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

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He needs help of any kind, not this garbage on a plate Davidson has thrown up the past two years

Who was KD supposed to pick up last summer? Rebuilds take time and, for better or worse, the Hawks landed their center piece a few years early.

100% Davidson and Grier are worlds apart in terms of understanding how to construct and build a team around a future franchise piece.

Again, who was KD supposed to pick up in the offseason to suddenly turn this franchise into a playoff team?
 
MacKinnon was not special but was +13 in his first two seasons. Jack Hughes was -29, despite playing on a terrible team.

Bedard is a conbined -68, and he still has more than 1/3 season to fail even more.

I don't think there was any "generational" player coming to the league in recent years, put up nice numbers, and yet finish -44 in a single season.
To be fair his teams absolute garbage.
 
I'm sure the season the Avs finished with 48 points, all the teams were laying awake in sheer terror every night before they played them wondering what tricks a 53 point MacKinnon had up his sleeve, and that this post isn't at all captain hindsight

You shaved 10 points of his total. He scored 63 points his rookie season.
 
This right here is EXACTLY what I'm talking about with this misinformation here on HFboards that spreads like wildfire. I'm guessing you're just repeating what the others have said, jumping on the bandwagon. The Sharks rebuild is the greatest rebuild in the history of pro sports and the Hawks have Bedard and literally only Bedard and absolutely nothing else and aren't doing anything right/have zero young talent on the way. Right? Isn't this the world you've imagined?

Well here's the REALITY: I just googled "top NHL prospect pools"....and out of the first 3 sources i checked the Hawks are ranked 1st, 4th, and 2nd respectively. They were also graded very highly/"A" for last years draft. Both the Hawks and the Sharks have a TON of young talent in their systems, and even more draft picks upcoming....only the Hawks have a slightly higher caliber of D prospects whereas the Sharks have higher caliber F prospects. But this will all even out as both organizations continue to build. Both have promising futures but still a long way to go, and anyone THIS EARLY trying to make judgements(especially when they obviously have very little insight on the facts/details) is just trying to force their agenda in favor of the Sharks/Celebrini. Cuz its the "cool"/popular thing to do.

Its too bad that this gets lost in all the nonsense. People are far too distracted with their hatred for the Blackhawks.

And despite being told that you're misinformed....just like all the others.....you're probably going to ignore this, and the BS/misinformation wildfire is just going to keep spreading.

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There are guys who had HHOF careers who at Bedard's current age were playing college or minor league hockey...not expected to carry an NHL team offensively.

It's all a bit premature given that Bedard hasn't looked out of place in the NHL. There's no evidence he can't elevate his game in the next 3-4 years. There's no guarantee either, but other than a select few players in NHL history there never really was with 19 year olds. Are we saying he's a bust because his career start suggests he may not challenge Mario or Wayne in the end?
 
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Maybe getting Tortorella-type tough love would have been better for Bedard long term. It seems every game he gets his 20 minutes regardless of the mistakes he makes.
 
Bedard right now is a toxic scorer. He scores point at a decent rate, but it's a result of a very high-risk play style that grants the opponents more chances than the Hawks.
He also doesn't help his team in any other way at all, an extremely one-dimensional player so far. He doesn't have linemates of comparable skill, but he's also not close to his own teammates in effort.

I'm not sure several seasons of junior-style play in the NHL on a losing team with zero accountability advances Bedard's play much.
His deployment at the WC last year said a lot. Think they were pretty much only putting him out on the power play by the end of the tournament.

Still plenty of time to figure it out though.
 
Funny. You should quit your side gig of posting hockey bad-takes and take up comedy.
Well, maybe I’m wrong about Bedard.

Just like Orr, Gretzky, Lemieux, Lindros, Crosby, Ovechkin, McDavid who all played in international, best in best pro tournaments when the first opportunity afforded itself as other defined generational talents, maybe Bedard will change my opinion when he laces them up in the 4 Nations these next 2 weeks.

Oh, wait…
 

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