Player Discussion John Beecher

[quietbruinfan]

I am not a big fan. He has speed and size but below average skill and average sense. I think he would be better on the wing. That might be average skill and below average sense lol.

Btw I said in Facebook group he would be lucky to be Joe Colbornne. He responded with "really." Embarrassing and shows you what I know......

 

[DKH]

I am not a big fan. He has speed and size but below average skill and average sense. I think he would be better on the wing. That might be average skill and below average sense lol.

Btw I said in Facebook group he would be lucky to be Joe Colbornne. He responded with "really." Embarrassing and shows you what I know......

Wait, what? Beecher responded to you with a ‘really’?

I like Beecher but Colborne did have a 19 goal 44 point season in 73 games

That said basically he was a stiff and horrible pick

They passed on John Carlson who Eric lobbied on HF to take for a month leading up

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Wait, what? Beecher responded to you with a ‘really’?

I like Beecher but Colborne did have a 19 goal 44 point season in 73 games

That said basically he was a stiff and horrible pick

They passed on John Carlson who Eric lobbied on HF to take for a month leading up

Yep, that seems well out of Beecher's range.

Roman Josi was available too, But Carlson would have been good enough.

 

[BigGoalBrad]

Is he waiver exempt? A few games in Prov to work on his scoring like Poitras has been given could help.

 

[DKH]

Is he waiver exempt? A few games in Prov to work on his scoring like Poitras has been given could help.

He’s not

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Is he waiver exempt? A few games in Prov to work on his scoring like Poitras has been given could help.

Not sure there is anything to work with.

 

[Kegs]

Is he waiver exempt? A few games in Prov to work on his scoring like Poitras has been given could help.

He doesn’t have scoring in the tool box.

 

[goldenblack]

Do we know if Freddy and this guy share an apartment?

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

I find him a bit disappointing. Another player with speed and size but does not appear overly physical.

Finish hits hard and forecheck, few other expectations. Can Kastelic have a word with the number of size players who hardly finish a heavy hits?

Even a Kuraly mold would be ideal for a 4th liner with speed and size.

 

[Kalus]

I find him a bit disappointing. Another player with speed and size but does not appear overly physical.

Finish hits hard and forecheck, few other expectations. Can Kastelic have a word with the number of size players who hardly finish a heavy hits?

Even a Kuraly mold would be ideal for a 4th liner with speed and size.

All true. Beecher would be a much more effective player if he got in on the forecheck and was all over the defenders using his god-given size and speed.

He’ll be 24 in April, so while he isn’t exactly a block of clay, he still has some room to improve. Kuraly didn’t really establish himself until his age 25 season. Beecher seems like a good pro, if he can just commit himself to a somewhat more physical approach and come up with some timely scoring on occasion, he’ll be a solid 4th liner for years to come.

I’m not holding out hope because if physicality isn’t in a players game from a young age, it’s hard to manufacturer over sustained periods as a pro, but we’ll see.