{"id":447321,"count":16,"description":"An explosive Canadian prospect became the first overall pick of the 2023 NHL Draft, Connor Bedard has posted eye-popping numbers on both the Major Junior and international stages. While plenty of players can score before reaching the NHL, it takes a special talent to record 23 points during a seven-game World Junior campaign en route to a gold medal.\r\n\r\nFor Bedard, his professional future looks bright. Even if he fails to be a truly generational talent, ala Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, his explosiveness and raw offensive ability should at least see him become a legitimate top-line scoring threat.\r\n\r\nThe North Vancouver native is listed as a center and has played hockey for the WHL\u2019s Regina Pats, spent a brief spell in Sweden with HV71\u2019s youth teams, and has also suited up for the French national team at both the U18 and U20 levels.\r\n\r\n<strong>Current team:<\/strong> Regina Pats\r\n<strong>Position:<\/strong> Center\r\n<strong>Draft status:<\/strong> Selected first overall in 2023 by the Chicago Blackhawks","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/connor-bedard\/","name":"Connor Bedard","slug":"connor-bedard","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Connor Bedard Archives - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/connor-bedard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An explosive Canadian prospect became the first overall pick of the 2023 NHL Draft, Connor Bedard has posted eye-popping numbers on both the Major Junior and international stages. 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