Projected #1 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, Connor Bedard, sits down with Sam Cosentino to discuss coping with pressure, overcoming injury, comparisons to Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid and much more.
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0:00 – “I hope to be there one day”
0:34 – When did Connor know he was good?
0:59 – Recovering form a broken wrist
1:20 – The routine of shooting pucks non stop
1:55 – The development of Connor’s playmaking
2:18 – Stopping to smell the roses
2:44 – Connor’s favourite goal
3:35 – Reflecting on his Grandfather
4:04 – Comparisons to McDavid & Crosby
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Is Connor Bedard The Next Crosby or McDavid
#NHL #ConnorBedard #Hockey #NHLDraft #Draft
50 Comments
I hope he will not be like Lafreniere
Bedard next Nugent-Hopkins 😂
Yzerman is who I see he doesn't skate as well as the other two. But has a much better shot than both.
Neither. He'll be Connor Bedard.
❤
I'm a Habs fan and I really want him but he's not the next Crosby or McDavid. He's basically the next Patrick Kane. Top 3 player in the league throughout his career but not generation defining like McDavid is
That’s tremendous pressure to put on a young gun👍🏻
If he can meet or exceed expectations then good on him…
But to come into the league with that kind of
pressure not to many players can cope..
Only the truly special will exceed all expectations 👊😳
He seems to be a great kid. Let's hope he can overcome his lack of size in the NHL.
Bedard a great player but lets not get too excited. Alot of people point out his IIHL worlds perfomance but most his points were on low teir teams and high level teams managed to shut him down. I think hell be a Pattrick kane, maybe a Mathews level player but Mcdavid? Crosbey? Drai? I doubt it but i hope im wrong
I feel like every year people say this is the next great player. Shane wright was supposed to be the next Crosby and was picked fourth
I think they're putting too much pressure on this kid
Welcome to Philly!
Lmao not a chance in hell. Use your eyeballs!! He doesn't come close to having the IQ and playmaking.
The next kakko
The great one – 99
The next one -98
Mcdavid -97
Will this be true ?
Not only he his already incredibly mature for someone 17…
… but his overall it's probably already like 88 😂
Fully prepared to fall to my knees when Chicago wins him
CHL points per game: McDavid 1.8 | Bedard 2.1 | Crosby 2.5 👀
Next Jack Hughes
Montréal bound
Not fair to Bedard, the fans and the league to even discuss "the next…." Let the kid play and see how he does.
Era of social media is don’t heard about him
As a Sharks fan I’m just gonna go into the lottery expecting to drop to 5th or 6th. Anything higher is a win. I’d like Bedard, but I really don’t expect it so there’s no point in getting excited until it happens lmao.
I will hang myself if he goes to Chi or AZ
Wouldn’t mind seeing him alongside Ovi
I think he'll be more like a Matthews
Columbus, Chicago or Anaheim
Guess we’ll find out because he’s just playing against kids right now come to the NHL against men gonna be completely different.
I'm not hating the kid, I'm hating the media/scouts. Saying that Bedard is anywhere near McDavid or Crosby level is laughable. Crosby was dominant in every aspect of the game and looked like a 25-year-old NHLer playing in the QMJHL. McDavid's skating and puck-handling skills were like something from 30 years in the future, we'd never seen anything like it before. Bedard is just a really talented offensive player with great instincts and an unreal shot. Nothing else about his game is special, and his size/defensive acumen mean he probably won't even be a center in the NHL
His stats are what is driving the hype, and putting up unreal numbers in the CHL isn't the feat it once was–not even half of lottery picks play there anymore. Lafreniere was the same story.
Am I the only one who thinks that he'll be like a Jack Hughes or Mark Sheifeile, Maybe
I don't think he'll be as good as McDavid, or Crosby.
No prospects are a guarantee until they play in the NHL but it seems pretty likely that he will be the next superstar. Hard to say if he will be on their level though. Can’t wait to find out. I just hope he goes to the Wings. We keep getting screwed in the lottery, time for a little luck.
Out of all the teams Hawks need him the most they have nobody
Or is he next Daigle?
He’s not gonna live up to expectations. I called it with Shane wright and everyone called me crazy. Trust me he peaked at minors he’s gonna be a decent player but never a superstar
Please. Lol
He’s the next Trevor zegras.
Haha I was going to say, I can't wait for tomorrow!! but wait I thought today is Sunday, my bad… it's Monday oh man!!
In terms of raw skill he’ll never come close to McDavid or Crosby or even MacKinnon/Drai/Kuch. I feel he’ll be a Patrick Kane type player, a franchise player but not a generational talent
I think he’s closer to Patrick Kane for play style .
As a non native English speaker but still fluent in English, it’s very difficult to understand him the way he speaks !
Hope he plays as team nhl
Bedard wasn’t picked to play for men’s team Canada and Fantilli (hope I spelled his last name right) is on the roster, so my guess that the gm of team Canada knows something that we don’t know
Talent runs in the family. Bedard has a 15 year old cousin Gavin McKenna who's already been projected as a 1 pick in 2026.
There’s a lot of hype or pressure on this kid.
He's definitely a 50 goal 110 point guy. But McDavid just put up his 6th 100 point season in 8 years.
Would be 7 if not for covid shutdown (97 points in 64 games)
No assumptions 0:32 until he plays 1 game
He says "obviously" every sentence, so he already has NHL level interviews locked down 😅
nope
Take a shot for every "obviously" and you've got alcohol poisoning halfway through the video.
PS – love the kid and his humility
Draft prospects get hyped up all the time… Alexis Lafreniere was one of the worst overall picks ever and he was hyped up like some superstar. Embarrassing