Has Connor Bedard quietly became underrated ?

[Erika]

That's exactly what I say, he doesn't have anybody around to help him with 5vs5 scoring because he plays with TK on PP only, and Konecny is the only player on the Flyers who thinks the game close to Michkov's level.

Enough with the bad teammates excuses. Barkov, Crosby, McDavid, Draisaitl, Kucherov, Kaprizov, Panarin, Ovechkin, Matthews, Pastrniak, Mackinnon, Aho, Scheifele, Tkachuk, Stutzle, Eichel, etc. would be able to produce with any linemates. They are the definitions of elite players. Connor Bedard doesn't have anything elite, except for his shot, but he doesn't have the space, time or the Iq to use it often. The more I watch him, he's closer to a Alex Debrincat than a Mackinnon kind of player. Very one dimensional smallish perimeter winger.
I would take Macklin Celebrini before Bedard any day of the week.

 

[HeadLiceHatty]

Enough with the bad teammates excuses. Barkov, Crosby, McDavid, Draisaitl, Kucherov, Kaprizov, Panarin, Ovechkin, Matthews, Pastrniak, Mackinnon, Aho, Scheifele, Tkachuk, Stutzle, Eichel, etc. would be able to produce with any linemates. They are the definitions of elite players. Connor Bedard doesn't have anything elite, except for his shot, but he doesn't have the space, time or the Iq to use it often. The more I watch him, he's closer to a Alex Debrincat than a Mackinnon kind of player. Very one dimensional smallish perimeter winger.
I would take Macklin Celebrini before Bedard any day of the week.

Debrincat come on man, do better.

 

[Crow]

Enough with the bad teammates excuses. Barkov, Crosby, McDavid, Draisaitl, Kucherov, Kaprizov, Panarin, Ovechkin, Matthews, Pastrniak, Mackinnon, Aho, Scheifele, Tkachuk, Stutzle, Eichel, etc. would be able to produce with any linemates. They are the definitions of elite players. Connor Bedard doesn't have anything elite, except for his shot, but he doesn't have the space, time or the Iq to use it often. The more I watch him, he's closer to a Alex Debrincat than a Mackinnon kind of player. Very one dimensional smallish perimeter winger.
I would take Macklin Celebrini before Bedard any day of the week.

Holy shit lol. Not worth breaking down.

 

[Dave92]

He's simply too small to ever be the type of generational player some people billed him as. And he was massively over rated. Skilled like Kane, Shoots like Matthews, the most 'Generational' player since Mcdavid. But he looks like a slightly less dynamic Johnny Gaudreau when you actually watch him play.

 

[Hanji]

jfc. Bedard is still young enough to play at the WJC. He'll get stronger, he'll adapt, he'll evolve.

Is he a McDavid, Crosby or Ovechkin? I think not. But I fully expect him to be an elite level franchise player.

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

I’ve legit never seen so many excuses for a supposed generational player.

 

[Erika]

Debrincat come on man, do better.

We will revisit this post in two years, Bedard is a bust in the making, mark my words. Yes, anything lower than ppg will be bust territory for me considering the generational tag he has.

 

[LevelingSolo]

I’ve legit never seen so many excuses for a supposed generational player.

Same

Another use said that Crosby and Ovechkin had way better talent to work with in their rookie year but people need to go pull up the 05-06 Penguin and Capitals rosters lol

 

[Fatass]

Hasn’t scored much (3 in 21 games) and is a minus six. The Harwks are forcing a young guy, who clearly isn’t ready, to play top centre minutes. Bedard should be on the wing and transition of a few years to centre.

 

[Dolemite]

Hasn’t scored much (3 in 21 games) and is a minus six. The Harwks are forcing a young guy, who clearly isn’t ready, to play top centre minutes. Bedard should be on the wing and transition of a few years to centre.

They have junk and pylons for players who can’t take the pressure off of him.

 

[Waterbuf]

There's not really one player on the Hawks that makes you think "he might make a nice pass to Bedard and Bedard will score".

 

[Nogatco Rd]

He’ll be fine. Just needs to spend a few weeks in the A to find his game again.

 

[belfour30]

He’ll be fine. Just needs to spend a few weeks in the A to find his game again.

He can't go to the AHL.
Even if he could, idk if that would be a good idea.

 

[KCC]

They have junk and pylons for players who can’t take the pressure off of him.

Well they had junk last season also and he was decent. What I’ve noticed is they are taking away his time and space much more this season and he can’t get his wicked shot off. And he’s struggling to adapt and create that said space. He will figure it out eventually.

 

[LuGBuG]

The Bedard hate is silly. He will be fine. He’s not going to be a McDavid or Crosby. He will be an elite talent in the NHL and a top player in the league for a long time. The haters hate stems from jealousy and bias for the most part.

 

[Northernhawk]

Hasn’t scored much (3 in 21 games) and is a minus six. The Harwks are forcing a young guy, who clearly isn’t ready, to play top centre minutes. Bedard should be on the wing and transition of a few years to centre.

ChI’m cargo has gone five straight with just ONE power lay opportunity each game…FIVE power plays in five games…that has to affect his points production…all the other top end players have very high PP pt totals…Blackhawks GM should be addressing this with the NHL…five power plays in five games??? They’ve only been interfered/restricted illegally FIVE TIMES in five games by their opponents???

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I think he’ll be fine, but he was never close to generational. Probably the most ridiculous “generational” hype we’ve seen in a recent draft that wasn’t remotely applicable.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Chicago should be very concerned that they’ve actively tried to be the worst team in the league for as long as they have been now and the best thing they’ve got is a wing that plays the game that Bedard does. Certainly not fully formed at 19 but there’s a long road ahead to get near how he was talked about coming into the league.

Tanking has consequences. You can’t just flip a switch and change organizational behaviour. Losing is a learned behaviour that permeates every aspect of the organization if you let it., players especially. You don’t just draft first overall and turn it around.

Ask me how I know

They aren't comparable. Williams had a lot of hype two years ago but that died down when he followed up on a Heisman winning season with a so-so year. In Bedards draft year he got even better.

Bedard will be a good player but he will never live up to his draft hype.