Bedard will go to Chicago, but who’ll follow suit?
Congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks: the winners of the long-awaited Connor Bedard sweepstakes.
Let’s be clear: you don’t draft for needs in the first round. Those needs can literally change over a matter of days during NHL free agency. You take the best player available. If there are two players your team likes, and it just happens that there’s a player that fits your need, you then might take the guy that fits a long-term gap.
With over 70 goals and a massive advantage over the rest of the CHL in points, Bedard had one of the best junior seasons we’ve seen from a top prospect in decades. Add in a wicked World Junior Championship performance with Canada and it truly looks like Bedard is a superstar in the making.Fantilli had a solid argument to go No. 1 any other year. The big, skilled forward won the NCAA’s Hobey Baker Award as the best men’s collegiate hockey player, something that a freshman has rarely done.
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