They’ve been in the basement ever since, even with longtime fave Martin St Louis behind the bench. The Habs had a false spring in 2021, when they made it to the finals in the fake playoffs, fake season, fake Cup. Tolkien Rating: I bid you stand, men of the West. In the meantime, any shift with both Bedard and the rejuvenated Erik Karlsson would be blast. Landing Bedard would be a warp-zone shortcut to the “oh he’s elite” conversation, but he’d have to build around him. I’m curious what kind of GM Mike Grier will be for San Jose. Tolkien Rating: Many faces proud and fair, and weeds in their silver hair. I’d love to be in Wicker Park eating a hot dog today. Great city though, especially this time of year. The Hawks are one of the worst-run teams in the league with a past they refuse to reckon with and a wretched owner. Tolkien Rating: All was dark about it, earth and sky, but it was lit with light.Ībsolutely not. Bedard will make them better, but they’ll still be a bad team lost in the wilderness of wherever in Ohio they are I refuse to look at a map of Ohio. The Werenski injury was a catastrophe for them, but that shouldn’t obscure the truth that they’re bad. They signed Johnny Gaudreau in free agency last summer, and he’s gotta be thinking he made a mistake now.

The Blue Jackets were not trying to be a lottery team last season, which is sad really. Tolkien Rating: Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Bedard won’t fix them, but a top-six anchored by him and Zegras would at least be fun. The Ducks were by far the worst team in the league last season. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings thinks of each situation. We have already prepared for you a comprehensive primer on how the lottery will run, but here now is what I think Bedard would do for each team in the running, whether or not them getting him would be a good thing for the universe, and - naturally - what J.R.R.

The Capitals have a six-percent chance of being that lottery-winning team - about the same chances you have of rolling a crit on your d20 - which means probably someone other than you is going to have a good night. The consensus number-one pick, Connor Bedard, is a special player who could transform a franchise. The NHL Draft Lottery is scant hours away, and the fortune of one NHL team is about to change.

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