Has Connor Bedard quietly became underrated ?

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I wouldn't worry about Bedard. His team blows, and he is still a teen and eligible for junior level hockey.

Come back in five years and we can start to evaluate...

Evaluate what? Everyone believes he will be an elite player. But that’s not a generational player

 

[The Panther]

Evaluate what? Everyone believes he will be an elite player. But that’s not a generational player

Why would anyone expect him to be the best player of a whole generation, at age 17 or 18?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Why would anyone expect him to be the best player of a whole generation, at age 17 or 18?

Because that’s what generational means. McDavid and Crosby were among the best in the world at 18

 

[The Panther]

Because that’s what generational means. McDavid and Crosby were among the best in the world at 18

Can you define "generational" for me? People on here throw it around so much, I actually don't know what they mean by it, so perhaps you can clarify. I would guess that it meant "best on a generation" or "once in a generation". But you haven't answered my question, which is why would anyone expect Bedard to be the best player in an entire generation?

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Richardson is absolutely clueless with deployments and it is certainly not a benefit for Bedard. Not to mention Seth Jones being on PP1 is a crime against Bedard.


Not to mention he has basically never seen any time to pad his stats with defending an empty net.

He gets tons of ice time and PP1 opportunity, especially compared to other Hawks forwards.

 

[GIADF]

He gets tons of ice time and PP1 opportunity, especially compared to other Hawks forwards.

You would have to actually watch Hawks games to understand.

Richardson is a really, really bad coach who needs to be replaced. A lot of decisions he makes that negatively impact Bedard won’t show up in a statistic.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

You would have to actually watch Hawks games to understand.

Richardson is a really, really bad coach who needs to be replaced. A lot of decisions he makes that negatively impact Bedard won’t show up in a statistic.

I do watch hawks games. I don't disagree about Richardson being a poor coach, but he's tried Bedard with all of the best offensive players on the team.

It's not Richardson's fault that Bedard keeps trying to beat goalies with perimeter wrist shots. Plenty of other Hawks forwards are having very good seasons under Richardson.

 

[GIADF]

I do watch hawks games. I don't disagree about Richardson being a poor coach, but he's tried Bedard with all of the best offensive players on the team.

It's not Richardson's fault that Bedard keeps trying to beat goalies with perimeter wrist shots. Plenty of other Hawks forwards are having very good seasons under Richardson.

Plenty? Not even close.

Donato and that’s it and that’s because he's shooting 25% so far.

TT and Bertuzzi have been disappointments.

Kurashev healthy scratched and has been terrible.

Dickinson has been notably worse this year.

No way you can say you watch the Hawks and have come to the conclusion that “Plenty of other Hawks forwards are having very good seasons under Richardson.”