A NHL Scout Makes A Bold Prediction On Connor Bedard

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S. Harper
August 9, 2022 (12:37)

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There's no teenager in the entire world that has the pressure on his shoulders then 17 year old hockey phenom Connor Bedard.

Bedard was projected to go first overall before he stepped foot in the Western Hockey League.

Ever since Bedard played his first season in the WHL which was shortened due to COVID, he has been the unanimous first overall pick for the 2023 draft.

Bedard has his eyes on the 2022 World Junior Hockey Championships which begins today, as Bedard is hoping to lead Team Canada to the gold medal.

Some hockey analysts and scouts have already made the predictions that Connor Bedard will be even a bigger star then another Connor, Connor Mcdavid.

However there is one scout that doesn't believe the hype of Bedard infact he doesn't even believe Bedard will go first overall in the NHL draft.

That scout is former Montreal Canadiens Scout Grant McCagg.

McCagg joined Tony Marinaro on his ''The Sick Podcast'' and shared his thoughts on Bedard:

"This is August. There were several guys, like Nolan Patrick, Angelo Esposito or Shane Wright, who were described as consensus picks in August, but didn't get selected first. No recruiter has already made their decision this early in the year. It's mostly something you see on social media.

There has never been a winger measuring 5'9 who was chosen first overall. As talented as he is, Bedard is still very small. With Canada, he always plays on the wing. If he's such a good center, why doesn't he play that position with the national team like Sidney Crosby did? Probably because that's where he's going to play in the NHL!

We saw this season that until a month before the draft Shane Wright was the the obvious pick for the Montreal Canadiens, then out of nowhere came Juraj Slafkovsk� who blew up the headlines and stole the first overall selection. Could we see something similar with Bedard? There is a guy playing over in Russia who is also projected to be the next Ovechkin in Matvei Michkov."