What is he like as a player? He's got 50 goals in 39 games, 81 points..thats pretty eye opening but does he have the maxime boisclair disease of being good hands and insticts but slow skater?
What is he like as a player? He's got 50 goals in 39 games, 81 points..thats pretty eye opening but does he have the maxime boisclair disease of being good hands and insticts but slow skater?
Seems like he would be more talked about NHL wise
Beauregard is a pretty fun guy to watch, loads of talent, pure sniper, can skate and extremely strong on the puck. Not overly big.
More than likely he will get an NHL free agent tryout next year. He probably is destined for the ECHL or AHL, his defensive game is NOT very good. He can be quite lazy on the back check. I am a moncton wildcat fan, so i can only comment on seeing him like 4 or so times last year and 3 times this year. Watched him play last night actually, he had goal #51 and an assist and was a -1
Beauregard is a pretty fun guy to watch, loads of talent, pure sniper, can skate and extremely strong on the puck. Not overly big.
More than likely he will get an NHL free agent tryout next year. He probably is destined for the ECHL or AHL, his defensive game is NOT very good. He can be quite lazy on the back check. I am a moncton wildcat fan, so i can only comment on seeing him like 4 or so times last year and 3 times this year. Watched him play last night actually, he had goal #51 and an assist and was a -1
I have to totally disagree with you on his defensive game....I would agree with you when he was 17 or 18 YO, but he made huge strides in that department in the last two years.
He has become a very complete player in all 3 zones.
Beauregard is the purest offensively skilled player that I have seen in the Q since Simon Gamache and over and above that plays also a very sound defensive game...
He is a whopping +26 and is the best in the Q in that department....
Beauregard is +12 in 6 games against Saint John.
He benefits from a WEAK team.
The one following up, Francois Bouchard, is + 8 against two different teams which means he is + 16 on a +24 total against two teams....
Does that put down his record as a whole?
Every player will be stronger against certain teams...
Stop looking at little things to try demonstrate what is not really a fact!
Beauregard is very good defensively....
First of all, +/- is a flawed statistic. If gives you credit, discredit based on how the unit you were on the ice with performed.
Secondly, to say that Beauregard is a great player because he leads the league in +/- when nearly half that plus/minus is derived from playing one team (which is terrible both offensively and defensively) is a terrible argument. Whether he is good defensively or not, adding games against a team that can make Angelo Esposito look good on defense is not a fair claim.
As for Bouchard, whether I would drop the stats would depend on the teams. Saint John is the worst team in the league at both GF and GA. That means that everybody is gonna put up numbers against them. I don't know who Bouchard has done this against, but if they are good the numbers matter. If they suck, there is no point in mentioning how well a player plays against a crappy team.
First of all, +/- is a flawed statistic. If gives you credit, discredit based on how the unit you were on the ice with performed.
Secondly, to say that Beauregard is a great player because he leads the league in +/- when nearly half that plus/minus is derived from playing one team (which is terrible both offensively and defensively) is a terrible argument. Whether he is good defensively or not, adding games against a team that can make Angelo Esposito look good on defense is not a fair claim.
As for Bouchard, whether I would drop the stats would depend on the teams. Saint John is the worst team in the league at both GF and GA. That means that everybody is gonna put up numbers against them. I don't know who Bouchard has done this against, but if they are good the numbers matter. If they suck, there is no point in mentioning how well a player plays against a crappy team.
I never said that he was a great player because he led in +/-...
You were the one who said that he was not good defensively....
He is a great player because he is offensive first and foremost but he is also very efficient defensively playing regularly PK....
Beauregard is +12 in 6 games against Saint John.
He benefits from a WEAK team.
Just to put a little perspective on playing Saint John. They are one of the teams that seem to play hardest against the Titan. A lot of the games played against them are hard fought victories even though they are a WEAK team. I guess it's playing against a team in the same province.
As far as Beau, he's a very good stickhandler who may not be as defensively minded as he should be, but I'm sure the coaches have him working on that. IMO there's a good possibility he wasn't drafted because of a terrible injury he sustained 4 or 5 games into his season at 18 years old. The following year he came back strong with 88 points and a +/- of 30. chsb can probably elaborate a little more on this since he's more on par as a season ticket holder then I am as someone who attends games once in awhile.
Beauregard is an above average player destroying a supremely weak division. Cam Fergus is doing the same. Neither player will ever set foot on NHL ice despite their inflated overage seasons.
As a junior or college player, Beauregard is an asset and any QMJHL team would be happy to have him. He's not NHL calibre though.
Beauregard is an above average player destroying a supremely weak division. Cam Fergus is doing the same. Neither player will ever set foot on NHL ice despite their inflated overage seasons.
As a junior or college player, Beauregard is an asset and any QMJHL team would be happy to have him. He's not NHL calibre though.
How do you know that he is not NHL caliber?
Why would the best scorer in the Q not be NHL caliber one day?
You are actually trying to predict the future in your crystal ball....
The fact is that many not as gifted grinders find a spot in the NHL every year.
Beauregard is a pure sniper and teams like Buffalo thrive with this kind of small, gifted, speedy skaters.
Look at that Berge for the US Junior team who is 5'5" and drafted by Buffalo...
We are in a new era of the NHL and Beau's type of play might just earn him a spot in the NHL........
How do you know that he is not NHL caliber?
Why would the best scorer in the Q not be NHL caliber one day?
You are actually trying to predict the future in your crystal ball....
The fact is that many not as gifted grinders find a spot in the NHL every year.
Beauregard is a pure sniper and teams like Buffalo thrive with this kind of small, gifted, speedy skaters.
Look at that Berge for the US Junior team who is 5'5" and drafted by Buffalo...
We are in a new era of the NHL and Beau's type of play might just earn him a spot in the NHL........
Figures you'd jump at the chance to defend the precious Titan.
Beauregard isn't an NHL caliber player. The fact that you say he is makes it the exact opposite.
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How do you know that he is not NHL caliber? Why would the best scorer in the Q not be NHL caliber one day?
You are actually trying to predict the future in your crystal ball....
The fact is that many not as gifted grinders find a spot in the NHL every year.
Beauregard is a pure sniper and teams like Buffalo thrive with this kind of small, gifted, speedy skaters.
Look at that Berge for the US Junior team who is 5'5" and drafted by Buffalo...
We are in a new era of the NHL and Beau's type of play might just earn him a spot in the NHL........
Just in the last 15 years these players have led the Q in scoring; Yannick Dube, Patrick Carignan, Pavel Rosa, Simon Gamache, and Ramzi Abid. The other thing they have in common is they've never become NHL regulars.
Just in the last 15 years these players have led the Q in scoring; Yannick Dube, Patrick Carignan, Pavel Rosa, Simon Gamache, and Ramzi Abid. The other thing they have in common is they've never become NHL regulars.
Beauregard will more than likely get an AHL tryout next year and will probably find himself in the ECHL at some point. He does have good size though and like most already said in this thread, he's a pure sniper.
The only thing keeping him from having a great pro career is his defensive game and strengh, especially along the boards. It's good enough in the Q but he'll need some time to get it to work in the AHL. IMO we will see Beauregard in 2 or 3 years scoring a point per game in the AHL, maybe get a contract with an NHL team and then we'll see what happens.
Peraps he'll get lucky and a team will be hit by injuries, they'll call him up and he'll thrive. Perhaps he'll just vanish in the ECHL or Europe and we won't ever hear about him again. Who knows really.
Though he's a damn good goal scorer and is a pleasure to watch, that's for sure.
I actually got out to watch the game against the Wildcats this past week. Beau scored a beauty and he also threw a lot of good, solid checks. IMO there's a few NHL teams that could use his talent. A lot of people seem to think because he never got drafted that he's not the right caliber. What they're not taking into consideration is his draft year he was sidelined for all but four or five games with a broken bone.
I actually got out to watch the game against the Wildcats this past week. Beau scored a beauty and he also threw a lot of good, solid checks. IMO there's a few NHL teams that could use his talent. A lot of people seem to think because he never got drafted that he's not the right caliber. What they're not taking into consideration is his draft year he was sidelined for all but four or five games with a broken bone.
That was the season after. He led his team in scoring in his draft year, albeit a very poor team. Still, it's quite a feat for any 17 year old.
