Connor Bedard is -84 throughout two seasons…Worst in the NHL

[ORRFForever]

46 points is still a lot!

Yes and, minus that one error, yours was a terrific post.

 

[ORRFForever]

Well, he’s the only one getting Bedard minutes and Bedard treatment, he would have been scratched many times had he played under Torts regardless of the draft position

True. I think we all agree, there is a LOT of work to do.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

His size will always be a problem..

 

[ORRFForever]

His size will always be a problem..

Meh... Cole Caufield is smaller and he does really well.

Bedard should NOT be a center at this point in his career. Put Bedard on the wing and let him score / get his confidence back - that's assuming Chicago can find a high quality center for him.

 

[HabzSauce]

Why do you say that?

Chicago has a lot of young prospects. Pittsburgh is going to be a bottom dweller who could use those prospects. Sid doesn't want to play in Pittsburgh when there is nothing to play for.

Trade Sid to Chicago, let him mentor Bedard and then resign Sid in Pittsburgh when he wants to retire.

Why would Sid want to be traded to a bottom feeder just to babysit, when he could instead go to a contender and compete for another cup?

 

[ORRFForever]

Why would Sid want to be traded to a bottom feeder just to babysit, when he could instead go to a contender and compete for another cup?

That's fair. You are probably right.

 

[Ghetty Green]

At this point, his upside is Stamkos. His floor is mike Hoffman

 

[RevengeOfTheDrai]

Re : "he won’t be a superstar."

I disagree. He has issues but he could be a perennial 100 point player. After all, he's going to finish with 60+ points on what is, at best, an AHL team. Remember he is 19 and he has ZERO talent around him.

I agree with this, but I can't blame people for being skeptical, considering he's ahead of Donato by one point, and Teravainen by just three. Those guys are similarly on an AHL team devoid of talent, and I'd expect Bedard to lap them by at least 10-15 points. Instead, he's doubled them in negative plus minus with -40, while only playing four more minutes of ice time. Haven't watched too many Blackhawks this year, but I just expected more.

 

[ORRFForever]

I agree with this, but I can't blame people for being skeptical, considering he's ahead of Donato by one point, and Teravainen by just three. Those guys are similarly on an AHL team devoid of talent, and I'd expect Bedard to lap them by at least 10-15 points. Instead, he's doubled them in negative plus minus with -40, while only playing four more minutes of ice time. Haven't watched too many Blackhawks this year, but I just expected more.

Well said.

 

[pekka55]

How the hell did Chicago not realize in about 2 months that Bedard is not a center? He's bad at everything a center should excel at.

Also, him being touted as generational before he even played one game in the NHL is a joke.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

This is not how you build a generational talent. The Hawks are going to ruin this kid.

That's what happens when a team sells everything in order to tank and get the best odds.

 

[Firsov99]

Re : "he won’t be a superstar."

I disagree. He has issues but he could be a perennial 100 point player. After all, he's going to finish with 60+ points on what is, at best, an AHL team. Remember he is 19 and he has ZERO talent around him.

I would love him to prove me and many others wrong.

 

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

"

Connor Bedard is -84 throughout two seasons…Worst in the NHL "​

So what your saying the sky's the limit!

 

[ViD]

Also, him being touted as generational before he even played one game in the NHL is a joke.

His numbers warranted that, to be honest

 

[pekka55]

His numbers warranted that, to be honest

Sure, his numbers against teenagers. That guarantees nothing. Also, how many generational talents can there realistically be at the same time?

 

[fbuford]

It's far too early to say anything about this kid.

Give him 2-3 years, and forget about it.
He's on a tire fire team that throws away their best players to recoup prospects and picks.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

He has obvious skill and could turn into a really great player, but not without support and guidance. The Blackhawks’ rebuilding plan makes no sense. They were fortunate enough to draft him 1OA and didn’t bother surrounding him with a decently competitive roster.

If the Blackhawks don’t start spending money soon in free agency, I can see him losing patience and asking for a trade the first chance he gets.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Because he’s on a horrific team with sieve goal tending and he’s on the ice the most of forwards

You sure it has nothing to do with him being a gigantic liability as well?

 

[Ajex12x]

Yikes! There has been plenty of stuff floating around...

Connor Bedard’s frustration reaches new level and lands him in massive trade rumours!

Insiders had to address the chatter in Chicago before it got out of hand. Full story below:

www.hockeyfeed.com

I'm not seeing anywhere in that article that supports what you're claiming. Just because some dudes say in speculation without having any facts to back it up doesn't it make it a rumor.

 

[rebuildorbust]

Would love to see him on his hometown team playing with Petterson

 

[Peasy]

I feel like so many people just disregarded everything about Bedard and just focused on his junior point totals and automatically assumed this guy would kill it in the NHL with zero issues.

People really underrate players ability to translate their game from one league to another.

The Hawks completely shot themselves in the foot and have embraced a losing culture. They are no where near seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

Watch them pass up on Schaefer to take Misa cause they already have so many d specs

Would be another foolish move.

 

[GlitchMarner]

He obviously has flaws in his game and ample room for improvement, but raw plus/minus still sucks.

He's a young centre who plays on the top line of a terrible team. Celebrini is -30 in just 65 games and I don't think I've ever seen anyone bring that up.

 

[ORRFForever]

Just because some dudes say in speculation without having any facts to back it up doesn't it make it a rumor.

I think that's exactly what it makes it.

Example...

People speculating that a movie star is gay without proof makes it... wait for it.... a rumour.

 

[sanscosm]

Connor won a bunch of faceoffs against Sid the other night, so there seems to be improvement there.

 

[Osakahaus]

Taking Levshunov over Demidov might be the biggest mistake i've seen a team make in a long time, and Im an isles fan who saw them take Michael Dal Colle 4th overall!