We’re No. 1! It has been 10 years since a professional sports team in Chicago had the first draft pick, but now the Blackhawks are expected to choose 17-year-old Canadian phenom Connor Bedard in the first round of the NHL draft Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn. (The Bears did have the first pick for the first time in 77 years in April’s NFL draft but traded it to the Carolina Panthers.) Bedard .