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The Colorado Avalanche select Alex Beaucage with the 78th overall pick

With the 78th pick in the 2019 NHL entry Draft, the Colorado Avalanche took one of the youngest players in the draft, picking up high-scoring QMJHLer Alex Beaucage with their fifth selection of the weekend.

Beaucage definitely caught some eyes in his second QMJHL season, putting up the fifth-highest point totals among all first year draft-eligible players in the Quebec league. He was good for 39 goals and 79 points in just 68 games, finishing the regular season third in scoring on the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.

Despite his impressive totals, though, his stock didn’t get quite as high as the numbers would seem to warrant for a handful of reasons.