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At just 17 years old, Connor Bedard can now make history.
The super talent can now get the chance already in this year’s hockey WC.
– There is a chance, says TSN profile Darren Dreger.
Everyone is talking about the teenager Connor Bedard right now. The 17-year-old super talent is considered the most promising hockey player at the moment and is predicted to have an incredibly bright future.
Giant promise Bedard
Bedard, who previously played junior hockey in HV71, has already been singled out as a given draft pick for this summer’s NHL draft and has also won two consecutive JVM golds with Canada. Clear evidence of his immense talent came recently when the giant of promise summed up the season and final year in the junior league WHL with an improbable 163 points in 64 games.
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Incomparable numbers that can only be compared with great players like Connor McDavid and Wayne Gretzky. Connor Bedard really has something very special in him and now he can write new hockey history.
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Play the Hockey World Cup
There is now speculation in the North American media that the 17-year-old may be selected for Canada’s A national team and make his championship debut in a senior context in the upcoming hockey World Cup. This year’s world championships will be decided in Finnish Tampere during May and it would be a sensation if Bedard got the chance at such a young age.
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Because even McDavid didn’t get to play in the World Cup in his draft year.
– There is a chance, but it feels quite small right now. The Canadian Federation is very grateful for everything Connor Bedard has done for the country so far and if you look back at his last year and what he has been through, he was in the JVM last summer and he was in the JVM in December-January, says TSN- the insider Darren Dreger in a statement.
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There is certainly a possibility and Bedard’s name will be discussed in connection with Canada’s World Cup squad selection. But according to TSN, it probably won’t come up, in that case it would be a bomb that would really shake the hockey world.
– The Canadian Federation would have loved for Connor Bedard to play at the Men’s World Cup, but they also need to give him some breathing room. He might need a break. But they will take up this topic later, Dreger states for TSN.
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