ST. PAUL, Minn. — Connor Bedard has spent the past four months being paraded around North America as a new face of the NHL, answering the same questions over and over about his mentality and expectations, meeting hundreds of movers and shakers throughout the hockey world and coordinating the logistics of his new Blackhawks contract and his move to Chicago.
He’s been doing everything but playing hockey, the one thing he truly loves doing. Thus, by the time Hawks prospect camp arrived this week, the 18-year-old phenom found himself starving for a competitive game.
