Has Connor Bedard quietly became underrated ?

[Jack Tripper]

I don't understand what's wrong about aiming to evolve into a Patrick Kane-type scoring winger. He clearly will never have the physical tools to be a Crosby/MacKinnon elite centre, but Kane has been one of the dominant players of his generation.

Only difference is Kane was added to a stacked Chicago team and won 3 Cups by the time he was 26 years old. Bedard is on a depleted Chicago team that has no immediate pathway to contention.

 

[BlueSeal]

I don't understand what's wrong about aiming to evolve into a Patrick Kane-type scoring winger. He clearly will never have the physical tools to be a Crosby/MacKinnon elite centre, but Kane has been one of the dominant players of his generation.

Only difference is Kane was added to a stacked Chicago team and won 3 Cups by the time he was 26 years old. Bedard is on a depleted Chicago team that has no immediate pathway to contention.

I feel this is ultimately Chicago's plan with Bedard; Tank as much as possible, grab high picks, build a solid team and go for it.

Too many people put far too much stock into comparing EVERYTHING and ANYTHING to McDavid/Crosby and sometimes Ovi or whoever else and if that player isn't greater than them at whatever age or time, then they ain't s#it. And that's a really sad way to view the world and hockey in general.

I don't care what your stats on paper say or what hardware you got in the case, what has that players efforts done to help your team go all the way. I'm big on story and that's what I want to hear. Folks snark at people like Patrick Maroon but his story is great and that's really what we watch hockey for, the ensemble cast 'story'.

Leave the numbers to the accountants.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

His coach is misusing him.
Last night and today Richardson admitted:
1. He wanted him to match up with Barkov
2. He's using Bedard's line as a shutdown line.

This is coaching malpractice.

Didn't they win the game?

 

[Dicky113]

There may be something to the nationalism aspect but bedards chl draft year stats were pretty generational

I agree but I think you can get away with being small in junior where it’s much harder to do in the nhl and still be dominant. He’s going to be a really good player but he’s missing 2 or 3 inches that will keep him from being generational at the nhl level