Chicago Blackhawks refuse to let Connor Bedard and rest of team speak to Toronto media ahead of tonight's game

Whether fans want to admit it or not, the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto market is the most important market to the NHL. So when the Chicago Blackhawks and Connor Bedard come to town you'd expect the league's first overall pick to be made available to media. However, for the second time this season a team has opted to not make their players available ahead of the game.

On Saturday the Montreal Canadiens made the decision to not take part in gameday media as well. This decision, has left people stunned and confused.





While the Blackhawks were in Toronto for practice yesterday and did have some media availability it is strange the league wouldn't want to use Bedard's star power on the league's biggest stage. This is just another reason the league hasn't grown at the pace it could have, due to their inability to market their stars.