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Originally Posted by Sandman
Well, I would have to really sit down and think about it to come up with a list, but off the top of my head, a few U-21 centers I would take over Bedard:
Mack Celebrini, Adam Fantilli, Will Smith (he plays RW too), Leo Carlsson, and Cutter Gauthier (he's been playing RW). Michael Misa too.
There was a few I had in mind, like Tim Stutzle, but he's older than 21. I guess it's closer than I thought.....
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I tought you'd go with Celebrini, maybe Johnston, and Cooley if we squint a bit. I was drawing a blank after that, so that's a bit of a hot take, and will be fun to look back at in 5 years.
They're all good players, but they're not in the spotlight like Bedard is. I think every mistake Bedard makes gets magnified ten fold, especially because of the expectation that he becomes a generational player, and he gets called soft. I'm pretty sure both Sid and McDavid were called soft at timen in their first couple of seasons. McKinnon, and Eichel took a couple of seasons to take the next step as well.
Bedard was more dominant than Misa in junior, Misa is 3" taller, and could be the better playmaker. I think there's a pretty good change that both end up in CHI, as a 1-2 punch down the middle.