Prospect Info: Owen Beck

[Paddy17]

He needs to start playing less shy and use his attributes more. He's trying to be too safe and responsible. His natural tendencies are already safe and responsible... he needs that agressiveness and intent in his game.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

I will agree with that for sure but maybe Beck gets to Evan's level (what we see today) a few years earlier. Age 25 vs 28 for example?

We will see... Beck is going to start out from the bottom and work hard to move up. Like Suzuki did. Suzuki started 4th line RW in the NHL... didn't last long.



Would you say Beck is a Suzuki light type? Smart like Suzuki and a true type center but not as much offense? If not Suzuki, who would you compare him to?

There is a very large gap between Suzuki's puck skills/vision and Beck's puck skill/vision. Beck plays a simple north/south game without a whole lot of creativity whereas Suzuki is far more dynamic and creative. Beck is much closer to Evans than he is to Suzuki.

 

[Rapala]

Next time Beck has a penalty shot on Alllen fake and deke he was looking for it and bit Beck had him

He had him beat if he put it either 6 inches lower or six inches higher.

 

[26Mats]

Maybe Beck will be ready for the Phil Danualt role already next year: the two way guy between a playmaking winger (Demidov in the Radulov role) and a scorer (Laine in the Pacioretty role):

Caufield - Suzuki - Slaf
Laine - Beck - Demidov
Newhook - Dach - Anderson
Heineman - Evans - Armia/Gally

 

[Deebs]

Maybe Beck will be ready for the Phil Danualt role already next year: the two way guy between a playmaking winger (Demidov in the Radulov role) and a scorer (Laine in the Pacioretty role):

Caufield - Suzuki - Slaf
Laine - Beck - Demidov
Newhook - Dach - Anderson
Heineman - Evans - Armia/Gally

Extremely doubtful but ya never know

 

[Scriptor]

Young players, especially forwards, evolve quickly. You never know. The difference between beck and other more strictly offensive players is that he will earn his ice time because he won't cost us much if he isn't scoring.

 

[Hins77]

Maybe Beck will be ready for the Phil Danualt role already next year: the two way guy between a playmaking winger (Demidov in the Radulov role) and a scorer (Laine in the Pacioretty role):

Caufield - Suzuki - Slaf
Laine - Beck - Demidov
Newhook - Dach - Anderson
Heineman - Evans - Armia/Gally

Beck is 0-0-0 in 6 games right now. We are in big troubles if he start on our 2nd line

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

How does he look? I've caught maybe 2 periods of this garbage team in the past 2 weeks , I did see him zing one off the post the other day though

 

[OneSharpMarble]

Beck is 0-0-0 in 6 games right now. We are in big troubles if he start on our 2nd line

Laine plays like he doesn't want to be in the NHL, if he's on our 2nd line next year we're in serious trouble.

 

[Scriptor]

Laine plays like he doesn't want to be in the NHL, if he's on our 2nd line next year we're in serious trouble.

Unless he has a different mindset after an offseason of getting healthier and coming to camp in better spirits?

 

[dcyhabs]

He was hurting the tank: "No player had a better expected-goal share than Owen Beck during his four-game stint." Per eyesontheprize... They'll bring him up when winning games will help the team.

 

[LaP]

Beck is 0-0-0 in 6 games right now. We are in big troubles if he start on our 2nd line

He is playing 9:45 a game not having a point in 6 games is normal. Among players who played 5 games or more he's ranking 65th for the lowest amount of TOI. There's nothing wrong with him playing 9:45 it's a good way to bring him in slowly but obviously he's not gonna fill the net with such a low TOI most good established 4th line players play more than that.

How does he look? I've caught maybe 2 periods of this garbage team in the past 2 weeks , I did see him zing one off the post the other day though

You can see he knows how to play hockey and is getting use to NHL speed. He reminds me Danault when he started on our 4th line.