The Chicago Blackhawks drafted Connor Bedard in 2023 with high expectations. Chicago had just moved on from Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, two franchise icons in the back end of their careers.

Bedard's ability to buck that trend in 2024-25 will depend on a ... creating a group that includes some players often cited as Bedard peers (McDavid, Patrick Kane, Sidney Crosby, Auston ...

DETROIT — Patrick Kane laughed at my premise, but not my point. My premise was that Connor Bedard could have an identical career to Kane’s — three Stanley Cups, a Calder Trophy, a Hart ...