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Good morning! I hope you go No. 1 today.
Everyone has known for months, some even years, that Connor Bedard will go No. 1 to the Blackhawks in tonight’s NHL Draft. There isn’t even a chance for surprise, as our final mock draft confirms. But this is when a prospect sheds that status and becomes something different.
For now, Bedard represents the highest level of prospect. Think LeBron James, Connor McDavid, Bryce Harper and Victor Wembanyama, who.