He looks very promising
A bit more assist production and he can be entering that generational production that 87, 8 and 97 had
Extremely impressed offensively and neutral zone
A bit of work to clean up in the defensive zone but that will come as he ages and hopefully the hawks have some more promising defenseman in the system coming up
Guy is on pace to break Wayne Gretzky’s record for goals scored by an 18 year old, and leads the league in 5v5 goals 4 months after his 18th birthday. Guy doesn’t need to do anything for his stats to already be generational.
I’ll take the heat for this, but at this point it’s true. Bedard’s start to his career has been better than McDavids. Sure he doesn’t skate as fast or “look as dominant”, but what he just continues to do is have more impressive production.
Bedard: 9 goals, 13 points in 13 games
McDavid: 5 goals, 12 points in 13 games
Keep in mind, McDavid has prime Hall as well as Eberle, RNH, and Draisaitl to help him as well. Nick Foligno currently has the most shared points with Bedard on Chicago, followed by Kurashev.
Bedard had the more impressive production in the CHL, then the WJC, and now 13 games in with the NHL.