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Blackhawks Beat: Dissecting the Connor Bedard discourse

February 7, 2025

Nov 24, 2023; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) looks up during an overtime period against the Toronto Maple Leafs at United Center. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports

It's been one hell of a week for Chicago Blackhawks center and phenom Connor Bedard. Saturday, his play was criticized by ESPN's Mark Messier and PK Subban. Wednesday, it was Paul Bissonnette's turn on the TNT broadcast. Predictably, opinions from all over the hockey world started flying, and it all disintegrated, as things often do, on social media.
For this week's Blackhawks Beat Newsletter (an exclusive for CHGO Diehards like you), I'll try to dissect each part of the conversation. Hopefully, by the end, everyone will better understand Bedard's reality as the 19-year-old face of the franchise.
First, a mea culpa
On Wednesday night's postgame show, with a Blackhawks loss and a new batch o...

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