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Rookie Bedard facing off against his hockey hero Sidney Crosby in their opening game of the season. I'm just waiting now for the opening game to come on at 8pm EST on ESPN. Warming up with the Lightening v. Predators. Tonight the most anticipated rookie prospect since Connor McDavid, Connor Bedard will face off in an opening night NHL game, against Sidney Crosby, another #1 overall pick but back in 2005. Bedard wasn't born yet when Crosby was drafted in 2005. He was born in 2005, July. Bedard is 18, same as Crosby when he was drafted and now Crosby is 36. What a trip. Bedard has been followed by experts and media since he was in his single digits age wise. He was scoring against professional goalies at the age of 12 and his stock has been only going up from there. That's gotta be a real trip for the kid to take the ice in his first professional game facing off on the #1 line against one of his hockey heroes in Sidney Crosby. That will be his very first action in the league. Talk about dreams coming true in such a surreal manner. Bedard is a serious level headed dude. In all the interviews after the draft he has been sharp and just kept telling media that his focus is just to "make the team". That's his first goal in the league. Well, he made the team. I'm sure Crosby can get the better of Bedard tonight but he and other stars around the league have been in awe of this kid Bedard. Their only advice was for him to just get used to the league and enjoy all that is going on around him. Other first overall picks said they were so overly focused that they forgot to enjoy their time and didn't really take it all in. They all said Bedard has an unbelievable shot, possibly the best in the world even at his young age, but it will just take him time to get used to things. The Hawks brought on in the offseason a 33 year old ex #1 pick in Tyler Johnson to watch over Bedard and a 35 year old veteran enforcer in Nick Foligno that has proven to have zero problem with going toe to toe with anyone in the league. He's well hated by many team's fans. Including the Blackhawks' fans prior to their signing him. Hawks will have other rookies on the ice this year and they have one of the better farm systems in all of hockey. They will lose a lot of games this year but this year is about getting experience and growth in their young players and figuring out who will be future linemates with who. Loving this.

I can't help you. You paid no attention throughout the Trump administration and after the fact you throw out a bunch of lame wrong liberal whiny talking points. You completely forgot that your hero Fauci assisted China in unleashing a pandemic on the American public during Trump's time in office. Then you joined in with Nasty Pelosi and Creepy Joe Biden in calling Trump a xenophone for wanting to shut down the borders during a focking global pandemic. Then when creepy joe got into office he had policy to shut down everything for so long while he paid people to sit on their asses while conservatives went back to work in spite of the tottering old dementia stricken spend thrift pedophile that you and your idiot liberal tranny friends refuse to talk about because your TDS has been set to 'Rage' mode since 2015 and is stronger today than ever before. I'm not going to explain things to dumb ass denying liberal TDS infected nazis like yourself because it makes no difference in the end. You are programmed by your liberal authoritarian masters through the liberal collective programming you have been linked to. When it comes to you denying lying liberals, there is no reason to put up facts because you are too far gone. Have fun whining your life away in deep with your TDS.

I'll expand a thread if I want. You offer nothing of value in any thread. Now stop trolling me. It's focking annoying.

You keep going on about a amazing consumer spending the second biden took over. (2.5 years ago). It's hard to get past that level of stupidity. Take a break dude. Go see your therapist and be open about your TDS.

It's amazing you keep babbling on about this stuff without having a clue about reality.

Biden imhereted a good economy from Trump. Took him a while to fock it up. Your TDS is shining bright. Yep.

TDS explains your blindness away.

Dude has been a Nostradamus of our times going back to his campaigning in 2015.

Tony Orlando; Dawn Oh wait, wrong thread. Amari Demercado; Arizona Need a QB fill in? Fock it. Baker Mayfield; TB.

Spot on. This is what the back rooms of our current day government are filled with. A bunch of drunken old liberals thinking hard about how to squeeze money from the people and businesses of the US and to put the focus on the blame they cast upon the people instead of the money grab and the wasted resource use on their own processes and actions. Now let's get out there and raise some taxes. The war in Europe and creepy Joe need the money.

Being a Blackhawk fan I never really followed Crosby in detail other than knowing the skills the dude has and his accomplishments. Personality is personality but appreciating the skill of a player as an up and coming generational talent? Nothing wrong with it. Bedard actually has a bunch of guys in the NHL he's looked up to over his teen years. Nothing wrong with this: Sidney Crosby made his Olympic debut on home ice at Vancouver 2010 where he scored the “Golden Goal” against Team USA in overtime to secure Canada’s record 14th gold medal of the Games. At Sochi 2014, Crosby served as the team’s captain, leading Canada to back-to-back gold medals. Crosby’s first time wearing the maple leaf was as a 16-year-old at the 2004 IIHF World Junior Championship where Canada won silver. He would return to the tournament in 2005 and help Canada secure the gold medal. In 2006 he competed at the IIHF World Championship and led the tournament in scoring with eight goals and eight assists and was named Best Forward as Canada finished fourth. He returned to the IIHF World Championship in 2015 to help Canada win gold, making him a member of the Triple Gold Club. He was also a member of the victorious Canadian squad at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey where he led the scoring with three goals and seven assists. Crosby’s NHL career began with him being drafted first overall in 2005 by the Pittsburgh Penguins, with whom he has played through the 2018-19 season. Crosby was named the Penguins’ captain in 2007, at the time the youngest NHL player to ever hold that title. Crosby’s individual NHL honours include: three Stanley Cups (2009, 2016, 2017), two Conn Smythe Trophies (2016, 2017), three Ted Lindsay Awards (2007, 2013, 2014), two Hart Memorial Trophies (2007, 2014), two Art Ross Trophies (2007, 2014), two Maurice Richard Trophies (2010, 2017), and one Mark Messier Leadership award (2010). Crosby was also the recipient of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s Athlete of the Year in 2009. Crosby was inducted to the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2012 with his teammates from the 2010 Olympic hockey team.

Hawks hung with the best today but then gave up an open netter in the last minute and went down 3-1.

Did you thank Biden yet for curing your cancer?

He's actually about 10 pounds heavier than Patrick Kane. Same height at 5' 10"

Bedard's first goal in the league. Took a whole 3.5 periods of play to get it. Assist yesterday, goal today. Keeping the Hawks in it against a team that only lost a total of 12 games last year.

Yeah, I've bet all the games I've posted so far except the KC game. I'm leary of that myself.

I've had very good luck this NFL season so far (up about $1000) but I am 85% sure posting my picks on this site will be the kiss of death for my bets this week. Whatever. Leaning the -10.5 for KC as their defense has been looking up. Careful of the U/O bets as there is supposed to be winds of up to 20mph tomorrow night. I've already taken some Sunday games Miami -13.5 - What can you say? They are playing in Miami and Carolina is struggling on and off the field. Coaching seems to be exasperated with GM/owner? Washington on the ML +115 - I'm taking this one shot on Washington that their talented defense won't sleepwalk through the game like they did against the Bears. Chicago on the ML +135 - I like how their oline and Fields is playing. Hell, even their defensive line has been making plays. Cousins will get rid of the ball quick but to who? I won't even be upset if the Bears lose honestly. But I am just going with the momentum. Indi/Jax Over 45.5 - They scored 52 in week 1 playing each other and that game had 5 turnovers. Sloppy. Richardson is out but both these teams are looking good. I'll take the chance.

Back in 2020 right here in the US. Liberal backed no les.

You TDS victims are the only one's crying for the past 8+ years.

Whooosshhh....

I actually put money on the Blackhawks even thinking they would lose the game but just wanted to because it was Bedard's first game. Damn I cleaned up. I had $50 on the Hawks to win at +210, and $75 on the Hawks +1.5 at -110. Who would have thunk it? They are on again tonight vs. Boston. I'll probably lay off that one. Boston in favored at -320.

Conner is now on IR and Demercado should be next man up. I have Conner in my main league and I put a fat amount of FAB on Demercado. There are also a couple teams in my league that are in NEED of RBs and I hope to keep him from them as well.

I'm not a big fan of the whole trend of every new contract has to top the last guy who got a contract, but in this case, Jefferson deserves the payday unless the Vikings don't want to allocate that much money to the wide out position. Which is also valid. This is a WR they probably could actually a first and a second and possibly more if they traded him away to a needy contending team. Say goodbye to him and Cousins at the trade deadline and they could get the QB of their choice next year probably.

You're dismissed. You are useless.

I don't wonder why I'm called a fascist. Because I know the people who are out there calling the right fascists. They are a whole lot of violent dumb people who are on the left. And that explains it all. Nothing further is needed to understand the left and their motivations of name calling the conservatives fascists all the time. It's simply ignorance and violent anger.