MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
You’ve been put on notice, NHL. The Sabres are coming for you this season.
Confirmed Trade: [BUF/WSH] Beck Malenstyn for 2024 2nd round pick (43OA)
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Liam Smith
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Buffalo fans will like this guy. Might be a steep price to pay, but he’s a perfect fourth liner and works his ass off. Type of character add that goes a long way.
Yup, the Sabres have a gluttony of futures assets so I don’t care about the overpay. They really need these types of players
Brock Boeser Laser Show
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Capitals sold high. Doubt he hits 20 points again in the NHL when he's never even produced at the AHL level (career high of 16 points).
Love Beck and Sabres fans will love him but this is good value for Washington. Awesome 4th line guy who can really skate and throw the body around. Underrated in the offensive zone as well.
Mattilaus
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The Devilish Buffoon
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I think there’s a bit of upside with Malenstyn too. Clearly he’s a late bloomer but not only does he hit hard and often and gritty defensively, but his 6 goals and 21 points came on 6% shooting. I think he could certainly be a 15 goal, 30 point - top notch bottom sixer. He averaged 14 minutes per game as a rookie so it’s probably unfair to even say he’s a pure 4th liner…there’s definitely a valuable bottom six guy potential.
There’s some Dakota Joshua-ness about his NHL path…
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
Beck Malenstyn is a gritty fourth-liner who works hard, plays with snarl, and does whatever is asked of him. I hate that he is not gonna be on the Caps. But an early second round pick? Yeah, ok.
dma0034
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I hate being a fan of the Sabres. Adams may be the worse GM the Sabres have had in their drought.
EmptyNetAssassin
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Evolving Hickey has Beck at 3x$1.75 and I didn’t think that had value let alone high 2nd
Good 4th liner though
Good 4th liner though
Mattilaus
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I am quite sure Jeannot's 16 team no trade list would have been in the way.
DeltaSwede
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Beck Malenstyn was a key part of the best "4th line" in the NHL last year. The Caps had a top 9 that was very untrustworthy defensively, so they leaned on their 4th line defensively to a degree that no one has ever leaned on a line before. I've written mini-essays about that line before so I'll just link this comment about the line in general and this one that's more about Beck and why certain models are stupid for not liking him. The TL;DR is that the Malentsyn-Dowd-NAK line got incredibly difficult deployments and still ended up above water.
Malenstyn himself is one of the fastest skaters in the NHL (97th percentile top speed and speed bursts) and he's a big hitter (11th in the NHL in hits last year). If you were building a 4th line winger in a lab, you'd build Beck Malenstyn. I know Buffalo fans are gonna be annoyed about the cost, but you're gonna like the player. I'm bummed to see him go.
Malenstyn himself is one of the fastest skaters in the NHL (97th percentile top speed and speed bursts) and he's a big hitter (11th in the NHL in hits last year). If you were building a 4th line winger in a lab, you'd build Beck Malenstyn. I know Buffalo fans are gonna be annoyed about the cost, but you're gonna like the player. I'm bummed to see him go.
241 hits
90.5 percent d-zone starts
Young, fast, good PK
4th rounder sure. 3rd rounder...whatever. 43rd overall?!?!?!
90.5 percent d-zone starts
Young, fast, good PK
4th rounder sure. 3rd rounder...whatever. 43rd overall?!?!?!
