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Twitter Is Freaking Out Over NHL Draft No. 1 Pick Connor Bedard’s ‘Smoke Show’ Mom

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The Chicago Blackhawks may well have laid the foundations for the next 15 years of their franchise when they selected Connor Bedard with the top pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.

Bedard is seen as a can’t-miss, generation prospect on the level of players like Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby before him.

“Bedard is a potential franchise-changing No. 1 prospect. His skill and shot are legit game-breaking attributes. His ability to beat defenders one-on-one is among the best I’ve ever seen by a 17-year-old, and the pace at which he displays that elite skill is going to allow him to execute those types of skilled plays in the NHL,” Corey Pronman of The Athletic said in his scouting report. “Bedard is a highly imaginative puckhandler and a very creative passer. That, combined with the fact his wrist shot is a top-tier NHL weapon from anywhere in the offensive zone, makes him a projected nightmare for NHL coaches to stop on the power play.

“The only downside to his game is his frame, which has some scouts wondering if he gets pushed off to the wing in the NHL. He isn’t a pushover though, as he plays hard and has a physical edge in his game. Given his success as a junior center, his strong skating and his high compete level, I think whoever drafts him will have to try him down the middle and move to the wing if it doesn’t work. If he is a wing, he could still have a potential Patrick Kane/Nikita Kucherov type of impact on a franchise.”

Every fan new Bedard was going No. 1 in Wednesday night’s draft. But what they didn’t expect was for someone else to steal show.

That someone else was Bedard’s mom, Melanie.

https://twitter.com/redwings_ryan/status/1674196513101078528?s=20

https://twitter.com/Bill_P_05/status/1674196348965453827?s=20

There may well be two superstars in the Bedard household.