A select few were concerned for his part as he came to Boston off of the year of his life out of Anaheim in 2015, specifically because he had played so well that there was fear of regression. Beleskey proved these critiques wrong in the following year, hitting another career high and having a cult of personality building around his “blue collar” work ethic, speed, willingness to shoot, and play around the net. Things really seemed to be looking up for him!
...And then this year happened.
A bad knee injury in December took him completely out of action for almost a quarter of the season, but by that point Beleskey’s offensive touch had died.