[News] Flames claim Beecher off waivers

[Ped]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

I'm fine with the acquisition. A centre who's big, fast, wins faceoffs, and likes to park himself in front of opposing goalies? Yeah, gimme some of that. It's a temp job anyway, until the team finds someone who does those things and also has skill.

The rest might be true, but John Beecher hasn't scored at any level and I highly doubt he is at all adept at parking himself in front of other teams' goalies - he has never scored more than 9 goals at any level.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Ped

The rest might be true, but John Beecher hasn't scored at any level and I highly doubt he is at all adept at parking himself in front of other teams' goalies - he has never scored more than 9 goals at any level.

dang I guess he won't be the first line center

[Rhett44]

It just doesn't make much sense because we have a ton of this exact same player. Unless he can win faceoffs I guess.

Need to make some trades and get rid of this log jam of excess 3rd and 4th liners. Not add to the pile.

[Goriders]

Who?

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

It just doesn't make much sense because we have a ton of this exact same player. Unless he can win faceoffs I guess.

Need to make some trades and get rid of this log jam of excess 3rd and 4th liners. Not add to the pile.

He can and has...Flames have a ton of big, fast, young, centers who can win faceoffs? where are they hiding them?

Guy took over 1000 NHL faceoffs the last 2 years and won that majority of them

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Ped

The rest might be true, but John Beecher hasn't scored at any level and I highly doubt he is at all adept at parking himself in front of other teams' goalies - he has never scored more than 9 goals at any level.

Report on him is that he likes to do it, not that he's good at it. If all he does is stand there as a screen, that's better than what they've been getting.

[dissentowner]

I'm not a fan. Why are we blocking Morton for this guy?

[Saqe]

Probably just picked him up so that Torono can't get him. lol

[CFO]

Waste of a pickup and roster spot.

This is a giant FU to younger on cusp players.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Much coping in here for a strange at best move. I would rather play Kirkland than this plug, and I want Kirkland on the wrangler lol.

Stromgren has better ahl and other league numbers if we want to give a big body lw a tryout. Beecher wasnt playing centre in Boston but sure I guess he can.

Bigger, faster, better on draws, 5 years younger.

For the 4th line C role, for which we have no good candidates, he is an upgrade. And even if he isn't, so what? We're 32nd overall and we're talking about a 4th line C. 'Coping'

[JTech780]

Originally Posted by CFO

Waste of a pickup and roster spot.

This is a giant FU to younger on cusp players.

Like who?

[sureLoss]

https://calgaryherald.com/sports/hoc...-boston-bruins

“Everybody’s got roles and what you’re looking for, what he brings is things we’re missing,” Conroy explained. “We hope he can chip in offensively, but that’s not why we got him. It’s more the faceoffs, the penalty-kill, hard matchups and just to bring more speed to the team. He’s a really good skater for his size.

“Those guys (Morton and other young players) are all going to get chances. Unfortunately, it’s where we are. We’re at the bottom of the standings and if we can find the age-appropriate guys, we’re looking to take chances to see. This is a good opportunity for us, a guy we liked and we had a chance to get him off waivers. We thought we should move forward with it.”

It’s worth noting, too, that Beecher is two years younger than Morton — who has only one game of NHL experience — and five years younger than Kirkland, so acquiring him shouldn’t be seen as the Flames blocking the path for youth. If anything, it’s the opposite.

As for where he’ll fit in, it will almost certainly be in a fourth-line role with lots of penalty-killing time mixed in. With Sam Honzek out week-to-week with an upper-body injury, the Flames could certainly use another forward who can shut down opponents when the team has someone in the penalty box.

And the Flames are clearly excited by Beecher’s proficiency in the faceoff circle, too. It’s something Conroy brought up repeatedly when speaking with Postmedia, and Beecher’s 53.1% faceoff win percentage was definitely part of his appeal for the Flames.

“When he comes in we’ll make sure we say, ‘Faceoffs, you want lots of ice time? Win draws’, “ Conroy said.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

Does this help or hurt Mission: McKenna?

If the Flames are moving out Kadri, Coleman or Backlund and replacing any of them with Beecher, it's a massive help. Otherwise, he's very much in the mold of guys the Flames already have.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

https://calgaryherald.com/sports/hoc...-boston-bruins

But can he shoot a puck directly at the goalies chest from a distance?

[dissentowner]

Sam Morton has a 55.5% faceoff percentage in the A and actually has skill. Again, for a team that can't score why are we bringing in another offensive black hole? Penalty kill? We have more than enough guys that are good on the PK. I just don't see the point here.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Beecher will be the new whipping boy.

[Jay Random]

This is all part of the nefarious plot to keep RORY KERINS! out of the lineup. So what if Beecher is big, fast, and wins faceoffs? Kerins could be the same if he just ate the right coloured mushrooms.

Whaddya mean, there’s no such thing as Super Mario Hockey? Well, there should be!!

[taxbuster]

It's OK folks...no need to panic...some CPers are smarter than Conroy, have better intel on players and know far more...also have WAY more experience as GMs of an NHL club.


We'll be just fine in their hands.


The whinging over a minor move is unbelievable.

[gvitaly]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Beecher will be the new whipping boy.

The Bean and Beecher show, with guest appearances by Hunt and Sharky.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by gvitaly

The Bean and Beecher show, with guest appearances by Hunt and Sharky.

As much as moving out Kadri, Coleman and Andersson is great for the future, it also means giving those guys a much bigger role in the present....not fun hockey to watch.