The primary total choose by the Chicago Blackhawks from the 2023 NHL Draft, Connor Bedard, had a good rookie season. You may not say it was respectable, as he gained the Calder Trophy for rookie of the 12 months within the NHL.
Nevertheless, he did miss time with a damaged jaw he suffered in January 2024. Within the 68 video games he performed, he scored 22 targets. It in all probability may have been extra, however the Blackhawks have been a younger staff and among the many worst within the NHL.
The Chicago Blackhawks had a powerful low season, enhancing their staff with additions like Ilya Mikheyev Teuvo Teravainen, Pat Maroon, Alec Martinez, T.J. Brodie, Laurent Brossoit, and 2024 first-round draft choose Artyom Levshunov.
So, the Blackhawks have given Connor Bedard each probability to attain extra targets by remaining on the ice with the scale they added to the lineup.
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TSN: TSN Hockey Analyst Frankie Corrado joined Sarah Davis on SportsCenter to debate the newest subjects heading into the 2024-25 NHL Season on the most recent Inside Edge. Corrado was requested if Chicago Blackhawks star ahead Connor Bedard can eclipse the 34-goal mark set by FanDuel this season.
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Sarah Davis: “We’re again with Frankie Corrado for the within edge on some intriguing futures on FanDuel, and right here’s how that is going to work. I’m going to throw some names at you the place the road has been set when it comes to over/below, and what number of targets will these guys rating within the upcoming season. Are you prepared Frankie?”
Frankie Corrado: “I’m prepared Sarah and I at all times hit the below once I was a participant, by no means the over.”
Davis: “After all, after all. Proper? Okay, nicely, let’s get began. See how good you’re at this. With 12 months two for Connor Bedard, he had 22 targets in 68 video games as a rookie. FanDuel has set the over-under at 34 and a half. Is Bedard going over or below?”
Corrado: “It’d appear to be an enormous quantity in comparison with what he had final 12 months, however I just like the over for Connor Bedard this season. There was one precedence for the Chicago Blackhawks on this low season: encompass Connor Bedard with some gamers to play with to be a aggressive staff and assist him get to celebrity standing on this league. As a result of the faster he does that, the faster the Chicago Blackhawks can flip the nook. So, sure, over for Connor Bedard.”
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Davis: “Bear in mind he had a damaged jaw too, so he missed just a few video games.”
Count on Connor Bedard to have a superb sophomore season within the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks.
