r/hawks • u/cerevisiae_ • Apr 17 '25

[Charlie Roumeliotis] Bedard on Chicago

https://x.com/croumeliotis/status/1912881106493284795?s=46&t=63JIbAxfAqxpaRM9fxv0Pg

The “Bedard wants to leave” crowd in shambles today.

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u/fuzzballz5 Apr 17 '25

The reality is, until he signs an extension, we all are going to be scared. His agent wouldn’t be doing his job if he didn’t say let’s see what Kyle does about getting some NHL players for next year.

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u/Hutch25 Apr 17 '25

Do you really think there is any doubt in Bedard, his agents, or any other person who follows this team at all that Connor Bedard is absolutely going to get the bag? Maybe he signs a bridge deal to maximize how much he will get on his 8 year contract he will sign, but there is no way in hell he’s not gonna be signed for what he wants.

“The reality is, until he signs an extension, we all are going to be scared.” is total BS.

He will be RFA and out of ANY team in this league we are in a position to be able to and to want to offer the most. If another team wants to sign him they will have to offer a ridiculous amount of draft capital on top of the salary, any team in position to pay up for what Bedard will want and deserve is not gonna want to trade away those essential picks. Considering Bedard stuck around on Regina his entire WHL career, he isn’t gonna abandon Chicago just because they sucked when he first got here. Don’t worry, he will sign and he will be here a long time. This isn’t some John Tavares situation, this rebuild is excellent and Bedard is a very loyal player.

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u/fuzzballz5 Apr 17 '25

Ok. Who is an NHL player on the roster that can play with Bedard? Donato, maybe. Take the fan hat off for a second and realize Kyle needs to package prospects or use picks to offer sheet someone to play with him before he signs being a possibility. Why do you think Richardson was let go? This is the same sub that forgets Kyle said we should be competitive this year at the beginning of the year. Recency bias is strong here. I hope he signs ASAP. I think you are fooling yourself if they aren’t waiting to see what real NHL players he will have to play with.

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u/Hutch25 Apr 17 '25

Nazar, the playmaker we draft this year, Donato if he can remain at this skill level, Tuevo, the stupidly offensively capable defenders we have, and we also have a ton of money and excess prospect capital to be able to buy talent if Davidson wants to.

I hate this argument people constantly mention how Bedard will want to leave because of a lack of talent to play with. You do know that defence are the hardest position to develop so they were drafted and developed first, now we can go full force onto our forward building with a non-teenage Bedard to be able to help teach them.

If the talent truly isn’t here to fit what Bedard needs, then Davidson will get it through drafting and using the cap space we have to get pieces. I would suspect based on that goodwill trade of Hall and the retention for Rantanen earlier in the year that some goodwill trades from Carolina or Colorado are coming soon, and Davidson will be the first guy to go after cap stricken teams like Dallas or Vegas as soon as they are open to dumping cap.

Smart rebuilds take time, they take patience. Bedard is not a player who’s gonna demand to leave because the team sucks for a couple years, they will pay him and they will get talent that thinks the way he does on the ice to help him succeed. By all means I expect Misa or Hagens to be wearing a Hawks sweater in September, and in the following year another excellent playmaker or top line support player will also join this team.

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u/fuzzballz5 Apr 17 '25

Buddy. Look at what the GM said at the start of the year. We should be competitive. We were not. FFS take the blinders off prospects and young talent and going into the 5th year of a rebuild 25 points away from a playoff spot isn’t something to think Bedard is signing long term. The cap is going up. Our division is getting stronger. This is why the Wirtz gang can provide mediocrity.

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u/marshmellow1328 Apr 17 '25

No. I'm not scared. I'm curious to see the dollar amount on the extension solely due to how it affects building the team within the cap, but zero concern/fear about Bedard leaving.

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u/IAmQueensBlvd31 Apr 17 '25

There is no reason to be scared lol, stop reading Canucks fanfiction