

Crazy to think that our (most likely) best player would be drafted at C, but would be played at W. But having a combo of Suzuki - Caufield and Dach - Bedard would be absolutely insane to watch for decades.

Imo, that's a heck of a center depth no need to move any of them to wing. If Hutson's body doesn't co-operate I would consider him a candidate for wing.

Yeah I wouldn't mind also having just 4 really centers on each line. Just need to fill them up with equally as good wingers.

 

[HabzSauce]

Awesome pick this guy looks solid. Suzuki Dach Dvorak Monahan are ahead of Evans I would imagine; if Monahan is back to his old self there will be interesting decisions to make with Mesar and Beck pushing. Heck where would Dubois even play at this point, where did all those centers come from???

Plus another center in the top 5 of 2023 draft.

We're going to have a surplus of forwards!!

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Plus another center in the top 5 of 2023 draft.

We're going to have a surplus of forwards!!

Realistically, we will also be drafting high (top 10) in 2024.

 

[Runner77]

Amazing to have everyone in this thread be unanimous about a player.

But, that is now. What was it, back then?

Just look at the first page of posts when Beck was drafted and you get a whole other picture: Prospect Info: - [2022 - 33rd] Owen Beck (OHL - Mississauga Steelheads)

How quickly several of us ditched or questioned the pick. This was a prime example of waiting to see the player perform before making an assessment. Glad HuGo got this one right.

We may just be looking at a top 6C in the making.

 

[Tetragrammaton]

Sounds to me like we can trade one of our centre prospects + to get the potential elite #1 D we need

Almost impossible to get those. We have to draft one.

 

[BJCOLLINS]

Good for Beck
Now get an invite to Halifax for the World Juniors

 

[Habs13]

Well deserved! Looked great at camp and even better in pre-season games

 

[FloJack]

Amazing to have everyone in this thread be unanimous about a player.

But, that is now. What was it, back then?

Just look at the first page of posts when Beck was drafted and you get a whole other picture: Prospect Info: - [2022 - 33rd] Owen Beck (OHL - Mississauga Steelheads)

How quickly several of us ditched or questioned the pick. This was a prime example of waiting to see the player perform before making an assessment. Glad HuGo got this one right.

We may just be looking at a top 6C in the making.

Thanks for that wormhole! I’m trying to work here!

 

[26Mats]

Bedard

PLD - Suzuki - Caufield
Slaf - Dach - Bedard
Farrell - Beck - Mesar

This isn't an unrealistic lineup. We have that future top 9 minus PLD and Bedard. PLD is there for the taking. We seem to have the goods this year to finish very low and then could very well land Bedard, Fantelli or Mishkov.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Beck has been sent back to Junior.

 

[Tyson]

Beck has been sent back to Junior.

He done good.
Can't wait to follow him this season.

 

[Paddy17]

Beck has been sent back to Junior.

As it should be. He's been great and really opened a lot of eyes. He's held his own vs. NHL opposition, but he still has lots of development left in the OHL. I want to see him go back there to develop his offense and work on his shot.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

As it should be. He's been great and really opened a lot of eyes. He's held his own vs. NHL opposition, but he still has lots of development left in the OHL. I want to see him go back there to develop his offense and work on his shot.

Probably the most surprising rookie during the exhibition season. I think Beck more than held his own against elite NHL players . This kid will be an important player for the Canadiens in the near future.