It’s the worst +/- for a forward in the first 60 games of his career since 1979/80 and the 8th worst of all time. The 7 below him all played for expansion franchises in the 70s.
CroikyThatsABigDingo
He plays on the worst team in the league…..
mikethamurse
Bust
notbannedagainyet
He needs to have his Steve Yzerman. AHH. There’s 2 parts to this game moment. That and another early first round draft pick or two.
Gabaghoul8
What a bust. Chicago should trade him to Vegas for draft picks.
pzyhdu6
hockey fans, if they’re not being racists, they’re being morons. no wonder the sport doesn’t grow. y’all are pathetic
thprk
While he’s the best rookie this season, it should also be acknowledged that since Chicago sucks he’s basically free of any defensive responsibility and this is shown both in his scoring and his +/-.
dalcer
For reference players like jack hughes and leon draisaitl had really bad plus minuses their first seasons too
Its not often but high ranking players have been crazy bad on defense in their first years before. His game will come
PeteRock24
It’s almost as if +/- is a completely useless stat…
Canadian_mk11
Clearly a bum. Release him so he can head home in shame. Maybe his hometown team will give him a PTO, if he’s lucky.
CurlingTrousers
Plays top line minutes against other top lines on an awful team. He’ll be fine.
Sinister_Mr_19
This is precisely why +/- stats don’t hold water anymore.
commodore_stab1789
Clearly bad. We’ll give you Josh Anderson for him
Little-Aide-5396
That’s a generational stat for sure
IcarusLP
Yea totally terrible. Trade him to the Avs
lets_kill_time
Get used to it
cheeseburgerwaffles
What a bust! And people think this guy could be rookie of the year?! What a joke
/s
DonCorlealt
Yea. Cuz his team is fucking trash. He does also however have a nearly 1:1 game/point ratio at 18 years old playing his first ever season on the worst team in the league
Did you come up this post with one brain cell?
b_abooey2020
A- he’s a rookie
B- he’s a forward
C- he’s on the Blackhawks
Full-Studio-9775
Yea and the Blackhawks almost entire team is – by long shots .. and is literally 300 win percentage lmao one of the worst fielded teams in history. Stfu
daxtaslapp
Guys obviously not talented
PaddyStacker
Unpopular opinion: I still contend that the Blackhawks are encouraging him to play an offense-first style. I don’t think he’s under any pressure to improve his defense right now which is why it’s so lousy. And I think it’s a marketing decision by the Blackhawks org.
They want him to show off his offensive skills and wow the crowd. Bedard is the ONLY reason anybody wants to watch the Blackhawks right now (and in the near future), and they don’t want to stifle his offensive game by having him focus his efforts on being a responsible 2 way forward who is concentrating on the back check. Plenty of times when developing forwards get that pressure, their offensive numbers slip.
When you think about the fact that the Blackhawks WANT to tank this season, it makes a lot of sense. Let Bedard score some flashy goals to impress the crowd, don’t ride him too hard about backchecking, and the result is offensive production at the expense of defense and a terrible +/-. Could Chicago win more games if they got Bedard to tighten up his 2 way game? Probably. But they don’t really want to.
Btw, this is the first time in his playing career he’s had a minus +/- at all. He was +39 with the Pats last season, which was the highest on his team.
jfstompers
He could be -215 no one cares
MrSCR23
Does anyone happen to know who the worst +/- Calder winner was? If he sets that mark it would certainly be an historic start to a career
Update: Did some digging on Hockey Reference and the worst is Gilbert Perreault’s debut season in 1970-71, he finished with -38 (Bebard would set a new record at this rate). Didn’t affect his career to badly if you ask me so maybe it’s a good sign for Bedard.
Substantial-Recipe72
Yeah I simply don’t understand why this is shocking to people…. He’s not a defensive player playing on the worst roster in the NHL… it’s shocking he’s not -70…
butt_snorkelr
He plays the most minutes on the worst team in the league. Should we be surprised?
philomatic
Sounds like he belongs on the Sharks. Please ship him over at your soonest convince.
Significant-Cow349
He plays against teams top lines ans plays lots of minutes. The team tanked to get him—he has little support and only 18 years old. Those numbers will improve.
kimmeljs
This is why I hate “Team Tank”. They think a generational talent will save everything.
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It’s the worst +/- for a forward in the first 60 games of his career since 1979/80 and the 8th worst of all time. The 7 below him all played for expansion franchises in the 70s.
He plays on the worst team in the league…..
Bust
He needs to have his Steve Yzerman. AHH. There’s 2 parts to this game moment. That and another early first round draft pick or two.
What a bust. Chicago should trade him to Vegas for draft picks.
hockey fans, if they’re not being racists, they’re being morons. no wonder the sport doesn’t grow. y’all are pathetic
While he’s the best rookie this season, it should also be acknowledged that since Chicago sucks he’s basically free of any defensive responsibility and this is shown both in his scoring and his +/-.
For reference players like jack hughes and leon draisaitl had really bad plus minuses their first seasons too
Its not often but high ranking players have been crazy bad on defense in their first years before. His game will come
It’s almost as if +/- is a completely useless stat…
Clearly a bum. Release him so he can head home in shame. Maybe his hometown team will give him a PTO, if he’s lucky.
Plays top line minutes against other top lines on an awful team. He’ll be fine.
This is precisely why +/- stats don’t hold water anymore.
Clearly bad. We’ll give you Josh Anderson for him
That’s a generational stat for sure
Yea totally terrible. Trade him to the Avs
Get used to it
What a bust! And people think this guy could be rookie of the year?! What a joke
/s
Yea. Cuz his team is fucking trash. He does also however have a nearly 1:1 game/point ratio at 18 years old playing his first ever season on the worst team in the league
Did you come up this post with one brain cell?
A- he’s a rookie
B- he’s a forward
C- he’s on the Blackhawks
Yea and the Blackhawks almost entire team is – by long shots .. and is literally 300 win percentage lmao one of the worst fielded teams in history. Stfu
Guys obviously not talented
Unpopular opinion: I still contend that the Blackhawks are encouraging him to play an offense-first style. I don’t think he’s under any pressure to improve his defense right now which is why it’s so lousy. And I think it’s a marketing decision by the Blackhawks org.
They want him to show off his offensive skills and wow the crowd. Bedard is the ONLY reason anybody wants to watch the Blackhawks right now (and in the near future), and they don’t want to stifle his offensive game by having him focus his efforts on being a responsible 2 way forward who is concentrating on the back check. Plenty of times when developing forwards get that pressure, their offensive numbers slip.
When you think about the fact that the Blackhawks WANT to tank this season, it makes a lot of sense. Let Bedard score some flashy goals to impress the crowd, don’t ride him too hard about backchecking, and the result is offensive production at the expense of defense and a terrible +/-. Could Chicago win more games if they got Bedard to tighten up his 2 way game? Probably. But they don’t really want to.
Btw, this is the first time in his playing career he’s had a minus +/- at all. He was +39 with the Pats last season, which was the highest on his team.
He could be -215 no one cares
Does anyone happen to know who the worst +/- Calder winner was? If he sets that mark it would certainly be an historic start to a career
Update: Did some digging on Hockey Reference and the worst is Gilbert Perreault’s debut season in 1970-71, he finished with -38 (Bebard would set a new record at this rate). Didn’t affect his career to badly if you ask me so maybe it’s a good sign for Bedard.
Yeah I simply don’t understand why this is shocking to people…. He’s not a defensive player playing on the worst roster in the NHL… it’s shocking he’s not -70…
He plays the most minutes on the worst team in the league. Should we be surprised?
Sounds like he belongs on the Sharks. Please ship him over at your soonest convince.
He plays against teams top lines ans plays lots of minutes. The team tanked to get him—he has little support and only 18 years old. Those numbers will improve.
This is why I hate “Team Tank”. They think a generational talent will save everything.
On such a great team, no less!