Imagine thinking that comparing a young player to Patrick Kane is an insult
Has Connor Bedard quietly became underrated ?
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Uh, which media were you reading? Don't gaslight the thread creator with this.
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Whenever there is a main board thread with a premise this bad, I don't even need to check to know who posted it.
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Just reading the title, my original answer was no, after going through some of these comments, my answer might be yes. He's at the very least being underestimated by a lot of posters in here anyway as far as his ceiling is concerned.
Gotta wonder when these Faber Drivers are gonna stop trying to find a way to meritlessly inject their boy into these sacred Bedard diatribes, when there are so many more enticing players to cross-project.
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It's certainly not without merit to reply to someone who said that Bedard won the Calder despite the broken jaw and sat out with the fact that Faber, a finalist for the award, didn't sit out but PLAYED the final 2 months of the season with fractured ribs.
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It doesn't offend me. But i think it's like comparing Mcdavid to Johnathan Teows in 2015.
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It's nothing like that at all. Bedard is NOT the next McDavid, Crosby or Ovechkin. If you think Bedard will finish his career on that level, I'm sorry, but you are definitely overrating him.
Patrick Kane is an all-time elite player in this league....on a much higher tier than Toews. To be compared with Kane (a future first ballot HOFer) should be a compliment, not an insult. Since 2005, he is the 4th highest scorer in the NHL.
Yeah if he winds up being Kane 2.0 that’s definitely not a bad thing.
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Kane is a lower tier than Kucherov for peak, prime, playoffs, all-time listing etc
Bedards best case comparison is is Kucherov a guy 1 or 2 seasons away from being top 20-30 all time
Kane wasnt consistent enough early on and Bedard should be a better defensive player then kane was.
Kucherov is his max ceiling
Kane is his expected ceiling
Kariya (based off injuries not what he should have become if healthy) is a disapointment ceiling
Anything less than Kariya player all time and he isnt even a franchise 1OA pick (he would be a generational player if he reaches kucherov level in a year or two)
He wont be a Crosby/OV/Mcdavid level player all time
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He definitely was on these boards.
Som people were saying 90-100 point rookie season.
The hype was through the roof.
Yeah Hughes isn’t a good example for judging by his first few seasons though. When he was healthy last year he looked to me like the most dominant offensive forward besides the big 4 or 5. He was buzzing in the offensive zone and creating chances like MacK and McDavid before his early season injury.
That said, yes I have Bedard not only getting to his level but perhaps as soon as later on this very season. Don’t believe there will be a huge gap between them throughout much of their primes though, and that speaks more to how good I believe Hughes is than some slight against Bedard.
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Only people that were saying that were the people who didn't look at who his teammates were.
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He could’ve done that in a healthy season on a decent team though. Either way I think he’s good for 90+ this year with a full seasons worth of games
Doesn't mean people weren't massively hyping the hell out of this kid. He was absolutely seen as the next McDavid going into the draft.
No no, the topic is if Bedard is underrated or not. This is probably not the right site to debate if Jesus Christ is underrated.
Or rather, didn’t realize that the few decent players he had to work with on the roster would be sidelined for much of the season
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Yeah, still has tons of room to grow, 3rd youngest player in the NHL. McDavids rookie season wasn't some spectacular season either. Not saying he will become that, but i'm not sure what his rookie season even tells us in the long term.
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Rookie Bedard was eight months younger than rookie Kane.
Rookie Bedard played on a team that scored a paltry 179 goals; rookie Kane's team scored 239 goals.
Nonetheless, rookie Bedard had a slightly higher points-per-game advantage and a more significant ES points per game advantage over rookie Kane.
Bedard has always been better than Kane was at the same age and there's no reason to believe that he won't continue to be better as his career progresses. I don't agree with any of this talk that Kane is his ceiling. Kane is his floor.
Rookie Bedard played on a team that scored a paltry 179 goals; rookie Kane's team scored 239 goals.
Nonetheless, rookie Bedard had a slightly higher points-per-game advantage and a more significant ES points per game advantage over rookie Kane.
Bedard has always been better than Kane was at the same age and there's no reason to believe that he won't continue to be better as his career progresses. I don't agree with any of this talk that Kane is his ceiling. Kane is his floor.
