Observations on Connor Bedard and five other top prospects from TSN draft guru Craig Button.
January 31, 2023 at 11:02 a.m.For the first time in a long time there’s a generational player available in the 2023 NHL Draft.
The Ducks are on their bye week right now and once they return to action the race to the bottom of the standings will be a focal point, not only in Anaheim but in half a dozen other markets around the NHL, which also have their eye on Bedard. Input for what follows comes from TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button, a former NHL general manager who spent years scouting players in the Dallas Stars organization.Stat line: 42 goals, 43 assists, in 34 games.
“As John Paddock told me last spring, he’s been in the spotlight since he was 12 years old. There’s not a spotlight too bright for him.”Ranking: No. 2 in most of the major scouting services. No. 3 at Sportsnet.Button’s view: “He is absolutely shredding it, shredding NCAA hockey as a freshman. He’s been phenomenal.
Button’s view: “He’s grown a lot in the last 12, 16 months. He was more of a long, lean player. Now that physical maturation has taken place. He’s heavier, weightier. I think he’s still adjusting to some of his size and strength gains. Button’s view: “He reminds me – in terms of his thinking and playmaking and abilities – of Jonathan Huberdeau. That type of a thinker, that type of a playmaker.
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