Personally, young Connor Bedard is doing well with four goals and two assists in nine games this season, but he can’t say the same for his Chicago Blackhawks, who are pretty combative these days.
The rookie scored in the 28th second of Monday’s game against the Arizona Coyotes, marking his third goal in his last four games. However, it was all good news. What followed was terrifying for the Hawks, who were defeated 8-1 by their opponents.
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So despite the presence of the talented 18-year-old, head coach Luke Richardson’s team is slumbering in the basement of the Central Section of the National Hockey League. However, if no one expects her to compete for major awards in 2023-2024, she must fight much more vigorously and not give up early to avoid further humiliation of this kind.
“We deviated from our game plan. However, you have to give them credit; They were probably angry about their previous confrontation [un revers de 5 à 4 face aux Kings de Los Angeles, samedi]Richardson told NHL.com of the Coyotes. “We are maturing as a team and maybe we slowed down after the last meeting.”
“We started strong. We were doing very well and then thought it would be easy. But every team will play in this league. In my opinion we didn’t fight hard enough,” added defenseman Seth Jones.
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Go back up the slope
The Hawks, who beat the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, just learned a lesson that reminds them they still have some catching up to do. With a record of 3-6-0, it’s hard to celebrate in the locker room. They will have the opportunity to get revenge in front of their fans this weekend, but the opposition promises to be fierce as the Florida Panthers and New Jersey Devils arrive at the United Center on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
“There are some very good clubs in this area and we want to become one of them. On the other hand, there is a right way and a wrong way to play. “Everything that could go wrong happened this time,” veteran Nick Foligno lamented on the Hawks’ website.
Coming back to Bedard, he is one of the many team players who have a negative differential. At -5 he is still better than Connor Murphy (-10), Lukas Reichel (-9) and Kevin Korchinski (-8).