Has Connor Bedard quietly became underrated ?

[Brookbank]

'Generational' is a made up term of art in the sporting context. It doesn't actually mean anything, people spend way too much time debating it.

So all the hype about Mcdavid before he played an NHL game was just nonsense and didn't really mean anything ?

 

[Hawkaholic]

Imagine thinking Bedard hasn't made his teammates better. lol

 

[x Tame Impala]

So all the hype about Mcdavid before he played an NHL game was just nonsense and didn't really mean anything ?

Even as a Hawks fan I don't see the value in the label. It doesn't make me more or less excited to have Bedard on the squad. Why ruin watching him for the next 20 years putting expectations on him of being a Crosby level player?

 

[MuckOG]

This is the season he needs to prove it while being the third youngest player in the entire league?

Clown take.

The OP is comparing Bedard to Crosby and McDavid. Look at what those two did at the same age.

So all the hype about Mcdavid before he played an NHL game was just nonsense and didn't really mean anything ?

In the grand scheme of things, no....other than get our attention. What matters is how they perform AFTER they arrive in the NHL.

 

[Voight]

I think it’s hilarious that since he was awful defensively at 18 on a horrible roster it means he’s f***ed defensively lol.

You just gotta love the HFB scouts.

 

[Hawkaholic]

The OP is comparing Bedard to Crosby and McDavid. Look at what those two did at the same age.

McDavid put up 13 less points at the same age, had a very slightly higher goals/GP, playing with much better players.

 

[Crow]

Imagine thinking Bedard hasn't made his teammates better. lol

I almost replied to that but I’m just done with some people in this thread. Will have to wait and see what happens. Not going to convince anyone. Don’t think these guys actually watch at this point. Sick of their weird no true Scotsman fallacies.

 

[Blue and Green]

Joe Sakic type player all time is a pretty good expectation for him if he hits off

So far, he's been better at every age than Sakic was.

 

[Video Nasty]

McDavid put up 13 less points at the same age, had a very slightly higher goals/GP, playing with much better players.

McDavid played 24 fewer games in a scoring environment that is the lowest over the past twenty years, while finishing 3rd in PPG. There’s an outside possibility that if he didn’t miss 37 games, his trajectory probably might have seen him hit 95 points in that environment, which would have been a second place finish. Maybe. We’ll never know, but it’s not important since he came out and won the Hart, Lindsay, and Art Ross the very next season and has one of the most decorated trophy cabinets through the first half of one’s career ever.

I’m high on Bedard and I think his trajectory as a rookie was hampered by his mid-season injury, but he wasn’t as good as McDavid and never will be. I find some points useful like how the Blackhawks 177 goals in a higher scoring environment would still rank last in 2015-2016, but if one watched both players in their rookie campaigns, it’s obvious who was better and will be better going forward.

And for those who think I will never lift up Crosby, Bedard has little chance of touching his career either.