Cale Makar vs Connor Bedard, with a twist

[HolyHagelin]

Of course he's a superstar defender. He's not a better player than Ray Bourque. People forget how good Ray Bourque was.

I think Bourque is very underrated on these boards, his name rarely comes up in “greats” discussions but it was essentially taken for granted he was the best defenseman of basically 2 decades when he was still playing.

 

[North Cole]

Option three and hope the team I'm trading with is MTL. Then when they big brain themselves I can decide which of these two I want while also getting the 7th.

 

[bottomofthefoodchain]

Feels like a lot of new toy syndrome here. Makar will go down as a top 5 defenseman of all time, will Bedard will be a top 5 forward of all time?

He will? He has a loooong way to go

 

[Video Nasty]

Who is the best player ever drafted at #7?

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Who is the best player ever drafted at #7?

Bernie Federko, Quinn Hughes, Ryan Suter, Shane Doan, Jake Voracek, Mark Scheifele, Clayton Keller are some of the top candidates.

 

[waitin425]

Bedard has come in and proven he's going to be an elite player for a long time, so I felt like this poll could be interesting.

With the benefit of hindsight, suppose each guy is 18 and entering the NHL draft in the same year. Your team is lucky enough to hold the number 1 pick, guaranteeing you a franchise altering player. The team with the #2 pick has offered you the 7th pick in the 2024 draft to swap picks with them. You have no idea who they are planning to pick.

What do you do?

Too many variables. What is the teams depth chart looking like. Who is available at 7? The 7th pick in 2023 was Michkov. I take Makar and Michkov pretty easily.

 

[Hennessy]

This thread, though.

 

[ricky0034]

I mean totally fair comparison. Coffey played in the most inflated stats era in NHL history alongside the greatest hockey player ever.

Coffey played alongside Makar?

 

[M88K]

2 Scenarios.
If there is a top line projected quality center available around 7 or I feel #7 could be used to get one with that potential.
Take the gamble on missing out on Makar but gain #7. (would be easy to guess who is going to be taken by the team trading up based on their current roster construction and prospect pool)

If i was convinced they were trading up to get Makar, then not making that trade.
I'll build around the #1, and try next year for a #1 center.

 

[JaegerDice]

Bedard is special.

Dont galaxy brain it, just pick the future superstar.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Bedard is special.

Dont galaxy brain it, just pick the future superstar.

They're both future superstars lol.

 

[tfwnogf]

I think i still have to take Bedard outright. He's already so good. I think he has potential to score 65+ goals with his shot every year. He will win cups seems like Blackhawks are doing things the right way. Makar is really amazing obviously, and has the cup win and conn Smythe with a huge performance. He's clutch but it's like Bedard is the mystery box, I can't escape the allure of his potential.

 

[Ncit3]

Coffey played alongside Makar?

He wishes!