Prospect Info: Bedard Topic 2

[giza]

Bedard is 18. He is and will be a star. Those old enough to remember Guy Lafleur's first few years should know he struggled. I can recall he was on his butt so much thought he too couldn't skate. We know how that turned out.

Wikipedia: "During his first three seasons, Lafleur struggled to live up to expectations in the league as he posted average statistics—"

My favorite player growing up....that blonde hair looked like it was on fire skating down the wing....heck of an exciting hockey player.

 

[ello]

Visually, Vlasic gets up to top speed faster than Bedard. Which is just as important as actual top speed given how much each inch of ice is contested for. He just eats up ice with his long strides in transition and joins the rush effortlessly

 

[jaysoneil]

McDavid has ruined the benchmark for what classifies as a good skater.

Bedard's skating is fine. He could improve on his first stride and explosiveness, but if I had to guess, skating has never been an emphasis of Bedard's training.

 

[Hawkaholic]

That seems to match the eye test pretty damn well. I'm assuming we don't have any data on Nazar because he only played a few games?

He was tracked. I think he was only at high 21s, low 22s.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

fortunate thing about Bedard is his work ethic and obsession with marginal improvement will drive him to fixing this over the next years, like others have said if he can develop into an explosive skater look out

 

[CanadianHawks]

fortunate thing about Bedard is his work ethic and obsession with marginal improvement will drive him to fixing this over the next years, like others have said if he can develop into an explosive skater look out

This. These Crosby/Mcdavid/Bedard types go into an off-season with the goal of improving their shot/skating/backhand or whatever skill and come out the next year as one of the very best at that skill

I don’t think Bedard skating is an issue as much he needs to get stronger and the cardio could use work. Shorter shifts helps too. These are to be expected for an 18 year old. Little worry about anything Bedard related. He will be taking a run at the Hart in 2-3 years

 

[WarriorofTime]

I think a Canada tour of duty will be good for him. I imagine it'll be a pretty good roster since the Olympic carrot is there for any best on best bubble players.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Shocking news, I know.



Dude had a weak end to the season and was out with an injury for a chunk and will still waltz into the Calder, baby.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Hughes o

Shocking news, I know.



Dude had a weak end to the season and was out with an injury for a chunk and will still waltz into the Calder, baby.

Kochetkov should have been 3rd nominee not Hughes IMO

Hughes got nomination because of his name

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Complaining about a guy not finishing third for the Calder certainly is a take.

 

[Malaka]

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with Bedard’s skating. It’ll look even better when he finally has talent out there with him opening up some ice.

It’ll look better when davidsons master plan comes together of drafting strong skaters with elite speed.

A line of Moore and Nazar will be the fastball to bedard’s changeup keeping the league on their heels and guessing

 

[Malaka]

My favorite player growing up....that blonde hair looked like it was on fire skating down the wing....heck of an exciting hockey player.

It burned off over the years too

 

[hawksfan50]

Gavin McKenna looks faster than Connor Bedard ..


So notvsure Bedard's skating in a straight line is that "fine"...faster than anyone lot of the slugs Hawks have on the team though..

Changing the topic to when should Bedard be named captain..

Answer...at least not till he is over 20 years old...AND also in my opinion NOT till he gets -44 down to near zero or positive..

-44 does not look good on any captain's resume...

 

[TLEH]

 

[featherhawk]

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North Vancouver Bedard and wealthy Vancouver billionaire Chip Wilson. Not surprising and seems to be a perfect match.

 

[Malaka]

North Vancouver Bedard and wealthy Vancouver billionaire Chip Wilson. Not surprising and seems to be a perfect match.

As long as bedard doesn't read the pseudointellectual/spiritual bullshit they keep behind the counter and the rest of the self help nonsense they prescribe at their quarterly performance guru summits that's a part of their cult/grift, then I'm totally cool with it. Not to be a snob disparaging all the hfhawks readers who enjoy Ayn Rand and Eckart Tolle... but let's uhhhhh keep that shit out of the locker room and our star prospects head lmao

Jonathan Toews associating himself with Onnit before the Chris "Aubrey Marcus" grift could have been disastrous in and of itself... Does noone recall macchu picchu?? (Thank god by the way Toews is so down to earth and kept his head on straight relevant to AM/Onnit, this is one of my favorite interviews of his for anyone who cares -- it's clear to me there are levels of the "mental game" that separates these two so far between)

 

[x Tame Impala]

As long as bedard doesn't read the pseudointellectual/spiritual bullshit they keep behind the counter and the rest of the self help nonsense they prescribe at their quarterly performance guru summits that's a part of their cult/grift, then I'm totally cool with it. Not to be a snob disparaging all the hfhawks readers who enjoy Ayn Rand and Eckart Tolle... but let's uhhhhh keep that shit out of the locker room and our star prospects head lmao

Jonathan Toews associating himself with Onnit before the Chris "Aubrey Marcus" grift could have been disastrous in and of itself... Does noone recall macchu picchu?? (Thank god by the way Toews is so down to earth and kept his head on straight relevant to AM/Onnit, this is one of my favorite interviews of his for anyone who cares -- it's clear to me there are levels of the "mental game" that separates these two so far between)

“Consciousness is Optimation” sounds like convoluted pseudoscience. Toews was so great because he practiced his ass off and earned confidence in his abilities so when crunch time came along he believed he could do it.

There’s no extra layer to tap in to. He was just an ultra talented, hard worker. He wasn’t some guru tapped into a realm of consciousness

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

If the check had enough zeroes I'd wear Malaysian Airlines shirts.

 

[clydesdale line]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1813594145472315886

Our precious turned 19 today.

 

[Chuck Testa]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1813594145472315886

Our precious turned 19 today.

Keep him away from the bars when they play in Canada haha..

But that’s not something that we’re going to have to worry about anyway, I don’t think. Young 98 seems like the antithesis of what a certain young 88 was in that regard.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Keep him away from the bars when they play in Canada haha..

But that’s not something that we’re going to have to worry about anyway, I don’t think. Young 98 seems like the antithesis of what a certain young 88 was in that regard.

19 seems like a good age, used to be 18 in Canada.
Is the US state dependant or national drinking age. I see Illinois is 21 years old, oof that’s high.

 

[Callidusblackhawk]

19 seems like a good age, used to be 18 in Canada.
Is the US state dependant or national drinking age. I see Illinois is 21 years old, oof that’s high.

Its state dependent but its 21 everywhere because federal funding for a state's roads depends on it.

 

[Hawkaholic]

19 seems like a good age, used to be 18 in Canada.
Is the US state dependant or national drinking age. I see Illinois is 21 years old, oof that’s high.

It's 18 in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec still.

 

[swerdnase]

Stolen off the main boards:

 

[ello]

Very pumped to see Bedards progression this season. I think it’s easy to forget how special his rookie season was. Players tend to improve exponentially around this age so he might step in and be a top 20 forward this year