The Chicago Blackhawks have moved Anthony Beauvillier to injured reserve with a wrist injury. He joins a long list of injured Hawks, including Taylor Hall, Andreas Athanasiou, and Seth Jones. Chicago acquired Beauvillier via trade in late-November, sending a 2024 fifth-round pick to the Vancouver Canucks. He has since played in 15 games with Chicago, scoring six points and recording a -3.
Beauvillier’s performances with the Hawks bring his season total up to 14 points in 37 games. That’s a pace of 31 points across 82 games, a step down from the career-high 40 points he recorded 82 games last season, splitting the year between the New York Islanders and Vancouver Canucks. Beauvillier was a focal piece of the deal that sent Bo Horvat to the Islanders, with Vancouver also receiving Aatu Raty and a 2023 First Round pick. Vancouver then flipped the pick to the Detroit Red Wings for defenseman Filip Hronek.
The Blackhawks are experiencing a brutal losing skid, going 4-10-2 since the beginning of December. They’ve been outscored 62-to-33 in that stretch, with opponents averaging a staggering 33.5 shots each game. They’re experiencing the brunt of all of their missing scoring talent, with four of the team’s top 10 scorers currently inactive. It’s not all bad news, though, with generational rookie Connor Bedard looking plenty comfortable in his first year. Bedard has 15 goals and 33 points through his first 37 NHL games, on pace for 33 goals and 73 points. That’s a fantastic way to kick off an NHL career, and could be room for excitement form Hawks fans optimistic that Bedard’s scoring will only go up as top talents return from injury.
Got him from the Canucks not nyi….come on man
73 point pace by Bedard just shows how generational Sid and Ovie really are/were…
102 and 106 point rookie seasons by them.
In a lower scoring league at the time, too.
Bedard seems more like a P Kane player vs a S. Crosby. Crosby and Ovi have a killer instinct and inner drive that’s rare to find.
This will not age well.
Which part won’t age well? Crosby and Ovi’s killer instincts / inner drive? Or that Bedard is more like a Patty Kane type player? Being a Patrick Kane isn’t a bad comparison.
I agree. I think bedard will be a superstar but what Crosby and Ovi did in their rookie campaigns is beyond ridiculous. I wish McD would not have been hurt I would’ve liked to see what he could’ve done in a full 82. However I do not want to discount that What Bedard is doing is amazing as an 18yo and he will be a perennial 100point player.
Though to be fair wasn’t the Crosby/Ovi rookie season after the lockout so they would’ve had an extra year of development as I know they played.
Yeah I’ll take Kane’s CUPS for Bedard career! Too early to measure apples vs oranges!