"Nobody is afraid of Bedard"....Bruce Boudreau

[SimpleJack]

A player billed as Bedard shouldn't have to have a "fit" regarding line-mates but should more or less be able to play with anyone and still come as advertised. That's the bar, unless you want to lower the bar.

Here we go again.

Yes.

PLEASE “lower the bar”

So we can stop with these utterly ridiculous standards. He’s not gonna match the same level set by Gretzky/Mario/Crosby/McDavid…basically a who’s who of the greatest of the greats. BUT….is he gonna be potentially another Patrick Kane-caliber player? I think so. And again that shouldn’t be considered underwhelming or disappointing at all, in fact it’s something worth praising.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

He doesn't strike fear into you. He's still young

Don't like how pundits called him generational. He isn't

Generational is like Crosby and McDavid coming out of the gates roaring and just seeing them do everything

Celebrini looks more terrifying imo

 

[Hanji]

Too high expectations on a 19 year old. Today's media is built for this. Sensationalism get you clicks.

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

He’s actually pretty big for a guy his age that’s in the nhl, having that muscle actually translate to strength while playing hockey is his issue. There’s plenty of elite players that probably have similar amounts of muscle or less (look at the clip of McDavid shirtless in the Amazon documentary).

He’s 5’10” listed at 185, probably between 175-180 based on pictures, and has a terrible frame for putting on muscle mass.

 

[Lt Dan]

I disagree with Bruce
That haircut is nightmare fuel

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

This is such a lazy rebuttal to the criticisms of the obvious flaws in Bedard's game.

He's Patrick Kane if the Hawks sucked when they got Kane and forced him to play center.

Saying he has flaws and giving criticisms of his play is one thing. Saying things like “he’ll never be better than McDavid” or “no one is afraid of Bedard” drip with meathead insecurity

Bedard could turn into the second coming of Nail Yakupov and it would still be a smug attempt to belittle the player.

 

[SimpleJack]

Saying he has flaws and giving criticisms of his play is one thing. Saying things like “he’ll never be better than McDavid” or “no one is afraid of Bedard” drip with meathead insecurity

Bedard could turn into the second coming of Nail Yakupov and it would still be a smug attempt to belittle the player.

This is just kind of the sad truth about the way people are, you're gonna have a large portion out there that are bitter and petty and its not going to stop. And then the way their misinformation and (sometimes)utter BS spreads to others who take it and run with it and repeat it themselves....its very unfortunate.

This whole thing about how he was overhyped and how he's not the next McDavid/Crosby....when will we move on from this? Its like you could give someone a list of the different things Bedard has already done that are extremely impressive for a 19 year old to accomplish in the NHL....and all you'd hear back is "yeah but he's not generational yada yada yada".....as if what others completely beyond his control said about him or predicted before he was drafted is somehow all that matters. Its soooooo silly.

 

[Bubbles]

Too high expectations on a 19 year old. Today's media is built for this. Sensationalism get you clicks.

Agreed.

The people at TSN should be ashamed of themselves. They put up a nothing article. 46 Pts in 53 game is struggling? Talk about gaslighting.

Let the kid play, he's 19 years old.