Confirmed Trade: [WPG/BUF] Nathan Beaulieu for 2019 6th round pick

[UConn126]

Regardless of what you may hear about Western NY being an absolute dump and having nothing but wings and warm beer on the menu, contrary to this belief, there are luxurious tours of Buffalo's East Side, Foodie Fests at Love Canal, and the World Famous Dyngus Day Parade. If that's not exciting enough, you can always find fun at your local bowling alley and drink your pain away with 2 dollar drafts of Genny Cream Ale.

This is how I spend most of my time, too.


Back on topic, I remember really wanting the Bruins to land Beaulieu in that 2011 draft, figuring Dougie would have already been off the board by 9.

 

[wintersej]

Don't get why he was giving away for nothing. One man's trash is another's treasure.

Sounds like Rangers fans when they got Ryan Spooner. Give it time.

 

[Lebowski]

I really liked Nate with the Habs. He has the tools to be a top 4, but he has a hard time putting it all together. I’d be happy to see him find some consistency on a team like Winnipeg.

Back in Montreal, he was usually at his best when he was given a lot of ice-time, which didn’t happen very often. But he’s big, skates very well, good puck mover, can get involved physically... There’s a lot to like there, I think he can be a factor if he can gain some confidence.

 

[Gurilla]

Low risk acquisition. Loving him so far on the team.

 

[Yatzhee]

I really liked Nate with the Habs. He has the tools to be a top 4, but he has a hard time putting it all together. I’d be happy to see him find some consistency on a team like Winnipeg.

Back in Montreal, he was usually at his best when he was given a lot of ice-time, which didn’t happen very often. But he’s big, skates very well, good puck mover, can get involved physically... There’s a lot to like there, I think he can be a factor if he can gain some confidence.

He looked decent this season with Buffalo, with what very limited games Housley allowed him. Last season he looked a bit lost. But he's big, uses his body and likes to engage physically more than I envisioned. He's definitely got the tools, I think your right on the confidence. Maybe going to an organization with such a staunch defense will force him to elevate game play wise. I hope so, I liked him.

 

[Trinity]

Good skater, above average puck mover and surprisingly tough but a muffin shot and too many controller disconnected moments in his own end will prevent him from ever being more than a 6/7

What's a muffin shot?

 

[mazmin]

What's a muffin shot?

It means soft. Often used to describe a weak punch as well ie: throwing muffins

 

[Gabe Kupari]

Hes looked solid his first few games with the Jets.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

This guy looks really solid so far for the Jets. Kind of surprised he was essentially given away.

 

[jetsforever]

Yeah he's been decent so far, hopefully he keeps it up until Morrissey is back

 

[Hunter368]

Very pleased........so far.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Surprised he was given away for nothing.

 

[Reddawg]

Surprised he was given away for nothing.

Just wait.

 

[libertarian]

Beaulieu so far has been play 16+ mins for the Jets playing with Trouba and he is holding his own. Happy with his addition for what he cost the Jets. If he keeps playing like this he may get resign this off season. He is not hurting us and that is a big plus considering both Buff and Morrissey are out long term. Tomorrow they play TB at home so we will see if he can keep this up. So far Beaulieu looks like a good pick up for what it cost the team.

 

[varano]

His hockey IQ is terrible. He is a tough guy that doesn't mind dropping the gloves so if you were to use him in a sheltered role, he may not be bad. Anything more than that is when hilarity will occur.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Any player you can use in an NHL game that only costs a 6th round pick is a steal IMO.

We'll see if he can keep up some solid play though. 3-4 games is a pretty small sample size.

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

Hes looked solid his first few games with the Jets.

he's always like that, wait 15+ games.

 

[Channelcat]

He's not very good. But, for free......thats a nice pick up.

 

[lomiller1]

He’s looked good so far for the Jets, but let’s keep in mind that he’s playing with Trouba. Trouba managed to make Mark Stuart look like a passable NHL D-man for 3 years so what we re seeing may just mean "he’s a little bit better than Mark Stuart was". We saw something similar a couple years ago with Chiarot looking good on the top par with Buff, and even last year with Morrow looking ok in limited sample size when paired with a quality partner.

His hockey IQ is terrible. He is a tough guy that doesn't mind dropping the gloves so if you were to use him in a sheltered role, he may not be bad. Anything more than that is when hilarity will occur.

With Morrissey injured and the Jets already having limited depth on LD he’s been slotted in on the top pair with since he arrived and has not looked out of place, in fact that paring has been strong. It’s probably much more to do with Trouba than Beaulieu though.

 

[buggs]

he's always like that, wait 15+ games.

If we can get 15 games out of him that are serviceable while Morrissey is recovering that would be just fine. Morrissey and Buff get healthy everyone gets pushed done and possibly to the press box. He can have as much hilarity there as he likes.

 

[kylbaz]

Poor D always look good when they get a fresh start ala Morrow for the Jets. Even if he's not as good as he's been playing he's still and upgrade over Morrow and others the Jets have. Who knows maybe playing with other good players on a winning team he will change his game. He was a first round pick after all.

 

[Gurilla]

So far Hayes has 3p in 3gp and Beau has 2p in 3gp. Nice.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

This guy had to check out of a wedding by 10 PM because he was puking.

He's a tool.

 

[Atoyot]

This guy had to check out of a wedding by 10 PM because he was puking.

He's a tool.

I know a lot of guys who have been there. One has a PhD in Biology now and is working in cancer research. Maybe you should refine your single event logic to determine whether somebody's a tool or not?

 

[Trinity]

Poor D always look good when they get a fresh start ala Morrow for the Jets.

Why is that?