The sky's the limit for what Connor Bedard can accomplish now that he is playing alongside Taylor Hall and Tyler Bertuzzi.

Chicago Blackhawks superstar-in-the-making Connor Bedard is heading into the 2024-25 NHL season with plenty of expectations after an impressive rookie campaign, but he will not tell you what his goals are.

With that free time and much more, Bedard went to work. After his first NHL season, his biggest focus was adding speed this offseason while he was back home in Vancouver. He sought to simulate NHL play as much and increase his skating within it. It’s early, but Bedard does look faster than he did a season ago. He feels it, too.

The Chicago Blackhawks endured a tough 2023-24 season, finishing 31st overall and far from playoff contention. However, rookie sensation Connor Bedard, who was taken with the first overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and won the Calder Trophy,

Blackhawks' star Connor Bedard is well on his way to hitting a handful of career milestones already. Connor Bedard jumped into the NHL at 18 years old and lived up to the hype of the first overall pick. He led a very weak Chicago Blackhawks team, putting up big numbers and controlling the game from his team's viewpoint.

Fans at their home arenas have experienced the number of Chicago Blackhawks fans attending games, especially during the 2010s when the Hawks captured three Stanley Cup titles.

Connor Bedard is much more at ease at Chicago Blackhawks training camp this time, coming off an offseason of calm he didn’t get last year when he was the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft. “I didn’t do an interview for a couple of months,