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

[Foppberg]

That hyperbolic talk was always outrageous. Canadian media doing Canadian media things.

Everyone was saying it, not just the TSN talking heads.

 

[elmaco]

So your nephew is ripped with armpit hair at 15

Its funny how some ppl say he should hit the gym when it's more likely that he hit the gym a little too hard for his age

Kids today amirite?

 

[Kegs]

grown men aren’t afraid of a teenager? Weird.

 

[HFpapi]

I saw this on Instagram.

Games required to hit 100 points:

Connor Bedard: 112
Auston Matthews: 112
Nate Mackinnon: 143
Jack Hughes: 160

Everyone relax. He's a superstar in the making.

 

[Kegs]

He’s 19 on a really shit blackhawks team, and he’s still has 45 points in 52 games

Bust

And again....what's crazy is HE ISN'T EVEN PLAYING POORLY. He's fine. Like he had a bad first 20-25 games with a horrific head coach that was clearly hindering him. He's been playing well since the coaching change and continues to learn and grow as expected. This idea that he's some sort of failure is just utter nonsense conjured up by those desperate to see him struggle.



lol seriously...."dude 70 pts for a 19 year old on the worst team in the league isn't the feather in his cap that you think it is".....i mean who are we comparing him to, Gretzky? How many 19 year olds have put up 70+pts on teams this bad? Its gotta be a short list.

19 year old putting up 70 points is very rare. This kids super talented. He needs to work on his play without the puck. He floats around a little bit. When the pucks on his stick he dangerous.


Edit: I looked it up. 21, 19 year olds have hit 70+ points.

 

[SimpleJack]

Everyone was saying it, not just the TSN talking heads.

Yes....we get it. The entire universe could have said it and still....my point stands: Who Cares?

He himself certainly didn't say it....so why bring it up 10,000 times a day? I mean i understand it being mentioned initially, or a few times here or there....that he was hyped up to be "generational" and that may have been a stretch.

But by now....to still be going "yeah but..." (whenever anyone tries to point out his accomplishments/anything positive) "....he was hyped up to be generational pre-draft....remember that? What about that?".....as if its important is just silly. He's playing well all things considered. If your only argument at this point remains "yeah he may be good...but he's not as good as (insert name of one of greatest players of all time)"....then sure....you win i guess.

 

[shello]

Maybe....but I think people are looking at Bedard and wanting him to score more than he is, not sure if there is a role model issue there.

Crosby had Lemieux for what...20 games to start his career? When Roberts joined the team, Crosby was running away with the scoring title already. I'm sure Roberts helped Crosby develop his overall character/game/whatever, but as noted, if Bedard was sitting on 90pts right now, I doubt anyone would be having these discussions.

Crosby also lived with Lemieux and also had vets like Gonchar, LeClair, Recchi and more. Can’t dismiss the presence of quality vets to smooth in a young players transition to the nhl

 

[CallMeShaft]

Everyone was saying it, not just the TSN talking heads.

That's weird, TSN said back in 2023 that he'd go behind Crosby and McDavid.

 

[the valiant effort]

That's weird, TSN said back in 2023 that he'd go behind Crosby and McDavid.

Button is the TSN contrarian

 

[CallMeShaft]

Button is the TSN contrarian

That may be, but the poster I replied to said everyone was saying he'd be better than McDavid. Craig Button said he'd be behind McDavid, so obviously not everyone felt Bedard would be the better Connor.

 

[FMichael]

Bedard is a hack...Better send him to Detroit...We'll be generous...You can have Veleno in return

 

[daver]

So your nephew is ripped with armpit hair at 15

Patty Kane: "You don't bring armpit hair to a knife fight".

 

[PassingBy]

All you can say about the kid is that he seems to be a step down from Ovi, Sid and McJesus.
Which, judging that all 3 of those are worth to be included in at least top 10 players to ever play the game is not surprising.

Yes he was overhyped coming into the league, and, I must admit, I was also kinda routing against the kid because of all the hype.

However he himself never said that he is or going to be better than one of the greats, never called himself a generational talent or a superstar. He never said anything controversial as far as I can see, which is not surprising as he seems to have a same boring milktoast canadian athlete personality as McJesus.

The media personalities were the ones hyping the kid up, they should be the ones clowned on, not him.

And he will, probably, still grow up to be a very very good player, just not one of the all time greats.

 

[Brookbank]

All you can say about the kid is that he seems to be a step down from Ovi, Sid and McJesus.
Which, judging that all 3 of those are worth to be included in at least top 10 players to ever play the game is not surprising.

Yes he was overhyped coming into the league, and, I must admit, I was also kinda routing against the kid because of all the hype.

However he himself never said that he is or going to be better than one of the greats, never called himself a generational talent or a superstar. He never said anything controversial as far as I can see, which is not surprising as he seems to have a same boring milktoast canadian athlete personality as McJesus.

The media personalities were the ones hyping the kid up, they should be the ones clowned on, not him.

And he will, probably, still grow up to be a very very good player, just not one of the all time greats.

And if he does match and exceed Crosby and or Mcdavid , you'll admit you were wrong right.

 

[Foppberg]

That may be, but the poster I replied to said everyone was saying he'd be better than McDavid. Craig Button said he'd be behind McDavid, so obviously not everyone felt Bedard would be the better Connor.

Not everyone but I remember it was repeated ad nauseam about Connor vs Connor, or at least including him in the conversation of Connor and Sid.

With that said I'll be surprised if he doesn't put up HOF numbers, he's a stud just not a top ten player of all time.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

Celebrini > Bedard

[next year's 1OA] > [last year's 1OA]

 

[Felidae]

All you can say about the kid is that he seems to be a step down from Ovi, Sid and McJesus.
Which, judging that all 3 of those are worth to be included in at least top 10 players to ever play the game is not surprising.

Yes he was overhyped coming into the league, and, I must admit, I was also kinda routing against the kid because of all the hype.

However he himself never said that he is or going to be better than one of the greats, never called himself a generational talent or a superstar. He never said anything controversial as far as I can see, which is not surprising as he seems to have a same boring milktoast canadian athlete personality as McJesus.

The media personalities were the ones hyping the kid up, they should be the ones clowned on, not him.

And he will, probably, still grow up to be a very very good player, just not one of the all time greats.

Maybe I'm being overly semantic but imo you don't have to be a Crosby, McDavid, Ovi level player to be one.

Players a tier or two below like Sakic, Yzerman, Kane, Malkin etc I'd consider all time greats.

Still a very tall order mind you, but possible for Bedard to reach.

I'd say Bedard is on track to be a very good player already

 

[tarheelhockey]

Everyone was saying it, not just the TSN talking heads.

Nobody with any common sense was saying he’d be better than McDavid, who at the time was coming off three consecutive scoring titles.

People were saying he’d be the next big star, which implies a comparison to Crosby and McDavid but could also mean he ends up being a MacKinnon or Kucherov. So far it appears he will not be that guy, but it’s not like it was some far fetched idea (like “better than McDavid” certainly would have been).

 

[Foppberg]

Nobody with any common sense was saying he’d be better than McDavid, who at the time was coming off three consecutive scoring titles.

People were saying he’d be the next big star, which implies a comparison to Crosby and McDavid but could also mean he ends up being a MacKinnon or Kucherov. So far it appears he will not be that guy, but it’s not like it was some far fetched idea (like “better than McDavid” certainly would have been).

That's a reach

 

[tarheelhockey]

That's a reach

What part?