Here is the exact number of points Connor Bedard is expected to score in the NHL next season

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MarcO
February 3, 2023 (9:35)

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The buzz around Connor Bedard continues to grow and we can't wait to see him play in the National Hockey League next season.

After all, it's not every year that we get to see the first steps of a generational talent.

There is already no doubt who will be selected first overall in the upcoming draft.

An immediate impact for Connor Bedard?

One expert had an interesting question today: what kind of rookie season should we expect from Bedard?

She tried to find the answer.

That expert in question is named Shayna Goldman and she works for The Athletic.

Shayna Goldman has flat out tried, as accurately as possible, to predict the exact number of points Connor Bedard will collect next season in the NHL.

As Marco Normandin reports, she relied on a pre-established model that relies on comparables as well as advanced statistics.

At the junior level, Bedard currently has an incredible 44 goals and 46 assists for a total of 90 points in 36 games.

90 points in 36 games!

In short, with the help of several complex calculations, with the equivalences at the league level and based on the data accumulated so far with some rookie players of the last years, here is her verdict:

According to her results, Connor Bedard will amass 72 NHL points next season.

Reminders:

- Sidney Crosby had 102 points in his rookie season

- Connor McDavid was on his way to 88 points in his rookie season before he was injured

- Auston Matthews had 69 points in his rookie season

- Nathan MacKinnon had 63 points in his rookie season.

Do you agree with this prediction by the excellent Shayne Goldman, for Bedard?

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Credit: Marco Normandin, HABSolumentFan