It was confirmed last night that Connor Bedard will be playing in Chicago and the Blackhawks will once again have a very talented player to build their team around. This win is quite controversial in the hockey world for several reasons, including the disastrous decisions of the organization in recent years. <blockquote class=twitter-tweet><p lang=en dir=ltr>NHL 🤝 Blackhawks<br><br>The NHL, which still turns a blind eye to 2018 Team Canada jr sexual abusers playing in its ranks, just awarded the 1st pick to a team that also turned a blind eye to an assistant coach sexual assault in 2010.- Laurie Couture-Dallaire (@laurie14cd) <a href=https://twitter.com/laurie14cd/status/1655733409220575236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>May 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset=utf-8> <blockquote class=twitter-tweet><p lang=en dir=ltr>The Chicago Blackhawks' shameful tanking is rewarded with the first overall pick. Hard not to be cynical about this outcome.- Alexandre Pratt (@alexandrepratt) <a href=https://twitter.com/alexandrepratt/status/1655730365137317889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>May 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset=utf-8> A movement is rising up across the NHL. In modern history, penalties have been awarded to teams for offenses far less worse than the Blackhawks, in recent years. <q>Arizona: holds pre-draft workouts, loses their 1st round pick. New Jersey: signs Ilya Kovalchuk to a contract that was legal at the time, loses their 1st round pick. Chicago: covers up s*xual abuse for a decade, wins Connor Bedard.</q> We don't know where this controversy will end up, but it's got a lot of people talking. Let's just hope it doesn't carry over to a young man named Connor Bedard, who had nothing to do with any of this and is only asking to live his dream of playing in the NHL