Blackhawks Icon Defends Connor Bedard After Jeremy Roenick's Winter Classic Criticism
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The Chicago Blackhawks icon Chris Chelios defended Connor Bedard after Jeremy Roenick's Winter Classic criticism.
Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks ended up losing 6-2 against the Blues, but another incident attracted most of the attention.
Indeed, after the game, the former NHLer Jeremy Roenick made a big declaration about Bedard, saying the young player was the only one on the team not to go up to shake hands with the franchise's legends who were at the game.
He went as far as saying he has a lot to learn if he wants to become a leader.
In his own words:
"All the players came up to me, [Chelios], and [Savard], except one.
That was Connor Bedard.
If we don't have that respect to go up and fist bump, to say congratulations, how can you do it with your own teammates?
I'm not ripping on him in terms of his personality or anything like that.
If he's going to be the captain of this team, there is a lot of things that he has to think about in terms of being that leader, being that captain, and unfortunately he dropped the ball."
That was Connor Bedard.
If we don't have that respect to go up and fist bump, to say congratulations, how can you do it with your own teammates?
I'm not ripping on him in terms of his personality or anything like that.
If he's going to be the captain of this team, there is a lot of things that he has to think about in terms of being that leader, being that captain, and unfortunately he dropped the ball."
In a new development, Roenick's former teammate and NHL legend Chris Chelios opened up about his declarations, saying that Roenick's heart is in the right place, but the main issue here is that Bedard's generation wasn't raised how they were.
Check out what he said in a recent podcast intervention:
"Jeremy's heart is in the right place, there's no question about that.. He's so excited to be back with the Blackhawks and involved in the Hawks' Hall of Fame induction. I think, he might be stuck in the '90s, somewhat like I am, and it's just a generational thing. It's nothing to do with Connor or any of the other younger players."
"When I was raised, we were taught to shake people's hands and look you in the eyes-that's not the way it is (now)."
"When I was raised, we were taught to shake people's hands and look you in the eyes-that's not the way it is (now)."
Listen to his full comment here:
Respecting the traditions and the past is a value often seen in professional sports, especially in regards with former player of your own organization who brought success to the team.
Bedard is still young, and he'll eventually learn all of this.
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