There was zero question that Bedard would be the first pick in this draft — not entering Wednesday night and not for well over a year prior.
Inevitability became reality a little after 7 p.m. on Wednesday night when the Chicago Blackhawks selected Connor Bedard with the first pick in the NHL Draft, making the 17-year-old native of North Vancouver, B.C. the face of one of the league’s marquee franchises and accelerating their own rebuild in the process.— not entering Wednesday night and not for well over a year prior.
His presumed NHL debut, on Oct. 10 in Pittsburgh, was slated for national television before the Blackhawks made the pick official. The Blackhawks are set to enter free agency with over $27 million in salary cap space, more than all but three other teams, which general manager Kyle Davidson already used to his advantage inWhy 17-year-old Connor Bedard is about to become NHL’s next big thing
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