Prospect Info: With the 3rd overall pick in the 2024 Draft, the Ducks take Beckett Sennecke

[Ducks DVM]

Beckette Sennecke - welcome to the Ducks!

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[MMC]

Welcome to Anaheim Beckett Sennecke!

 

[Anarchynate]

Yes!!!!

 

[LastWordArmy]

Beckett Sennecke Scouting Report: 2024 NHL Draft #20

A breakout performance in the OHL playoffs has really brought Beckett Sennecke's name to the forefront and seen him rise up NHL Draft Boards.

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A breakout performance in the OHL playoffs has really brought Beckett Sennecke’s name to the forefront and seen him have a big rise up NHL Draft Boards. Sennecke led the Oshawa Generals to the OHL Final, putting up 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 points in 16 games. Unfortunately, an injury would prevent him from playing in the league final, and his Oshawa Generals did not stand a chance against the high powered London Knights without him. Sennecke had 27 goals and 41 assists for 68 points in 63 games in the regular season.

 

[JAHV]

Cool. I hope he's great!

 

[JabbaJabba]

Interesting. I don't feel bad about this pick even though it was a bit unexpected.

 

[Static]

I am entertained, keep it coming Madden. Hell yeah

 

[Goose of Reason]

Wanted Demidov, it will be questionable if taking another forward over him was the correct move, but honestly we have a good stable of young talent and at this stage i'm totally fine with taking a swing on a guy we like even if it wouldn't have been my pick.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Finally a step in the right direction!

 

[FlyingV09]

Not really sure what to think but I’ve learned not to question our scouting staff when it comes to high picks.

 

[dracom]

what does this mean for Zegras? i dont really have much of an opinion on Beckett

 

[Hinterland]

He's gonna play in the NHL and he's an elite goal scorer with smooth skating but I'm just as shocked as the player. There are gonna be much better players drafted after him. 0% chance he's the 3rd best player in this draft. Watching the OHL Sennecke was good but nowhere near dominant enough to justify a 3rd overall as a winger. He was helped a lot by playing with two vets as well. Compare that to Marek Vanacker who put an entire team on his back I just have to say that Vanacker was way more dominant despite playing on a worse team and without two elite vets on his line. Vanacker may not even go in the 1st round.

 

[goonsaredumb]

For real though he's a Duck now and I'm gonna root for him to be an all timer, future HOF player but holy shit that's the one guy I didn't want us taking from all the names mentioned

 

[BarkleyTiger]

glad we didn't draft russian players. rather have iginla

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

Hard to not root for the guy who had the exact same reaction as I did lol. Seems like a good kid.

 

[Unholy]

They really like him enough to take him here so that’s enough for me. Hope he keeps developing and that he just needed to get used to his growth spurt

 

[Static]

He's gonna play in the NHL and he's an elite goal scorer with smooth skating but I'm just as shocked as the player. There are gonna be much better players drafted after him. 0% chance he's the 3rd best player in this draft. Watching the OHL Sennecke was good but nowhere near dominant enough to justify a 3rd overall as a winger. He was helped a lot by playing with two vets as well. Compare that to Marek Vanacker who put an entire team on his back I just have to say that Vanacker was way more dominant despite playing on a worse team and without two elite vets on his line. Vanacker may not even go in the 1st round.

0% huh

 

[Wheatens]

Similar to Carlsson, this is another player who has grown a lot in a short period of time. Ducks are betting on Sennecke's projection when his body synchs up plus the potential to add strength further down the road.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

He's gonna play in the NHL and he's an elite goal scorer with smooth skating but I'm just as shocked as the player. There are gonna be much better players drafted after him. 0% chance he's the 3rd best player in this draft. Watching the OHL Sennecke was good but nowhere near dominant enough to justify a 3rd overall as a winger. He was helped a lot by playing with two vets as well. Compare that to Marek Vanacker who put an entire team on his back I just have to say that Vanacker was way more dominant despite playing on a worse team and without two elite vets on his line. Vanacker may not even go in the 1st round.

It's more about potential and trajectory than what they are today. After watching what he can do as a scrawny kid, the Ducks clearly see huge potential when he rounds out his frame at 6'4 215. They are all on different tracks, clearly this scouting staff sees Sennecke as someone who will continue to improve in leaps and bounds.

 

[Arthuros]

This was almost as shocking as the Lindholm pick.

Well, welcome Sennecke. Better bust your ass and live up to it.

 

[Masch78]

Strong Brayden Tracey vibes. Not convinced and I have no idea why at #3.

Do we draft for need instead of BPA now?

We will see.

 

[LePerilsofPerreault]

Someone please tell me they actually interviewed the guy at some point. If not I don't want to hear them talking about selecting high character players again.

 

[Dirk316]

Will he develop a mean streak and learn to be physical or play as a tall skinny skill player

 

[Hinterland]

0% huh

I mean what percentage would you give it with so much potential in this draft? He's a Winger who did not dominate in the OHL. He played well, scored a lot of points. But he wasn't the driving force of his line and not really a puck hog or possession monster either. The combination of speed, size and goal scoring is intriguing and there's potential there but this a good draft in my book and for a winger to be the 3rd best player it would take a lot. I also think that there are better wingers in this draft. Sennecke wasn't even the best OHL forward available in my book. Nothing wrong with Sennecke as a prospect but as a 3rd overall? That's a shocker.

 

[nbducksfan19]

I trust our scouts a ton, but this might be the least excited I have been about a draft pick.

However, the track record has been pretty good when I don’t love the pick.