Connor Bedard Vs. Macklin Celebrini

[JoeThorntonsRooster]

Who will have the better career?

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[Pavel Buchnevich]

Bedard.

He was overrated for those that considered him generational as he never was that, but he’s maybe now becoming underrated.

 

[Canovin]

Mack Mini

 

[Artaud]

Very close, but for a career I pick Celebrini because of the fact that the Sharks are building a much better team around him than Chicago around Bedard.

 

[Sasso09]

Lol.... the Bedard hate and Celebrini pump is getting out of hand.


Bedard, comfortably. The difference in high end skill is notable

 

[OverTheLine]

The timing for these comparisons are a little unfair in that Bedard is slumping and Celebrini is playing out of his mind––recency bias will always creep into these discussions in unavoidable ways.

But I do think these conversations and comparisons should be less of a knock on Bedard (who is a very special talent) and more of a knock on the lack of hype around Celebrini. It should have been obvious what kind of an exceptional prospect Celebrini was, yet a good number of people around here and in the media seemed to think he was more of a middle-of-the-road first overall.

 

[Cup or Bust]

Connor Bedard is an amazing talent skill wise but he lacks in the areas of size (strength) and defensive ability thus far in his career. It depends on who can round out their game more. To be fair though the Blackhawks have a horrific roster and I actually think San Jose has done a good job turning the corner and setting their team up to show some solid improvement in the next few seasons. It's hard to bet against the potential of Connor Bedard.

 

[biturbo19]

Really just playing darts in the dark here with this. Basically comes down to whether Bedard will be able to round out the rest of his game or whether his lack of some physical tools like size will continue to hold him back in that respect. Also heavily contingent on whether the Blackhawks or Sharks "rebuild" comes off more successfully. Right now, it's kind of looking like the Sharks may have gotten it more right, but prospects and development is hardly linear...so that could very easily change. But that "team success" ultimately tends to play a big factor in how their "franchise player" is viewed overall.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Crazy how fast Bedard went from completely overrated to underrated.

 

[elmaco]

Too early to tell imo

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

Bedard. The pendulum has swung

 

[HabzSauce]

Crazy how fast Bedard went from completely overrated to underrated.

Life moves fast

 

[Juxtaposer]

Can we maybe not do this yet? Mack has played a dozen games.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Reminds me a bit of Eichel vs Matthews in terms of prospects. Eichel/Bedard is flashier and had more hype while the more all-around game and subtle things that lead to being an analytics monster from Matthews/Celebrini is harder to appreciate at first.