Recalled/Assigned: Canadiens recall Owen Beck (emergency recall)

[Lshap]

Those who post on hockey forums or subscribe to The Athletic or other works represent less than 10% of the overall fanbase.

The avg fan won’t be “impressed” with tanka-thon, neither will the corporate base who are the MOST IMPORTANT sector of the fanbase

The debate over Revenue vs. R&D is a bigger conversation than we can get into in this thread, but it looks like our creaky old franchise and our hypersensitive fans are starting to get it. Look at the three biggest markets – New York, Toronto, Montreal – none have won a Cup in ages partly because they were caught in a belief they had to deliver wins every season. However, in the last decade those three franchises have yielded to the logic of rebuilds and their fanbases have supported them.

Fans may be crazy, but we're not stupid. Even casual Habs fans know the team's been on a treadmill for a decade and is in desperate need of change. They may not know who Connor Bedard is, but they can pronounce "Xhekaj". Fans are enjoying watching the new kids; playoffs will wait.

 

[Habs Icing]

Beck more than held his own in the pre-season. Having him play a few games in the NHL will provide the Canadiens with a bit better idea as to what they have with Beck. Who knows, maybe they’re show casing him before the TDL.

This is what I wrote earlier in this thread:

Don't you find it strange that they called up Beck but haven't announced an injury?

My conspiratorial mind is working overtime right now.

and your idea was one of the conspiracies my mind conjured up. Another conspiracy was they are on the verge of trading away a center and want to make sure that Beck can handle the role next year.

 

[salbutera]

I do think they will be going for Dubois. And I see them pinch for a vet RD. Forward squad will have a lot of youth, which is good. I think it’s the Rags model, as I’ve repeated ad nauseam. Gordon’s models are Boston and NY. He last worked with both of those orgs. I suspect Hughes’ is Boston too.

Yup - I have no doubt Gorton sold Molson on the NYR 2-yr blueprint for roster reconstruction.

I also don’t think Beck will whatsoever be dealt, this call up is an early audition, he is part of HuGos plans for the 23-24 Habs roster IMO.

Wouldn’t shock me if both see the potential of a young Bergeron in the making…

 

[PhysicX]

I was gonna say lol

What a CRAZY wild year for Owen lmao
You can't make it up
Get drafted, almost make the team, have a great OHL season, almost make team canada at 18, then actually MAKE team Canada, win gold
Get traded to your hometown team
And in the middle of January, an NHL team needs your services it's an emergency
Damn man, just wild

You forgot to mention he got married and has a kid incoming.
He passed his driver's license test, drank his first Black Russian, reached global elite in CS:GO, bought his first house, and first Lambo.

All in one year.

#TuDevraisAcheterUn649

 

[Lshap]

You forgot to mention he got married and has a kid incoming. Watch it be twins.

#TuDevraisAcheterUn649

Wait... Owen Beck is married?? The kid is 20 years old!

 

[PhysicX]

Wait... Owen Beck is married?? The kid is 20 years old!

With the year he's had, would it surprise you? He accomplished more in one year than I in my 33 years of existence.

 

[Lshap]

With the year he's had, would it surprise you? He accomplished more in one year than I in my 33 years of existence.

I have two sons a little older than Owen. If my boys told me they were getting married that young I'd threaten to cut them out of my will!

 

[StCaufield]

Next season will be another tank season unless HuGo adds 2-3 quality FA's in the off season. If they add some Bargain Bin players and /or have to keep some of the vet wastes of space to fill out the roster then they should be no better than this season's team.

Neither of us know this since they’re never healthy

 

[PhysicX]

I have two sons a little older than Owen. If my boys told me they were getting married that young I'd threaten to cut them out of my will!

I'm just messing @Lshap!

By the way, how are you doing? Haven't seen you around here much this year, hope all is well with you and your family.

Can't wait for this team to become competitive again. Habs are depressing.

 

[salbutera]

I have two sons a little older than Owen. If my boys told me they were getting married that young I'd threaten to cut them out of my will!

Phew…For a minute I thought I read you’d “threaten to cut” something else off!

 

[viceroy]

I project him to useful to a winning team in the bottom 5. Ideally we have an elite 3C who can play 2C if there are injuries, and I don't think Beck makes it to that level.

I think he'll be better than that. I think he'll be better than Slafkovsky.

Now that they've confirmed they have another midget to replace Caufield and score goals (RHP), are they planning on moving Dach back to RW in the hopes of jump starting Suzuki?

Why all that nastiness? Why did you feel a need to "cracher ton fiel?"

I have no idea what Habs are seeing in Harris.

I think he's decent but just so damn physically weak.

Who knows, maybe they’re show casing him before the TDL.

I'd rather just trade Slafs for PLD in the summer.

Or for those fixated on securing Dubois (which I’m not) as the next great home-time hope, Beck and Florida’s first round draft choice may make that wet dream a reality.

Not giving up on that FLA pick 'til we see what that turns out into.

 

[SlafySZN]

I think he'll be better than that. I think he'll be better than Slafkovsky.



Why all that nastiness? Why did you feel a need to "cracher ton fiel?"



I think he's decent but just so damn physically weak.



I'd rather just trade Slafs for PLD in the summer.



Not giving up on that FLA pick 'til we see what that turns out into.

Hope you’re joking because it would be the dumbest move ever. And no, Beck is not gonna be better than him.

lol jesus what’s wrong with some people.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Some real doozies in the last two pages.

No idea what the Habs see in Harris - well, they see a smooth skating defenseman with great puck skills, high end hockey IQ, who never panics with or without the puck. Providing veteran stability to a rookie defense. He's literally a coaches dream. Not everything needs to be deking 5 guys and scoring, or lighting people up with big hits. Getting the puck back, moving it up the ice quickly, getting it to forwards in good spots and supporting the cycle and involving yourself offensively is immensely valuable.

If the Hab trade picks or prospects for PLD it would be their first mistake - Why would it be a mistake? They have plenty of picks, they have plenty of prospects. Yes it'd be a mistake to trade one of our top 20 picks in 2023, or a top end prospect like Farrell.. but they're not going to do that. Just watch the Engels segment on Tony's podcast about PLD. The Montreal Canadiens will look at acquiring Dubois, but if the ask is the Matthew Tkachuk return, the Habs aren't going to do it. They're not in a position where they absolutely have to have Dubois. If he wants to be a Canadiens, they'll sign him off FA. If he will only be a Canadiens, they'll look at the Trouba style deal. In that case, trading the Calgary 1st and Oliver Kapanen level prospects is not a mistake, it'd be a great move.

I'd rather trade Slaf for PLD than the Florida 1st - What? My god, some of you people need some patience. He's 18 and he showed a lot of really good upside traits in the NHL. Imagine if the Sabres gave up on Thompson. Chicago gave up on Dach too soon. The lesson is that big skilled guys take -time-. Even PLD is finally truly breaking out -this year-.

 

[SwiftyHab]

I never thought of that. Maybe a potential trade partner wanted to see him in NHL action.

Given the emergency call up criteria, the only two call ups we could make are Beck and Kidney because of their CHL schedules. Given Beck’s performance at camp and the WJC, he had the slight edge. Don’t think it’s any more conspiratorial than that.

 

[BaseballCoach]

I think he'll be better than that. I think he'll be better than Slafkovsky.

Beck has 1.18 ppg in the OHL

Mesar has 1.000 ppg, on a worse team.

Slafkovsky is much, much better than Mesar. Just ask Mesar.

And by the way, Beck's ppg is basically the same as Guindon's and Rohrer's, who were drafted much later.

None of the three are in Slaf's league.

 

[Lshap]

I'm just messing @Lshap!

By the way, how are you doing? Haven't seen you around here much this year, hope all is well with you and your family.

Can't wait for this team to become competitive again. Habs are depressing.

Life's been... interesting. Went through a separation, discovered online dating. It's not just the Habs that are rebuilding – I've been acquiring my own 1st-round draft picks.

Hope things are good on your end. Ideally, life has enough drama to make it fun, but not too much to make it stressful!

 

[Tyson]

While I think Beck will be a terrific NHL 2 way Center in the future I hope they aren't penciling him in as early as next season. What's the rush?

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Beck has 1.18 ppg in the OHL

Mesar has 1.000 ppg, on a worse team.

Slafkovsky is much, much better than Mesar. Just ask Mesar.

And by the way, Beck's ppg is basically the same as Guindon's and Rohrer's, who were drafted much later.

None of the three are in Slaf's league.

Anybody saying that they 100% can guarantee that Beck will not be better than Slafkovsky has entirely lost any credibility.

You have created an asinine non sequitur with this botched statistical exercise. They are both very good prospects and neither one is a franchise level talent, to invent some imaginary unbridgeable gap between them is just silly.

 

[Mrb1p]

While I think Beck will be a terrific NHL 2 way Center in the future I hope they aren't penciling him in as early as next season. What's the rush?

Gorton and Hughes dont seem like the smart kind. Turns out we went from the worst drafting and developping management in the league, to the second worse.

The Rangers development is slightly better than the Habs one since 2007, and Gorton has been there for 13 of those 15 years.

 

[Naslundforever]

Y’all going to be watching the games now?

I’ll start with some illegal stream, but I‘m here reading this for a reason

 

[ReHabs]

Yeah, I'm sure you're right and it's a nothing thing, I don't think any bad will happen from this, unless he gets smoked in the NHL.

I'm not a fan of doing this in general though.

We suck out loud. Bring up some cannon fodder from the AHL, let our kids who aren't ready develop in their respective leagues...

Since it’s such a time limited call-up, it’s hard to see the downside. If they feel he can play on the ice and not get victimized by the speed or intensity, then it’s a pretty unique circumstance for Habs fans and Beck.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Interestingly, Montreal is already in such a good drafting position that moving up is near-impossible. We'd need a top-10 pick to be worth giving up Beck + Florida's pick; I doubt any team is trading a potential top-10 pick this year, certainly not a top-5 pick.

Maybe Philly, Ottawa, or St. Louis are willing to trade a 10ish pick for Beck + Florida's pick, but for Montreal, is the perceived gain of 3 or 4 spots worth losing Beck?

I'd think the odds are better Hughes trades for existing prospects or sells a vet(s) for a late-round 1st.

Just thinking outside of the box. With no cups in thirty years and a team one losing streak from being in a position to be drafting first overall: there are no untouchables on this team. If we can secure two picks in the top 10 of this top heavy draft, then there really are no untouchables on this team.

 

[JoelWarlord]

What a cool experience for him. Selfishly gives us a better reason to watch too

 

[dcyhabs]

It’s fine but Roy is a year older.

 

[WeThreeKings]

It’s fine but Roy is a year older.

There's probably a few factors.. like Beck can be up longer and only miss 1 CHL (part of the rule).. and that Suzuki, Dach and Dvorak are on maintenance days, so bieng a center plays in Becks favor.