The Chicago Blackhawks entered Monday’s NHLDraft lottery with an 11.5 percent chance of landing the No. 1 pick after finishing the regular season in third. Now they have a chance at a potential franchise-changing prospect, Connor Bedard.
It certainly accelerates the plan. Bedard doesn’t fix all of the Blackhawks’ issues and make them Stanley Cup contenders overnight, but he can certainly get them there quicker. General manager Kyle Davidson will be thinking differently about the coming years. He’ll immediately begin looking to put more talent around Bedard come next season. They’ll want him to play with high-end players.
Reichel and Bedard could be a dangerous duo for the next decade. —Of course, right? The Blackhawks may have sort of messed up this season by winning too much, but they were going to get a star talent regardless with a top-five pick. Bedard was obviously their dream all along and it came true. —He instantly becomes Chicago’s No. 1 center, and could form a dynamic duo with the 2020 first-round pick Reichel, who had 15 points in 23 games as primarily a left wing this season.
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