The Next Ones (after Bedard)

[Drew4u]

Nobody thought Bedard was going to be the next Mcdavid primarily because of his elite skating ability.

His rookie season was more impressive than Mcdavid's considering the talent they played with. Bedard has taken a step back this season but that's perfectly fine in the grand scheme of things.

Nobody would be surprised if he scores 100+ points next year, and he still looks like the best player in his draft class by far.

Yes it will trigger Americans and Europeans but the country with the most registered players and hockey fans is still producing the best talent.

Canada went through a small period of time where they lacked elite talent 2016-2020 but that period most likely was a fluke and isn't an indicator of the future.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Nobody thought Bedard was going to be the next Mcdavid primarily because of his elite skating ability.

His rookie season was more impressive than Mcdavid's considering the talent they played with. Bedard has taken a step back this season but that's perfectly fine in the grand scheme of things.

Nobody would be surprised if he scores 100+ points next year, and he still looks like the best player in his draft class by far.

Yes it will trigger Americans and Europeans but the country with the most registered players and hockey fans is still producing the best talent.

Canada went through a small period of time where they lacked elite talent 2016-2020 but that period most likely was a fluke and isn't an indicator of the future.

Many people thought he was the next McDavid. That is in fact what the Canadian media billed him as.

Bedard’s team in his rookie season had the second least points in the league and McDavid’s team also had the second least. There’s no comparison between their two seasons. McDavid was significantly better, and that’s not because Bedard was bad. McDavid was an elite NHL’er right away.

 

[Lumber]

Nobody thought Bedard was going to be the next Mcdavid primarily because of his elite skating ability.

His rookie season was more impressive than Mcdavid's considering the talent they played with. Bedard has taken a step back this season but that's perfectly fine in the grand scheme of things.

Nobody would be surprised if he scores 100+ points next year, and he still looks like the best player in his draft class by far.

Yes it will trigger Americans and Europeans but the country with the most registered players and hockey fans is still producing the best talent.

Canada went through a small period of time where they lacked elite talent 2016-2020 but that period most likely was a fluke and isn't an indicator of the future.

If you mean by draft you should be listing 2026-2019. The next year 2020 was a good Canadian draft.

 

[bigdog16]

Nobody thought Bedard was going to be the next Mcdavid primarily because of his elite skating ability.

His rookie season was more impressive than Mcdavid's considering the talent they played with. Bedard has taken a step back this season but that's perfectly fine in the grand scheme of things.

Nobody would be surprised if he scores 100+ points next year, and he still looks like the best player in his draft class by far.

Yes it will trigger Americans and Europeans but the country with the most registered players and hockey fans is still producing the best talent.

Canada went through a small period of time where they lacked elite talent 2016-2020 but that period most likely was a fluke and isn't an indicator of the future.

You might want to go back and take a look thru those Bedard threads. Definitely was thought of on the same level as McDavid.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Nobody thought Bedard was going to be the next Mcdavid primarily because of his elite skating ability.

Certifiably false

Nobody would be surprised if he scores 100+ points next year, and he still looks like the best player in his draft class by far.

I would be beyond surprised, shocked actually

 

[Dirtyf1ghter]

If you mean by draft you should be listing 2026-2019. The next year 2020 was a good Canadian draft.

2020 was very weak (and not just on the Canadian side).

Lafreniere, Byfield, Drysdale, and Quinn are all far from the level we'd hoped for.

If there's elite talent, it's Seth Jarvis and that's it.

 

[Lumber]

2020 was very weak (and not just on the Canadian side).

Lafreniere, Byfield, Drysdale, and Quinn are all far from the level we'd hoped for.

If there's elite talent, it's Seth Jarvis and that's it.

Don't forget Holloway and Perfetti in there as well. If you can make the same claims after next season I'll admit that you are correct. Cheers.

 

[Dirtyf1ghter]

Don't forget Holloway and Perfetti in there as well. If you can make the same claims after next season I'll admit that you are correct. Cheers.

We're talking about elite talent (top 100). Not very good/good NHL players (above league average - top 200/300).

If you're already mentioning these guys, that says a lot.

This is weak compared to Canada's past. Just 10 years earlier, it produced Hall, Seguin, Stone before talking about Skinner, Johansen, Hyman, Schwartz, Toffoli. There, very quickly we talk about Perfetti who is at best, the 8th player on his team.

Holloway is scoring points this season alongside Thomas and Kyrou, but that needs confirmation. I think of Byfield before these guys and for me he is clearly not an elite player.

Elite is Stutzle, Raymond, Sanderson, even Faber (good enough to make Team USA) or Askarov (compared to his progress as a GK).

2017 was a better class draft for Canada than 2020. 2019 was at the same level (Harley as elite player, Byram, Cozens, McMichael)... 2021 really cuts the cycle which would be expandable if it weren't for this draft dominated by Canada (Clarke, Power, Johnston, McTavish, Guenther, Johnson)