Connor Bedard
 

Anyone watching the World Juniors, particularly Team Canada?

Bedard is unbelievable. Broke Eric Lindros' and Jordan Eberle's goals and points records with still games to play.

2 goals tonight including an unbelievable O.T. winner.
His Team Canada and Pats cards are currently flying off the shelves as we speak.
[url]https://www.thescore.com/wjhc/news/2531706[/url]
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Yeah this dude is incredible, definitely will pay whatever the going price is for his Young Guns once they release

[QUOTE=Charismatic44th;18627817]
Yeah this dude is incredible, definitely will pay whatever the going price is for his Young Guns once they release[/QUOTE]

Yeah this dude is incredible, definitely will pay whatever the going price is for his Young Guns once they release

He has everything going for him, time will tell but the YG will def be fire.

His Team Canada stuff is going insane, doubling in value this tourney alone.

If the dude really does turn into the next McDavid it will still look like a deal.

I gotta know what set his YG will be in. I'll be stashing a ton of it away.

[QUOTE=cbeauch87;18628160]I gotta know what set his YG will be in. I'll be stashing a ton of it away.[/QUOTE]

2023-24 Series One most likely. Whether it comes out before 2024 remains to be seen.

Way too early, but would love to see him go to Chicago or Montreal.

Or even Columbus...

The rest of the teams at the bottom right now are career killers...

[QUOTE=jmarascojr;18628174]Way too early, but would love to see him go to Chicago or Montreal.

Or even Columbus...

The rest of the teams at the bottom right now are career killers...[/QUOTE]

or the Flyers, preferably the Flyers of old not the past 20 years

[QUOTE=jmarascojr;18628174]Way too early, but would love to see him go to Chicago or Montreal.

Or even Columbus...

The rest of the teams at the bottom right now are career killers...[/QUOTE]

I’d add Columbus as career killer.

Bedard had so many circle wrist shots saved in that game that after the last one came back to him, he decided he was going to go for it. And man, what a play - that was McDavid level stuff.

I've been impressed in this tourney at how physical he plays. For a smaller guy, not afraid to mix it up. There was some pre-tourney buzz that Adam Fantilli might challenge Bedard's status as the top pick .. seems kind of silly now. 21ps for Bedard / 3 for Fantilli is a bit resounding, especially when it's a 17yr old.

Since there's not a WJC thread, Logan Cooley has been really good for the US - impressed at his overall game. Also Jimmy Snuggerud - already a better player than his dad :)

[QUOTE=kingb22;18628209][B]Bedard had so many circle wrist shots saved in that game that after the last one came back to him, he decided he was going to go for it. And man, what a play - that was McDavid level stuff.
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I've been impressed in this tourney at how physical he plays. For a smaller guy, not afraid to mix it up. There was some pre-tourney buzz that Adam Fantilli might challenge Bedard's status as the top pick .. seems kind of silly now. 21ps for Bedard / 3 for Fantilli is a bit resounding, especially when it's a 17yr old.

Since there's not a WJC thread, Logan Cooley has been really good for the US - impressed at his overall game. Also Jimmy Snuggerud - already a better player than his dad :)[/QUOTE]

Yep, a heck of a game, and I think Slovakia surprised a lot of people last night, especially their goalie, as Bedard himself said.

[url]https://www.tsn.ca/hockey-canada/video/i-couldnt-score-on-a-shot-so-i-had-to-do-something-bedard-on-his~2590377[/url]

Going to be a great game tomorrow night as most U.S. vs Canada games are. :)!

[QUOTE=jmarascojr;18628174]Way too early, but would love to see him go to Chicago or Montreal.

Or even Columbus...

The rest of the teams at the bottom right now are career killers...[/QUOTE]

Please anybody but Arizona. A career killing team playing out of a college rink. If I were Bedard I’d be Lindros-ing that team if they picked me.

I have a feeling it’ll be Chicago. Just seems like the kind of lucky bounce the team would get as Kane and Toews move on. Not that the franchise deserves it.

He looks good in orange and black

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[QUOTE=Giroux;18628379]He looks good in orange and black

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Yes ….. and he’s going to look good stuck in the MANY unopened Hobby Boxes I buy next year :flex:

I hope NO Canadian team gets him because Canadian teams SUCK! No cup in THIRTY YEARS and counting! Let that sink in!

Ill take anything aside from Arizona or Columbus. Bettman will try and have him land in either Montreal or Chicago.

[QUOTE=HeyRelaxGuy;18628470]I hope NO Canadian team gets him because Canadian teams SUCK! No cup in THIRTY YEARS and counting! Let that sink in![/QUOTE]

That’s a kinda’ wild Stat ….. especially since it’s ‘their’ Sport

The stars don’t want to go or stay in Canada. Taxes are crazy!!

Very good World Juniors with the only criticism is that his interviews are nowhere near the Hughes/Zegras levels at the same age. On the ice, I think he is a better version of Jack Hughes potentially.

I doubt the Coyotes "win" the draft lottery. The way things are going it looks like the Hawks though other disappointing big market teams such as Habs, Flyers and Canucks have a shot

[QUOTE=cardsin47;18628510]That’s a kinda’ wild Stat ….. especially since it’s ‘their’ Sport[/QUOTE]

That's what makes it even more pathetic. It's OUR sport and yet thirty years no cup? :doh:

This guy is one heck of a player and I just don't want to see him waste all his precious years playing up here and getting no where. Go to America and win some cups.

Bettman is 100% going to ensure he goes Chicago.

Have a few nice Team Canada cards of him, but the prices exploded on those in no time.

Should be a really good draft class overall with Michkov and Fantilli both very talented themselves.

[QUOTE=cardsin47;18628510]That’s a kinda’ wild Stat ….. especially since it’s ‘their’ Sport[/QUOTE]

It may be “our sport” or whatever but the Canadian teams aren’t made up of entirely Canadian players so it’s a dumb comparison. If the cap wasn’t a thing and you could somehow replicate a Team Canada Olympic roster on a Canadian NHL team, and that team went 30 years without a Cup, then sure. It’s two completely different formats of hockey.

[QUOTE=Inferno;18628647][B]It may be “our sport” or whatever but the Canadian teams aren’t made up of entirely Canadian players so it’s a dumb comparison.[/B] If the cap wasn’t a thing and you could somehow replicate a Team Canada Olympic roster on a Canadian NHL team, and that team went 30 years without a Cup, then sure. It’s two completely different formats of hockey.[/QUOTE]

Exactly, and it seems to me, anyways, the majority of teams that "usually" do win the cup "usually" have the most CDN's on board.

But besides that, there isn't one team in the NHL currently that doesn't have a variety/mix of foreign players. That ship sailed a long time ago.

Bedard in Anaheim with Zegras would be insane.

[QUOTE=sportsyard;18628849]Bedard in Anaheim with Zegras would be insane.[/QUOTE]

Among the bottom tier of teams that's definitely the most potential fun. Him and Zegras on the power play would be crazy!

I also saw the incredible stat last week that Anaheim is giving up 38.4 shots per game - 2nd highest ever to the dreadful 73-74 Capitals. So Bedard wouldn't even be burdened with playing D