Are the Chicago Blackhawks & Connor Bedard on the Right Track?

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🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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It’s no secret that times are hard for fans of Chicago sports. The White Sox, Cubs, Bulls, and Bears are all in the midst of middling, or worse, performance in recent years. And the same is true of the team that used to be the reliable winner, the Blackhawks. When they drafted generational prospect Connor Bedard first overall in the 2023 NHL draft, the future appeared to be bright. An idea seemingly confirmed when Bedard brought home the Calder Memorial Trophy - the NHL’s rookie of the year award - in his first season on the ice. But year two has only added more angst to the situation. Bedard suffered through a sophomore slump to start the season, and Chicago is at the bottom of the standings in the NHL. So today, ESPN senior hockey reporter, Emily Kaplan tells Michele Steele, during an in person conversation, what the problem has been with Bedard and the Blackhawks in year two. Check out the playlist, featuring our favorite stories of 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Emily Kaplan, the listeners at home don't know this,
0:03.6	but this is actually the first time that I have looked at you in the eye,
0:07.7	probably since the pandemic,
0:09.3	since we ran into each other on the streets of Chicago.
0:12.5	Not only do we run each other on the street, Michelle, it was in front of my home.
0:19.3	So, like, in Chicago, Kassama is the hot spot.
0:23.0	It was on the bear.
0:24.1	Everyone wants to go there.
0:25.3	I think it was before it blew up, though.
0:26.7	Yeah.
0:26.9	Because you were in the know because you're cool.
0:28.3	It wasn't even open yet, I don't think, as, like, a dine-in.
0:31.8	And I was there because I'm Filipino, and it was blowing up on the internet.
0:37.2	Your communities, and you knew. And I saw you there. I'm Filipino and it was blowing up on the internet. Totally.
0:38.6	And I saw you there.
0:39.5	Were we both getting food?
0:40.7	No, that's not true.
0:41.7	So I lived in the alley that separated me in Kasama.
0:45.6	And look, I love them and I was so happy to that husband and I wished them all the
0:49.7	success in the world.
0:50.9	But the line would snake right outside of my front door.
0:53.4	So I think it was like a Saturday or Sunday morning.
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