Has Connor Bedard quietly became underrated ?

[Mrfenn92]

And be -45 again? At some point Bedard needs to be responsible defensively.

Buddy he’s been good defensively this year.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

I thought he could be a PPG player on the Hawks last year and that's essentially what he was. Goal scoring has regressed a bit, he's showing a bit more in the playmaking department, and his two-way play still isn't great. Still very young though. Needs time to develop.

 

[Adrianopolous]

He's not that guy.

People were acting like he'll be the next Sidney Crosby.

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

He's not that guy.

People were acting like he'll be the next Sidney Crosby.

I always expected Bedard to take a bit more time than Crosby or McDavid did to dominate. I expect him to be able to contend for the Rocket and Hart etc when he's about 22-23. He might not be Crosby but he definitely has potential to contend for hardware for a long time.

 

[Bombshell11]

He’s still leading his team in scoring. By the end of the season he will be around the PPG mark and all will be good

Look at his toi

Any other player would have been critisized

 

[Mrfenn92]

Lol

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

There was a lot of this last year and to start the year but lately he is getting dangerous shots and has not been burying them. I think the goals are coming.

I hope so. I projected 38 for him this year, he needs to catch fire.

Buddy he’s been good defensively this year.

He's for sure been better this year, but still is very not good.

 

[Mrfenn92]

I hope so. I projected 38 for him this year, he needs to catch fire.


He's for sure been better this year, but still is very not good.

He’s been fine.

 

[NyQuil]

And be -45 again? At some point Bedard needs to be responsible defensively.

Check out Mario Lemieux’s plus minus in his rookie season on a team where he was the only star player.

 

[Crow]

Check out Mario Lemieux’s plus minus in his rookie season on a team where he was the only star player.

Mario was also a year older.

 

[Darren McCord]

Check out Mario Lemieux’s plus minus in his rookie season on a team where he was the only star player.

When he put up a 100 pts in 73 games including 43 goals

 

[NyQuil]

When he put up a 100 pts in 73 games including 43 goals

As a much better player, of course.

People still ragged him for his plus minus.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

McDavid had Taylor Hall, Nuge, Draisatl and Eberle on his team.

Crosby had Palffy, Recchi, Gonchar, Lemieux, Armstrong, Malone, Leclair, Whitney. Malkin in year 2.

Bedard has Donato, Kurashev, people need to chill. Hockey is a team game and he has by far the worst supporting cast of any star player joining the league.

 

[Boy Hedican]

Sharks fan here. Hate the Hawks. But love Beds. He’s going to be just fine. His poise with the puck has stood out dramatically this season. This thread won’t age well.

 

[Crow]

McDavid had Taylor Hall, Nuge, Draisatl and Eberle on his team.

Crosby had Palffy, Recchi, Gonchar, Lemieux, Armstrong, Malone, Leclair, Whitney. Malkin in year 2.

Bedard has Donato, Kurashev, people need to chill. Hockey is a team game and he has by far the worst supporting cast of any star player joining the league.

Really thought him and Tuevo had something cooking but tuevo has just flat out sucked for the last couple weeks or so aside from his shootout goal last night.

 

[Darren McCord]

McDavid had Taylor Hall, Nuge, Draisatl and Eberle on his team.

Crosby had Palffy, Recchi, Gonchar, Lemieux, Armstrong, Malone, Leclair, Whitney. Malkin in year 2.

Bedard has Donato, Kurashev, people need to chill. Hockey is a team game and he has by far the worst supporting cast of any star player joining the league.

Crosby had 102 pts.
Recchi had 57 pts
Leclair had 51 pts

Crosby had almost as many as the next 2 highest forwards on the team combined. Bedard has a worse ppg than Donato does.

Also Bedard literally has Taylor Hall too lol.

 

[UED]

??? Bedard was absolutely considered generational and the next McDavid/Crosby on draft day. This isn't a matter of opinion, there are receipts all over the internet.

 

[surixon]

I've seen the last couple of games. He's played well and had his looks, just doesn't have much puck luck atm. He keeps olaying like he is the goals will start to come.

 

[Crow]

Also Bedard literally has Taylor Hall too lol.

Seriously?

 

[Darren McCord]

Seriously?

Yes I checked the roster.

And yes I know Hall is 32 and not the same player but Recchi was 37 playing for the pens.Leclair was like 36.

People always list the great players Sid played with but never mentioned they were all 35+

 

[surixon]

I'm also wondering if we are in high water mark period in terms of the talent in the league. I'm not sure if it's just me but it appears that younger players, even top picks are taking longer to really establish themselves the last number of years.

 

[Crow]

Yes I checked the roster.

And yes I know Hall is 32 and not the same player but Recchi was 37 playing for the pens.Leclair was like 36.

People always list the great players Sid played with but never mentioned they were all 35+

Taylor Hall, so far, only plays with Bedard on the power play. Taylor Hall has zero power play points this year. He looks terrible out there so far. Hope he finds his game but I don’t think it’s really it’s a physical problem. He doesn’t think the game at an NHL level right now.

I think you should probably watch some games instead of just looking at the roster before forming an opinion.

 

[Darren McCord]

I think you should probably watch some games instead of just looking at the roster before forming an opinion.

I mean that's how people look at Sids teams. Crosby got 120 pts his second year spending a good chunk of his time with Colby Armstrong and his 34pts.

I get Bedard has some garbage to play with but its not like he is running away with team scoring like sid was.

 

[Crow]

I mean that's how people look at Sids teams. Crosby got 120 pts his second year spending a good chunk of his time with Colby Armstrong and his 34pts.

I get Bedard has some garbage to play with but its not like he is running away with team scoring like sid was.

Yeah I agree it’s a lot of hindsight stat reading bullshit from the Sid comparison crowd. Not a good reason to partake in something similar with a current player.

He will definitely run away with team scoring by the end of the year though

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Bedard takes a lot of low quality shots so his shooting % will always be low. Other than his shot, what about his play stands out? IMO Bedard is overrated.

He's a pretty good puck handler. I'm not eating him over or under, but he has that.