People werent really afriad of Kucherov either. Almost 1000 points and 2 cups later, they know how lethal he is and know they cant give him space. Thats going to be Bedard.
"Nobody is afraid of Bedard"....Bruce Boudreau
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There’s a ton of good players in Canada with a better two way game (for now) for a tournament like this.
Bedard had a slow start too. If he had been playing like he was for the last 30 games as he was for the first 20 (or so) he’d be in the tournament.
Cancuks
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He was compared to Patrick Kane when he was drafted and he is on that trajectory, especially if he plays wing. I still think he'll be a 100pt player if healthy maybe have a career season at 120. Chicago needs to draft better though, so far all the guys they're taking with these high picks look questionable.
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Hawks broadcast I believe but don’t worry about it man we all hype up our own guys. I remember for a few weeks jack eichel was better than mcDavid
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It only means anything if it's noticeably lower than comparable teammates and even then very little.
It definitely paints no picture at all in a vacuum. It's possibly the worst commonly used stat in sports.
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Yeah I was gonna ask the same thing.
Up front, Nazar and Moore look like they'll both be solid middle 6 centers with upside beyond that. Colton Dach has looked good as well. Reichel has flashed a ton of raw talent, he just needs more consistency. Lardis could be a steal, and Boisvert should be a player too.
On the backend, Korchinski, Levshunov, Allan, and Rinzel should all be NHL regulars (probably all top 4 guys in their primes). Plus they have Vlasic.
The Levshunov pick is probably the biggest miss, but on the whole I think Davidson has actually done a pretty good job building/managing the prospect pool.
Personally myself would’ve preferred demidov but leshunov has been really good with the icehogs.
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At minimum? He was drafted 2nd overall, there's no way he'd ever go higher. Levshunov has looked pretty unstable when I've seen him, and he's not producing at the clip you'd hope from a guy with his collegiate production.
I think he'll be a solid top 4 dman with top pairing upside, but I don't see a scenario where Demidov doesn't leapfrog him in a redraft. Dude is leading his KHL team in scoring in his D+1 with pretty limited ice time.
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The team has been trash for years, how do they have nobody but Bedard even making things interesting?
ColbyChaos
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They were bad but bowman traded tons of picks and prospects from 2015 onwards including a first rounder in a season they finished 6th worst. Seth Jones trade alone was 2 firsts and Boqvist
While they made a ton of picks in the opening rounds since 2022 most are still in college/KHL, or currently playing in the AHL
Post trade deadline odds are Moore, Rinzel will get their first games and Dach will be a full timer next year with Nazar and whoevr they draft this year
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Does his playing style and physique really resemble any of those guys though?
Regardless, MacKinnon and Hughes (and Thornton) were notoriously slow starters as 1OA’s, those comps make it sound like Bedard’s way ahead of schedule for a star player when really those guys took longer than most to show theyr potential
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He's not even the most productive U20 player in the league, maybe we can let the generational label die? Nothing wrong with topping out as a Patrick Kane type.
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Bedard will be the best player in the league in 3-4 more years. He’ll get stronger as he gets older, understand the NHL game better and the Hawks will be a much improved team.
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Brookbank
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The generational label is alive and well. Don't oversell your cheap propaganda
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He has tons of talent and I remember posting on here before he entered the league that it was ridiculous for people to compare him to someone like McDavid or to have those types of expectations. McDavid has done things in the NHL that only a few other players have done in it's entire history. His upside is sky high but he definitely needs to improve areas of his game. He is only 19 years old and has flirted with a point per game since he joined the league on an absolutely horrendous team. He is going to be a top player in this league down the road.
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There really isn't players that dominate all facets of the junior realm and then end up not being generational. There's players like Jordan Eberle who dominate a tournament.
He did the McDavid/Crosby thing
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