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

[belfour30]

Huh? Panarin says hello. Didn’t he play with DiBrincat too?

Panarin and DeBrincat used to do stupid shit with Kane all of the time. Tons of overpassing. Their numbers could have been even better.

 

[Bombshell11]

Right now Bedard is doing ok on the PP

But on 5v5 hes one of the worst in the league.

His defense is bad and goal scoring in 5v5 is horrendous. You cant be a star player if you cant play on 5v5 and be good or at least on par with your teammates.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Teravainen has now caught Bedard for the Blackhawks scoring lead.

I can't imagine anybody predicted Bedard would be sharing the scoring lead with Turbo at this point in the season.

 

[ViD]

Ok something is seriously wrong here, is he injured?

That must be one of his longest pointless streaks and the team is actually scoring a lot.

That’s 7 games with no points

 

[Bombshell11]

Watch Bedard’s body language on the 3rd hawks goal.

He looks like an outsider, barely congratulated his teammate, took forever to get there… and that was the equaliser.

Hes showing disapointement when his team tied the game…. Thats crazy

 

[the valiant effort]

0.79 does technically round up to 1.00

 

[POVERTY]

Now tied with Teravainen for team lead in points

 

[ViD]

Now tied with Teravainen for team lead in points

-74 rating on his career now

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Now tied with Teravainen for team lead in points

If he ends up finishing behind a 30 year old Teravainen, that's gonna start raising some alarm bells.

 

[Zalos]

Might lack motivation because the team he plays on is nowhere close to the playoffs again this year?

Not that I agree with that mentality. If you're drafted 1st overall, you got to expect a few bad years as your team is most likely in rebuild mode.

 

[HTFN]

Might lack motivation because the team he plays on is nowhere close to the playoffs again this year?

Not that I agree with that mentality. If you're drafted 1st overall, you got to expect a few bad years as your team is most likely in rebuild mode.

I don't agree with it in a vacuum but it is interesting to think about from the opposite side of things. If you're 1st overall talented you probably also don't have a lot of experience playing on teams where a.) your team loses a ton and b.) you can't individually fix that problem, so now what? Who are you going to be?

 

[Bombshell11]

I don't agree with it in a vacuum but it is interesting to think about from the opposite side of things. If you're 1st overall talented you probably also don't have a lot of experience playing on teams where a.) your team loses a ton and b.) you can't individually fix that problem, so now what? Who are you going to be?

The problem is very easy to fix.

Trade him, chicago screwed him up big time.
He needs a change of scenery at this point.
Send him to a competitive team with a mid market size.

The guy looks burned out

 

[HTFN]

The problem is very easy to fix.

Trade him, chicago screwed him up big time.
He needs a change of scenery at this point.
Send him to a competitive team with a mid market size.

The guy looks burned out

The last guy to have this development track was probably Nathan MacKinnon and I don't think the Avs are super bummed about taking their time with him. Bad, bad team with a sort of lukewarm if not bad (or at least green) group in the front office/bench area, he most certainly didn't get better in the first few years... seems pretty similar.

The "problem" is easy to fix if you're looking at it from Bedard's shoes and you just want a way out, the reality is that no team is punting their 1st overall pick in their entry level contract and so again... now what? The organization needs to build a team and Bedard needs to embrace these offseasons like he won't get that help.

even if he ends up on the RNH side of it all it shouldn't be in year two.

 

[SoCalSharkzFan]

Bedard needs a bestie like Celebrini has in Smith. Go trade for Andrew Cristall if you have to.

And forget tanking for McKenna next year like they seem determined to do. Go pay a talented vet or two to come play with him like Celebrini got in Toffoli (which had people scratching their heads at the time). It won't change much, they'll still likely be the worst in the league, but at least they'll be more competitive and signal that they are trying.

 

[57special]

The overeactions here are ridiculous. He's a very young player, playing on a bad team, albeit one with some good talent coming up. Think that they made a mistake not taking Demidov, as they already have a sneaky good bunch of D prospects in their system, and lack a true high end offensive talent for him to play with.

Are we still talking about +/-? It's a garbage stat.