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.