Quoting: EsoYeezus69
I’d need to know more about Beckman before to make that call, except the Stars and the league’s top prospect’s I don’t know a lot about other prospects.
Can you tell me what’s his style of play is (playmaker, sniper, two way forward, ect), what’s his biggest skill and what’s his comparable player that’s currently in the league?
He's probably what I'd classify as a sniper. He's a goal scorer through and through. Not much else. His game mostly centers around catch and release one-timers with a high volume of shots. A shoot first ask questions later mentality type. His shot is NHL caliber, but the rest of his game needs work.
Here's Scott Wheeler of the Athletic description on him from his report on our prospect pool last week.
"Beckman’s a hard-shooting, shot-focused winger with a scoring touch who has worked to fill out his frame (which underwent a growth spurt) and get faster. He’s a dangerous mid-range scorer with his shot, which is threatening from a standstill, on catch-and-releases, and from a variety of stances in motion. He’s a better off-puck shot threat than an individual creator because his skating is a little limiting. I’ve slowly come around on his overall upside and now believe he has medium odds at a complementary middle-six scoring role and second power-play usage. It still feels like he’s got room to grow to develop his game, too, which bodes well."
It's widely believed that he has top-six potential if he hits his full potential. This is a kid who has changed people's minds on him since the day he was drafted when they thought he was originally an NHL longshot when he was taken in the 3rd round of 2019.
As far as a comparable goes, I really haven't thought about it. If he hits his potential? Maybe a Boeser type. If it's a middle sixer? Hoffman, maybe?
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