NHL top prospect Bedard: 'It'd be awesome' to be selected by Blackhawks
For everything two-time NHL MVP Connor McDavid has accomplished in Edmonton since being selected No. 1 in the 2015 draft, Connor Bedard is on the same trajectory in being pegged as this year's top eligible draft prospect, Central Scouting director Dan Marr said Friday.
"I think you can use a lot of adjectives to describe it," Regina coach John Paddock told The Associated Press recently in comparing Bedard's production at the same age level to McDavid and Penguins captain Sidney Crosby. Bedard held his latest meeting with the Blackhawks at the combine in a relationship that began at a top-prospects camp in Toronto last summer.
Bedard said he's following McDavid's advice to stay in the moment and not peak too far ahead. He added, his dream to play in the NHL began no different than those of his colleagues: the moment he picked up a hockey stick growing up in North Vancouver, British Columbia. University of Michigan's Adam Fantilli is second among North American skaters on Central Scouting's final list, followed by top American prospect, William Smith, who played for USA Hockey's developmental program. The top two European skaters are also considered in the mix with Sweden's Leo Carlsson and Russia's Matvei Michkov.
He's also made a splash on the international stage. Bedard led Canada with nine goals and 23 points at the world juniors last winter, and his combined production of 17 goals and 36 points in just 16 games ranks fourth on the career tournament list.
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