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This has to me really just been a factor of just how soon in the rebuild the Hawks got Bedard. He came in very very early in the rebuild and KD has stuck to his guns about keeping the rebuild on course. Eye on the prize. Connor Bedard is a great young player with potential to be generational but he is just one player and one player doesn’t make a rebuild or a team. The help is coming up through the system, but I think Bedard understands the situation of the team and where they are at. I think he sees the guys like Nazar, Rinzel, Frondell, etc.. coming. It’s just a matter of time for the team to really start to come together and then we’ll see the Hawks get more aggressive to fill holes. I’m in the camp that it doesn’t hurt Bedard to have to carry the load a bit in his young seasons. He is used to that from Jr. It won’t slow him down or damage his long term potential. He will still be great when he is ready but he has had to do a lot of growing and maturing too. If, for example, the Hawks were a playoff team the last couple years, Bedard would have been manhandled come postseason playoff hockey. He is getting better all the time and we’ll see him become a more complete player ready to really be a superstar for this team.

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