Post-Game Talk: 8:00 PM - 2023 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY - ESPN, SN, TVAS

[Bruinfanatic]

Better Chicago than Montreal is the way I look at it.

 

[NeelyDan]

Dude. I love you, but you can't go around saying shit like that.

I'll pretend I never read that and we can stay friends.

You don’t get the exhilaration of that game 7 overtime slaying of the habs if they’re not in the playoffs, that sorta thing

 

[Gee Wally]

No Habs.


Im good.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Chicago needs to be relevant for hockey. They definitely made the balls bounce a certain way here like they did with Pittsburgh and Crosby.

Unlike Pittsburgh, Bedard is now in the West and can have a rivalry with McDavid, a la Crosby and Ovechkin.

 

[BlackFrancis]

At least the Ducks are getting a good one.

Jarmo can suck it.

 

[TCB]

The Yotes trade 12th and another 1st plus Keller for Matthews

Why not just wait a year and Sign him ?

 

[mikelvl]

Screw Chicago and their horrible owners. They shouldn't be rewarded after what they did, allowing a sexual predator to molest a young kid. Just brutal, plus the obvious tank job to get them to this moment. Just brutal.

It's just been announced that Chicago is getting the next fifteen winter classics.

 

[ShiftyNifty16]

Pro-wrestling has more integrity than the NHL

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Other than record high murder rates, yes… they make a very good pizza

Thats not a pizza, thats a tomato paste caserole

 

[Drift]

I would love it if Bedard refused to go to chicago

 

[RI.B FAN]

Stop, its not rigged, Arizona would have gotten it

 

[Fenway]

So, uh, they didn't flip the Columbus card, so how do we know they're picking third?

Kevin Weeks screwed up

 

[bobbyorr04]

I’d kinda like a return of powerful habs teams, the league is better when Montreal is good

Whaaaaat??

The league is better when habs are at the bottom of the standings IMO

 

[JCRO]

This is such a bad look for the league

 

[ShiftyNifty16]

Stop, its not rigged, Arizona would have gotten it

How do you figure? I know this was a down year for the Coyotes after their 7 year cup dynasty.

They’ve sucked for decades and never got the first pick.

 

[bobbyorr04]

I would love it if Bedard refused to go to chicago

Bedard is such a good humble kid, I could not see him refusing to go to any team



..except the habs

 

[Babajingo]

Easily predictable. Big market team, on the outs, 2 stars of the past gone Toews & Kane.. no chance NHL letting their potential biggest star go to Columbus or Anaheim. Sorry folks, call me a conspiracy theorist but dollars matter. I called this months ago

Doesn't help when they don't show the actual picks. No idea why they don't. Hmm

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

Easily predictable. Big market team, on the outs, 2 stars of the past gone Toews & Kane.. no chance NHL letting their potential biggest star go to Columbus or Anaheim. Sorry folks, call me a conspiracy theorist but dollars matter. I called this months ago

This is crazy.

It would be nothing but BENEFICIAL for the league and its growth if Bedard had gone to Arizona or Anaheim. A big star in the small market gets new eyes on the game.

I’m with you on being disappointed that it’s the Blackhawks though. I’ve lost all my respect for the current iteration of that franchise after decades of them being my #2.

 

[SPV]

Bummer for Zegs. But at least Anaheim will get a good player at two.

 

[Oates2Neely]

This is crazy.

It would be nothing but BENEFICIAL for the league and its growth if Bedard had gone to Arizona or Anaheim. A big star in the small market gets new eyes on the game.

I’m with you on being disappointed that it’s the Blackhawks though. I’ve lost all my respect for the current iteration of that franchise after decades of them being my #2.

I think they see McDavid in Edmonton and understand it’s an issue having your top marketing star on the west coast (frozen tundra) and nobody east of Idaho gets to watch him play but once a year when he’s visiting.

Imagine McDavid on the Rangers, Devils, Bruins, Flyers etc.. I felt there was zero chance Bedard was going to SJ Anaheim Columbus Arizona. They needed him in a big market. Chicago made too much sense, especially considering Toews & Kane situations.

 

[UConn126]

Well at least the Habs didn't win. Sucks Chicago gets a generational player after everything that went down with that org. Would've liked San Jose to get him.

 

[RoccoF14]

Bummer for Zegs. But at least Anaheim will get a good player at two.

Fantilli is gonna be a superstar too......Wouldn't be surprised at all if he wins the Calder at Anaheim. At least he has a few pieces (Zebras, Terry) to play with. Bedard isn't gonna have that in Chicago.....

 

[Mione134]

At least he's not in the East or Montreal

 

[BlackFrancis]

I think they see McDavid in Edmonton and understand it’s an issue having your top marketing star on the west coast (frozen tundra) and nobody east of Idaho gets to watch him play but once a year when he’s visiting.

Imagine McDavid on the Rangers, Devils, Bruins, Flyers etc.. I felt there was zero chance Bedard was going to SJ Anaheim Columbus Arizona. They needed him in a big market. Chicago made too much sense, especially considering Toews & Kane situations.

Also have to take into consideration the new TV deal. Having this kid with an O6 franchise, especially the #3 DMA in the US, is about as ideal as it gets.

Blackhawks/deserve - whatever. This will probably be the best the league could hope for.

 

[Bruinaura]