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Originally Posted by HitterD
I feel like the same criticism could have been sent Tavares' way, but he was seen to be a generational pick for quite some time. Turned out to be a very very good player but was nowhere near what some projected him to be since he was in Junior.
Fingers crossed Bedard is what he is advertised to be, but he can easily fall short of such lofty expectation.
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Tavares is an excellent example. But I think he was coming into the NHL more as a 'good' #1, but not a generational probability (probably less expectations than MacKinnon, for example). Bedard is coming in with Crosby/McDavid expectations. If he has a 'Tavares' career, the doubters will be right. TO justify the hype, he needs to be transformative for the Hawks, and he needs to be challenging for the scoring race (annually) in a few years.
(I am not saying he won't, just presenting the opposing views)