Happy New Year!!!
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Better than the 31st...

Bedard took a shoulder to the jaw. Left in the first and hasn’t come back yet…edit: out for the rest of the game…

This game is turning into an old time hockey game.

Fractured Jaw




Fuck....

Clean hit . Needs to understand he’s not in juniors anymore and guys arent just going to let him skate through the middle like that.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Is a hit to the head considered clean? Edit: I don’t think there was intent to injure, as it was a weird play that took him in the direction of the hit. But it was clearly a hit to the head, hence a broken jaw.

I didn't watch the game, did the Hawks retaliate?

Sort of. There were a few fights, nothing to really note. It was a clean hit and Bedard's head was down. Fucking sucks.

Foligno fought the guy who broke Bedard's jaw and ended up with a broken finger. It was an old time hockey game last night. Lots of physical play.

Does IR in hockey mean out for the year?

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No

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

K that’s a decent sized window to try to grab some affordable tix.

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To see what? Without Bedard they'll have to pay people to go.

They will be racing the Sharks to the bottom…

That’s what makes the tix affordable.

I’m not dropping $250 a ticket for 5 people to tell my kids they got to see Bedard for 18 minutes in a 6-1 loss.

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They were pretty cheap before. You'd be crazy to go unless your kids are 5 yo, you sit in the nose bleed, and you tell them yeah sure Bedard is out there. We were thinking of going this week and my son said this morning he doesn't want to go. I might not even watch these games. It's going to be epically bad.

You'll be able to see Bedard for the next fifteen years. I guess there is something to be said about seeing him in his rookie year.

Yes, tickets have been real cheap on the secondary market. I've been checking cuz I wanted to see him too. Guess I have to wait 6 to 8 weeks.

I would imagine the Hawks will be great for the next decade and no cheap tickets when that happens.

i also believe the hit was 'ok'. so many factors went into this incident - but, it was only a matter of time. his size (lack of height and weight) doesn't help him at all and his own speed will magnify the impact with the boards, the net/goalie and in this case, smith's shoulder. i remember when jack hughes crashed into the boards in st. louis. a player with no speed and no skill never gets injured on that play. the shitty player takes a leisurely skate back to the bench to end his shift.

bedard is a very good stick-handler, though, not the best in hockey. lost control, reached and put his head down for a split second to recover the puck. that's all it takes. never put your head down. hockey, like soccer when dribbling. look up.

i believe he will recover fine. if he was soft, he wouldn't be playing professional hockey at age 18 against the best in the world. will probably wear a jaw protector when he comes back.

At least he can skate so shouldn’t be an issue keeping in shape.

Why do you think the Hawks are going to be great for the next decade?

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Depends Who they have in the pipelIne. Mid 90s Hawks were terrible, but we watched the kids arrive and turn things around. They were much better when Kane arrived.

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yeah, he should be fine psychically. will get a mid-season 'break'. my only concern would be psychological. his first major injury and read dickinson's comments that bedard was upset...i guess the reality that he wouldn't play for awhile sunk in and bedard expressed his feelings about that. i don't believe he's soft and my level of concern would be a 2 out of 10.

i've read/watched/heard canadian media the past few days and every single person dismissed the hit. hrudey and bieksa both thought nothing of it on sat.'s hockey night in canada.

It wasn't really a dirty hit, but still #2 on NJ needs to be taken out of the game on a stretcher next time they play. You need to send a message to the rest of the league that it isn't "open season" on Bedard.

smith was a top 4 D on the red wings when the blackhawks were at their peak. him and his club got steamrolled by the blackhawks more than once and maybe the indian on the sweater got him going.

i believe he's well respected in the league, but to your point - retribution was to be expected and be/was dealt out and smith 'took his medicine'. i believe he understood that. the flip side is the devils have some talent too. hughes is also bedard's size and is also vulnerable to getting separated from the puck at speed by a heavy d-man.

clean hit as NWsider explained above. Bedard losing the puck and reaching for it is what caused the whole thing.


Just gave away my 3rd row tickets for tomorrow's game vs McDavid. No one wants to see me there crying the entire game.



If Bedard is out, I'm out too.

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Also looking at it as an opportunity for cheap or even free tix.

Should have stuck with it shakes.

We are still going to see McDavid at least.

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the weather tomorrow might've made it difficult even if Bedard was playing.


No interest in driving down there to just see McDavid especially since the seats are terrible (3rd row lower level even with the top of the circles. I'm not saying that sarcastically either. Those are awful seats unless you only care about seeing the zone right in front of your face.

Plus they were free so no loss.

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I'm not sitting in traffic for two hours if that's what happens.

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