Confirmed with Link: Taylor Beck to HFD for Justin Fontaine

[Trxjw]

Always liked Beck. Just too slow for the NHL.

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[ZiGOODejad]

so exciting!

 

[Vitto79]

Saw this coming . An AHL trade just to make one

 

[NYR Viper]

The Pack need help scoring. This should help.

Also Beck is RFA, could he help next year as well down there?

 

[ChrisKreider20]

Always liked Beck. Just too slow for the NHL.

He needs to see Boyle and Zuccarello's skating coach them. And lose maybe 10 pounds.

 

[poeman]

I guess we are all in for the Cup...in Hartford.

 

[Revel]

50 pts in 40 games this year in the A. Not bad.

 

[cwede]

like with Catenacci, this HF profile is a couple years old

CapFriendly says RFA after this year
but i think he may be at stage/age where he needs more NHL games than he's played to be RFA.
Will check and update

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/taylor_beck/

Talent Analysis
Beck is a budding power forward, with a willingness to go to the net. He has demonstrated his goal scoring ability at every level thus far, and has shown in training camp that he has the ability to be a force to be reckoned with. Beck has the talent to be an elite scorer, though his skating could still use some work.

 

[NYR Viper]

like with Catenacci, this HF profile is a couple years old

CapFriendly says RFA after this year
but i think he may be at stage/age where he needs more NHL games than he's played to be RFA.
Will check and update

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/taylor_beck/

Talent Analysis
Beck is a budding power forward, with a willingness to go to the net. He has demonstrated his goal scoring ability at every level thus far, and has shown in training camp that he has the ability to be a force to be reckoned with. Beck has the talent to be an elite scorer, though his skating could still use some work.

He's Ryan Malone. Ryan Malone couldn't hang in the new NHL without serious skating improvement. Real good hands around the net

 

[cwede]

He's Ryan Malone. Ryan Malone couldn't hang in the new NHL without serious skating improvement. Real good hands around the net

agreed his future is probably not as full time NHL player

because he has 90 NHL games played,
if i read CBA correctly, yes, he will be RFA

i suspect NYR QO both he and Catenacci as young vets for HWP next year

 

[IAMREALITY]

Who the **** for who the ****??

Ahhhh, who gives a ****....

 

[cwede]

Who the **** for who the ****??
Ahhhh, who gives a ****....

if you don't give a , why even post?

sure these are low priority players, no one is arguing that

but they are players with NYR contracts, you never know when they might show up

some guy named Kampfer dressed for NYR just yesterday

 

[IAMREALITY]

if you don't give a , why even post?

sure these are low priority players, no one is arguing that

but they are players with NYR contracts, you never know when they might show up

some guy named Kampfer dressed for NYR just yesterday

Oh my god what is with the misplaced stuck sticks today??? Christ almighty....

 

[Boruto]

I think this is where they get the saying "Reality is a *****"

 

[egelband]

Seems he had a decent shot with Nashville. I guess he didn't really take advantage.

 

[eco's bones]

He should help Hartford get back to some kind of respectability this year but it's too late for that team to make a playoff run. If Buch stays down there--that's a serious infusion of forward talent. Beck's an RFA and worth resigning for next year--not so much with the hope that he'll make the Rangers but with the idea to make Hartford a playoff team. IMO he's a better player than Hrivik--more offensively gifted for sure.

Going into next season Hartford should have--Beck, Jensen, Hrivik, Nieves, Tambellini, Fogarty, Kovacs, Catenacci and Stromwall. That's not a bad forward group if the second year guys can take a step forward. I would consider bringing Brown back.

Graves, Gilmour, Paliotta on defense. Summers is liked--he might be back too. His +9 leads the team.

All in all Halverson's done pretty well. He's had some stinkers and he needs more development though. Skapski I'd probably give another chance to get it together.

Potential new guys--Gropp, Zborovskiy--maybe Day.

 

[Mac n Gs]

FWIW, Beck is 2nd highest in WAR in the AHL according to Matt Pfeffer's model (ahlstats.blogspot.ca)

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Beck is essentially an ELITE AHLer.

This is a really good move for the overall quality of our AHL squad. He better be re-signed.

 

[Tawnos]

Beck is essentially an ELITE AHLer.

This is a really good move for the overall quality of our AHL squad. He better be re-signed.

I'm sure he will be. The entire point of these two AHL deals is that the players they brought in are controllable.