Has Connor Bedard quietly became underrated ?

Erika

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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. :teach:
 

HeadLiceHatty

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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. :teach:

Debrincat 🤣😂 come on man, do better.
 

Crow

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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. :teach:
Holy shit lol. Not worth breaking down.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

KCC

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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.
 

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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.
 

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