“If we have to get excited for a young player, it’s him”

Young Ontario forward Owen Beck made many observers’ eyes widen at the start of the Canadiens’ rookie camp a few days ago, and he continued his momentum in the team’s first exhibition game on Monday night , once morest the Devils at the Bell Centre.

Beck, an 18-year-old center, has won 10 of 17 faceoffs in addition to providing some fine offensive streaks for the team. The Mississauga Steelheads player, in the Ontario Junior League, was the prospect who looked best during this meeting, according to the various panelists of the “After-game”.

“He was excellent, first launched Renaud Lavoie. If we have to get excited for a young player, it’s him.

“Owen Beck does exactly what he has to do, added Pascal Leclaire a little later. Good in the circle of face-offs, he had a good evening, he is responsible defensively, and you see that he is able to bring a little something offensively (…) he is a good “prospect” ! He doesn’t come out of nowhere, he’s a second-round pick, 33rd overall, he’s almost a first-round pick!

Éric Fichaud was also impressed.

“He won’t make the team this year, that’s not the question, he first tempered. But he got his message across. He will return to the junior, he will continue his development, he will perhaps go up in the hierarchy of hopes.

“I can’t wait to see the rest of his training camp, because right now, he’s the one we might need to watch a little more,” summed up Renaud Lavoie.

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Owen Beck’s best moments once morest the Devils – September 26, 2022 –