Prospect Info: Bedard Topic 2

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Just noticed he has 62PIM, he really needs to clean that part of his game up.

He had 20 of those PIMs cuz of bullshit misconduct calls and two 4 minute high sticking calls this season. Bedard can be a fiesty f*** but he isn't a guy who is going to be averaging 40+ PIMs a season. I think this was an outlier. But hey, if he wants to turn into his idol Sidney Crosby and have 100 point seasons and have 40+ PIMs a season, I'll gladly take it.
 
He had 20 of those PIMs cuz of bullshit misconduct calls and two 4 minute high sticking calls this season. Bedard can be a fiesty f*** but he isn't a guy who is going to be averaging 40+ PIMs a season. I think this was an outlier. But hey, if he wants to turn into his idol Sidney Crosby and have 100 point seasons and have 40+ PIMs a season, I'll gladly take it.
Right, I did forget about those misconduct. Still, a lot of PIMs for a guy who isn't a physical player.
 
Lot of frenzy over Button's dumb little segment. I'm not worried at all about Bedard signing here. The only thing I'm really concerned with is that he'll likely go the Matthews route (same agent) and not give us a break on term or AAV.

He's not guaranteed to do that but if I were him I would.
 
Lot of frenzy over Button's dumb little segment. I'm not worried at all about Bedard signing here. The only thing I'm really concerned with is that he'll likely go the Matthews route (same agent) and not give us a break on term or AAV.

He's not guaranteed to do that but if I were him I would.
He needs to score 40+ next year to think he has that kind of sway yet. Same with the officials unfortunately.

Tbf, Matthews is almost a full year older than Connor was as a rookie.
 
Lot of frenzy over Button's dumb little segment. I'm not worried at all about Bedard signing here. The only thing I'm really concerned with is that he'll likely go the Matthews route (same agent) and not give us a break on term or AAV.

He's not guaranteed to do that but if I were him I would.
do people not realize that the media's job is to drum up storylines...Bedard might very well go the bridge route to maximize his earnings, its what most really good players probably should be doing
 
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I watched a youtube segment: and the jist is Bedard like 9 out of 10 ROY players experience the sophomore slump due to video analysis and teams targeting his tendencies to take away the Hawk's one real weapon. His like most all other rookie stars found his goals coming not only much less frequently but from further away from the goal in his second year. Of course his not having any other real talent to play with makes it that much easier for opponents to handle.
 
I watched a youtube segment: and the jist is Bedard like 9 out of 10 ROY players experience the sophomore slump due to video analysis and teams targeting his tendencies to take away the Hawk's one real weapon. His like most all other rookie stars found his goals coming not only much less frequently but from further away from the goal in his second year. Of course his not having any other real talent to play with makes it that much easier for opponents to handle.

I fear that that video might come off to anyone but us as a puff piece.

he does touch on something I have noticed is that Bedard is getting keyed in on. That article that "No one is afraid of Bedard" earlier in the season is pure crap. I have probably been able to watch 40+ games this year and Bedard is always double or triple teamed. I think the problem is Bedard is skating into them and trying to split the defense or multiple times I see Bedard skating into 3v1's and losing the puck, which is evident in his giveaway stats here below. Its also kind of alarming that he's almost a 4 to 1 ratio with giveaways/takeaways.
Although Vlasic leads the team in giveaways he also has a high amount of takeaways which makes it more bearable.

Chicago is dead last in high danger chances for goals for and 25th in total high danger goals.

Chicago also leads the league in High danger goals against with 99. 11 more than Pittsburgh as well as 3rd in total High Danger chances. 9 behind Anaheim.

 

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I fear that that video might come off to anyone but us as a puff piece.

he does touch on something I have noticed is that Bedard is getting keyed in on. That article that "No one is afraid of Bedard" earlier in the season is pure crap. I have probably been able to watch 40+ games this year and Bedard is always double or triple teamed. I think the problem is Bedard is skating into them and trying to split the defense or multiple times I see Bedard skating into 3v1's and losing the puck, which is evident in his giveaway stats here below. Its also kind of alarming that he's almost a 4 to 1 ratio with giveaways/takeaways.
Although Vlasic leads the team in giveaways he also has a high amount of takeaways which makes it more bearable.

Chicago is dead last in high danger chances for goals for and 25th in total high danger goals.

Chicago also leads the league in High danger goals against with 99. 11 more than Pittsburgh as well as 3rd in total High Danger chances. 9 behind Anaheim.


Giveaways arent all bad. When you are highly skilled player and try to make playes, not all of them are going to work and it counts as giveaway. You cant start avoiding giveaways because that can lead losing creativity. Sure you need to be more carefull on certain parts of ice. Also I'd rather Bedard make those plays than third line grinder. Ice time also effects giveaways.
 
I fear that that video might come off to anyone but us as a puff piece.

he does touch on something I have noticed is that Bedard is getting keyed in on. That article that "No one is afraid of Bedard" earlier in the season is pure crap. I have probably been able to watch 40+ games this year and Bedard is always double or triple teamed. I think the problem is Bedard is skating into them and trying to split the defense or multiple times I see Bedard skating into 3v1's and losing the puck, which is evident in his giveaway stats here below. Its also kind of alarming that he's almost a 4 to 1 ratio with giveaways/takeaways.
Although Vlasic leads the team in giveaways he also has a high amount of takeaways which makes it more bearable.

Chicago is dead last in high danger chances for goals for and 25th in total high danger goals.

Chicago also leads the league in High danger goals against with 99. 11 more than Pittsburgh as well as 3rd in total High Danger chances. 9 behind Anaheim.

For sure the team around Bedard sucks in pretty much every metric. So his decline this year can be attributed to a combination of not having any other real weapons to work with him but as you said teams are double and triple teaming him as well. It's up to Bedard like any other young star to learn how to adapt his game and eventually have someone to play off of along with at least one other secondary scoring line. It's a steep hill to climb but he can do it .... otherwise I say trade him for a haul while you still can! Would anyone consider Bedard to Anaheim for MacTavish and their 2025 1st. We could end up with either three elite forwards or two top six forwards and of course Schaefer.
 

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