Bubbles
Die Hard for Bedard 2023
Ends up with 2G, 1A and 1st star of the night. All over the ice, being really physical this game. His stock just keeps rising.
C Carter Bear - Everett Silvertips, WHL (2025 Draft)
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Bubbles
Die Hard for Bedard 2023
Hat trick tonight. I saw on Pronman's list. This kid is just a dynamo.
This keep just keeps trending up. If he keeps this up he's going to be a top 10 pick, especially with the 8-15 range wide open in this draft.
Intangir
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I'm not sure.
I see a lot of dynamism in Bear's game at the CHL-level, but of the two games that I watched all of Bear's points came off of what I'd call "junior plays" that wouldn't be there at the NHL level.
My sample size of views of him is very small to be fair. Maybe those performances aren't representative of his level of play this year, I don't know.
But what I did see of Carter Bear in those games was unimpressive defensive play, unenergetic backchecking, quite a bit of cherry-picking offensively, good reads offensively, some luck, a well-coached and impressive team around him, and very good but non-elite tools for the NHL on Bear's part.
So I could definitely see Bear being taken in the first round, he's got the skills and smarts for it, but I don't know if he will make it to the top-15, nevermind the top-10.
I like a guy like Cameron Schmidt a lot better for this year's draft; he's more skilled than Bear, faster, has better tools, but admittedly more red flags too given his size.
