The Chicago Blackhawks chosen Regina Pats ahead Connor Bedard with the primary general choose of the 2023 NHL Draft on Wednesday in Nashville.
The number of Bedard had lengthy been anticipated at Bridgestone Enviornment and in hockey circles basically.
Bedard already has been in comparison with one other Connor — that being Edmonton Oilers famous person captain Connor McDavid, himself a high general choose within the 2015 NHL Draft. McDavid received his third Hart Trophy because the league’s MVP on Monday.
Like McDavid, Bedard is predicted to be prepared for the NHL common season mere months after being drafted.
Bedard, who turns 18 subsequent month, recorded 143 factors (71 targets, 72 assists) in 57 video games final season for the Pats of the Western Hockey League.
Bedard grew to become the Blackhawks’ second choice with the highest general choose in an NHL draft. Former Hart Trophy recipient and three-time Stanley Cup champion Patrick Kane was taken with the No. 1 choose in 2007.
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