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The tales of how much time Connor Bedard devoted to developing his precise and productive puck-shooting skills while growing up in the secluded neighborhood of Lynn Valley, tucked amid Vancouver's North Shore mountains, have become the stuff of lore.
The tales of how much time Connor Bedard devoted to developing his precise and productive puck-shooting skills while growing up in the secluded neighborhood of Lynn Valley, tucked amid Vancouver's North Shore mountains, have become the stuff of lore.
Matvei Michkov is probably the best hockey prospect out of Russia in nearly a decade. He might be the best since Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin in 2005. But Michkov
The draft in Nashville — Wednesday's made-for-TV first round followed by six more Thursday — is all but assured of being his coronation story as the first overall pick by the Chicago Blackhawks. In many ways, the real action and drama starts at No. 2.
David Reinbacher was quick to rally to the defense of his fellow defensemen, and whether this year’s NHL draft class of blue liners lacks depth and is getting overshadowed by the hype regarding a Connor Bedard-led group of high-skilled forwards. “There are so many good defense also here, like Pellikka and the Russian guy,” he added referring to Sweden’s Axel Sandin Pellikka and Mikhail Gulyayev. “So I would say, we’re a good group of defensemen who can show the forwards where to go.”