HUGE CANUCKS & CANADIENS NEWS — SURPRISING NEW CENTRE OPTIONS JUST REVEALED

[Music] Man, so we are continuing down the path of videos that I didn’t think we’d be making because it turns out both Jeff Merrick and Elliot Freriedman dropped some bombs as to how things are looking at center for two of my favorite teams, Montreal and Vancouver. This is an illy timed video because the Vancouver Conucks are playing off against Sergey Babski and the Florida Panthers later today and the Habs have the Blue Jackets. So, hey, it’s a perfect time to go out there and make a video commentary about both of these dudes. Either way, let’s continue our conversation about centers. This is what Jeff Merrick went out there and said on Sakarrison Price 3 days ago. may be outdated, but it is something that’s worth discussing. Make no mistake about it. Vancouver is a part of the Steven Stamco conversation, as is Montreal, as are a number of teams. And it’s quite intriguing to me that when it comes to both of these teams, hey, the status quo is they’re looking for centers. Steven Stamos, I think, doesn’t really play center anymore. I mean, you think about the Nashville Predators. You look at where he is on their lines and yeah, no, Steven Stamos is a topline left wing alongside Eric Howa in the middle and Jonathan Marsho on the right. He hasn’t played center in a while, I would say. And this extends back into his Tampa Bay days. He wasn’t going out there and playing down the middle on the power play. He was playing left flank in the Ovi spot sitting and preparing for that Nikita Cucharov one-time and burying it that way. You had Braden Point as a center in Tampa. You talk about these teams need down the middle. Okay, Vancouver addressed that with David Comp. You have Montreal that needs to address that more now because Kirby Dak is out and Nick Suzuki is not fully healthy it seems. Oliver Kain. Yeah, okay. He’s a center but maybe a little inexperienced. You would want to get a little more talent in that spot. But Steven Stamco, I won’t sit here and say that he provides much of that specifically. Now, the idea of Stamos coming over to either of these teams and showing off his best self and rebounding in a way that overtakes everything he has accomplished in Nashville. That’s exciting to me. If you’re acquiring Steven Stamos to be a 30 goal, 60 point goalc scoring winger, then that’s intriguing. But I just don’t know if he’s what these teams need at center. Of course, you can be a lot more pessimistic on Steven Stamos compared to me. I made a bunch of videos saying, “Hey, Stamos actually does still have talent.” And if you look at what he had done just recently, I get it. He’s 35. But just two seasons ago, the guy was at 81 points in 79 games. It’s hard to fully remove that level of point production from a guy I have a hard time believing that he is really a 20 point pace caliber player at this stage of his career. Yes, he’s older, but he had 27 goals last year. You don’t just lose all of that in one year, even if you are 35. There is an element of Nashville sucking that I think plays a part of it. But when it comes specifically for centers, I don’t know if Stamos has the experience at this stage of his career to provide value in that spot. Even though I would say that he is a pretty good goal scorer and if you’re able to get him on salary retained, it might be worth taking a shot if your intention is to play him on the wing. Now, with that in mind, let’s shift gears over to another player that is a center, is a full-time guy, and whom the Canucks and Canadians are also linked to. Take a look at this. Elliot Freriedman tweeted that John Beecher of the Boston Bruins was placed on waiverss this morning and Freriedman was then on Donnie and Dolly to which he spoke out and said to the folks on the show this Montreal is looking for a center and I don’t think I would be surprised if Vancouver checked in on Beecher either. So there you go. another name for either of these Canadian franchises to go out there and potentially look at and target. John Beecher is an interesting name because he’s a guy who at one point was a highly touted prospect. I would say there was a lot of interesting qualities that John Beecher brought to the NHL draft floor as a member of the Boston Bruins. Now, Beecher is a big dude, 6’3″, 24 years old, 220 lb center left wing, drafted 30th overall by Boston in 2019. So, he was a part of that really stacked NTP squad which included Jack Hughes, Cole Coughfield, Trevor Zaggress, Turkot, Cam York, Spencer Knight, Alex Vic, and others. And he was pretty big in Michigan. I’ll say big, not really amazing. his junior season with the Wolverines saw him put up 15 points in 34 games. Obviously, the Bruins liked his size. They liked the intangibles that he played with. It’s why he was drafted so high in the first place. But Johnny Beecher last season had 11 points in 78 games played. He also has only one goal in six games this year, and now he’s being placed on waivers. So obviously this is not a really positive progression for a guy who at one point was seen as the next big thing in Boston. Literally big thing. He’s a big dude whose bread and butter, at least in the 2019 days, was playing in front of the net and using his body to shield the puck and create offense in that way, open up opportunities for his teammates. He just hasn’t really been doing that all too well in Boston. Hence the waiver situation. I’ll sit here and say that if either Vancouver or Montreal go out there and claim John Beecher, I really don’t know what it is they’re getting. And I don’t recognize if they actually have the talent to pull these teams outside of what it is they’re in right now. Yeah, Montreal and Vancouver need second line centers. They need help. They need extra support there. But John Beecher is not the guy to provide it. I mean, I get it. The Bruins have been pretty good this season. So you might say that there needs to be a change of scenery etc etc but still John Beecher like if you told me 5 years ago oh yeah John Beecher is going to be a target of interest for Vancouver and Montreal I would have been excited for that at that point but we have seen nothing for John Beecher to display the offensive ceiling that he had had with that NTDP squad when he was drafted in any point of his career afterwards. His University of Michigan point production was always subpar. Then he goes over to the AHL. He produces a little there, but he never really gets it together at the National Hockey League level. I mean, John Beecher, despite the fact that he is a young-ish guy, I don’t think that he is really the needle mover that either of these teams need. I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes to Vancouver, for example. By the time like two or 3 weeks rolls around, we’re having the same conversations about him as we’re having about Lucas Reichel right now, who utterly appears kind of useless in Vancouver, despite the fact that he was taken on as a potential fix down the middle. David Comp is supposed to be the real fix now, but still, Vancouver could be looking for more center depth. I don’t know if it’s Stamos. I don’t know if it is John Beecher. You can let me know your thoughts in the comment section below. How do you feel about these two names as potential Vancouver or Montreal acquisitions? John Beecher, Steven Stamco. Let me know in the comments section all your opinions. I hope you enjoyed this [Music] and bye. [Music] [Music]

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We’re going over the latest on Nashville Predators forward Steven Stamkos, and Boston Bruins centre John Beecher, and how both the Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadiens have been linked to them.

This video is taking place after the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O’Reilly

This video is also taking place after 2024 NHL Season, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.

Steven Stamkos was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2008 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 23 of the draft went as follows:

1st – Tampa Bay Lightning, Steven Stamkos
2nd – Los Angeles Kings, Drew Doughty
3rd – Atlanta Thrashers, Zach Bogosian
4th – St. Louis Blues, Alex Pietrangelo
5th – Toronto Maple Leafs (from New York Islanders), Luke Schenn
6th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Nikita Filatov
7th – Nashville Predators (from Toronto Maple Leafs via New York Islanders), Colin Wilson
8th – Phoenix Coyotes, Mikkel Boedker
9th – New York Islanders (from Florida Panthers via Nashville Predators), Josh Bailey
10th – Vancouver Canucks, Cody Hodgson
11th – Chicago Blackhawks, Kyle Beach
12th – Buffalo Sabres (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings), Tyler Myers
13th – Los Angeles Kings (from Buffalo Sabres), Colten Teubert
14th – Carolina Hurricanes, Zach Boychuk
15th – Ottawa Senators (from Nashville Predators), Erik Karlsson
16th – Boston Bruins, Joe Colborne
17th – Anaheim Ducks (from Calgary Flames via Los Angeles Kings), Jake Gardiner
18th – Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Chet Pickard
19th – Philadelphia Flyers (from Colorado Avalanche via Columbus Blue Jackets), Luca Sbisa
20th – New York Rangers, Michael Del Zotto
21st – Washington Capitals (from New Jersey Devils), Anton Gustafsson
22nd – Edmonton Oilers (from Anaheim Ducks), Jordan Eberle
23rd – Minnesota Wild (from Washington Capitals via New Jersey Devils), Tyler Cuma

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