It’s fair to say that Chicago Blackhawks forward Connor Bedard has not lived up to expectations thus far into his NHL career. The 2023 first-overall pick was the most highly touted prospect to enter the league since Connor McDavid, which of course is quite the company. While Bedard hasn’t been bad by any means, he hasn’t looked like the generational star he was made out to be, and the 2024-25 season felt like a step back from a solid rookie campaign. His numbers per game were down across the board, which left the 20-year-old visibly frustrated on many occasions throughout another year full of losing in Chicago. Bedard made it clear that he can and wants to be better moving forward, and it sounds like he’s putting in the work in the necessary areas to do just that. “I feel good,” Bedard told Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times. “(Increasing my speed) was my big thing coming into the offseason, and I feel like I’ve definitely increased that. And, obviously, there’s still some time to go here. A lot of it isRead More
Is a Connor Bedard breakout coming in 2025-26?
