As a hawks fan saw this coming mile away. It’s all about money now a days. Couldn’t be happier

Damn first of bears now the blackhawks. 😂😂

Let's go Hawks

I'm not gonna lie as a spoiled blackhawks fan. We do not deserve this at all but I'll take it

Bedard to an original 6. Lucky kid.

Yall are complaining abt Chicago getting #1 Columbus getting a lottery pick (#3) while still being in the play offs with lots of offense and Defensive power and good cap space is massive.

The nhl would never let a small market team to get 1st

Congrats to yall

I hope whoever Anaheim and Columbus pick turn out to be superstars. Tired of these small market teams getting robbed every year in the draft lottery.

LETS GO BABY!!! BEDARD 🔥

All year long was hearing how Bettman was going to rig it for Arizona. All those people continue to remain silent now, yet again.

As someone who feels tanking has gone overboard. The only way to get rid of it is to do what the British do. Relegation!

They should do a lottery for 9-16 and a separate one for 1-8 equal odds for all. Davidson tried the hardest of all the GM’s to tank.

OMFG, Born m Bred from Chicago,IL here and as someone who is Chicago fan and tries to see as many games as i can both on tv and in person... this is HUGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEE for us. A literal GAME CHANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'M SICK AF OVER THIS!

Thank god Arizona isn’t getting bedard

As an Anaheim fan, we can’t even win the draft lottery

Draft lottery has ruined the integrity of the sport.

Yes!!!! Welcome to Chi town Connor!!

Lets go Hawks!!

How much did Chicago pay Gary for Bedard? Funny how they lose both toews and Kane, then end up with Bedard.

LETS FUCKING GOOOO

They did the ducks dirty

Everyone knew Chicago would win the first pick.

how is this a "lottery" we dont see the draw just the "results" like its clearly rigged

For everyone saying it's rigged, you can watch the ping pong balls fly in the other video entitled Gary Bettman conducts the 2023 NHL draft lottery. It's clearly not rigged as they've gone through every precaution, and the the guy calling for the pull not even facing the machine.

Anaheim got PORKED again! 😂

This guy flipped 15 other cards and of course the only one he flipped upside is ours... Jackass probably did it on purpose, league hates us

They do not want Anaheim to get the 1st pick

Criminals win! Criminals win!

what is the name of the guy doing the draft lottery

Hawks will start another dynasty.

I wanna know why you cant see the dn balls get drawn...whys it not shown

They should show the draw. Looks set up. How even with odd, first 13 are exactly in order? Odds near impossible. Then out of last three, top pick just happens to go to biggest market.

Finally the hawks can be watchable again. They wasted the final years of Kane and Toews. We had to start off from scratch and let them go. We need to remove the stench of those scandals. I want this to be a new era of this team.

Bettman wanted Columbus to win, would’ve taken Anaheim for 2nd

Blackhawks fans are definitely spoiled. Seeing 3 cups in 6 years was amazing, hopefully more to come.

Home long until Bedard gets diddled by a coach?

I wonder if Kaner will entertain a reunion with the Hawks??? 💭💭💭

Hawks gonna win the cup soon

Absolutely sickening that the organization that COVERED UP THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF THEIR OWN PLAYERS FOR *TEN FUCKING YEARS* gets rewarded like this. Just goes to show what's really important to the NHL.

That's some shady shit thought it was supposed be drawn live not with daily holding cards that the teams already done

Lmao RIGGED 😂

people cry for lotteries. then the lottery does a lottery moment and people wanna cry ab it.

COMMON CHI TOWN W

Can everyone please stop whining about the lottery being rigged? I’m honestly happy that Benard goes to a fan base that actually cares Arizona has no hockey fans, Anaheim only shows up when they’re winning, and Ohio is not a hockey state, so I don’t know why he would like Columbus. He gets to go to a very proud hockey organization nothing wrong with it.

Challenge of the comment section. Find a thread that hasn't been trolled by the user "Notorious TBG"

You all do know; kyle got paid and none of the coaches or the trainer and GM are even with the organization; you haters on the Hawks are ridiculous; its been like 2 years now; just grow up already

You would think the owners, the league, etc…would want the smaller market teams to strive to balance out the star talent…I mean that’s what you would think right…well let me tell u…that’s not the case people…SMDH!!!

Take On Me

not from the us, but i thought the teams who finished last got the first pick? Shouldnt that be possible to figure out on yr own? And doesnt this open the system for teams having a shitty season to lose matches on purpose to get better draft pick? If Blackhawks gets say Bedard, can they then trade him to f ex RedWings and get 3 players in return?

at least it was not montreal

Chigago Predators Congratz!

Chicago blatantly tanked and gets #1 pick. Awesome. Bettman is killing it

I mean, Chicago just wanted it more

There's Going Be Much Shawn Michaels 2005 Heat for the Chicago Blackhawks in Next Month in Nashville They Booed Chicago Blackhawks Selected

Think the leafs should have been given a “come’on it’s been 6 decades! Here, just take the kid, please. Then win and shut up for 60 more years. 😂

Wtf, why can't it be like bingo. 16 blank balls and they open it as the team selected inside the ball. Or 16 teams play one game like playoffs and win tbe draft that way...wtf is this

Why do they announce first pick before 2nd overall 🤡

Bedard is coming home...to Chicago 🤯

Rigged 100%

Let’s GoOoOoO!!!! Thinks got dark there for a minute. Can’t wait for the future! To everyone saying they don’t deserve the pick, should the 2018 Canadian world junior team be stripped of their gold medal? You know, considering they paid bush money to a woman that was gang graped. Or the 11+ other women they’ve paid off since 2003.. if you’re going to hate on the hawks for mismanaging the Kyle Beach situation, come with the same energy for hockey Canada and the other teams that have handled things in a shady way. Not just the team you hate. Then you’re just using a tragedy to dunk on a team not because you care about Beach, because you hate the hawks.

always was gonna be that dirty team out west fire bettman

Rigged.

Totally Rigged

Rigged it again Gary

The sexual predators get to build a comfy future. Wonderful

Bettman needs to go! It's okay for the blackhawks to cover up the Kyle Beach incident for a decade. The organization should've lost their first round picks for the next four years. Instead, they're rewarded with Connor Bedard.

Are… are the Hockey Gods actually evil?

*CHI-CONNOR!* 🔴☝🏻⚫️

As a Ducks fan this is all bullshit he’s going to a franchise that literally covered up sexual misconduct and now they’re being rewarded with the next Connor McDavid so much bullshit

😆 🤣 😂. LIKE I SAID.. SPORTS IN AMERICA IS FIXED...

Rigged absolutely rigged. Ducks should’ve gotten it

Go Hawks

LMAO KEVIN WEEKES IS A JOKE

I don’t care for the new rules but that’s ridiculous that chicago was 3rd spot and got 1st while the team to get 2nd gets 3rd wow

Blackhawks don’t need it

To me the Blackhawks gotta get rid of the native American face. Who is that guy ? He don't fit it doesn't make sense it should be a actual black hawk like two black hawk wings. They don't have to change the name. I felt the redskins shouldn't have changed there name just change the logo to the spiked staff for red skin warriors who painted there skin with mud. Now the Cleveland Indians did the right thing changing there name back to guardians. Who's Indians? Describe Indian as what ok guardians. The chiefs is cool and the braves is cool. I feel Blackhawks the name is cool but a black hawk would be better than just any stereotypical native man face.

BLACKHAWK HOCKEY BABY

Hoping we resign reaves

That was lame. We know this one was set up.

How convenient that they cut out the part where they announce Columbus dropping to #3 before they even turn the card over? The only team who could jump them was Chicago. THE FIX WAS IN!!!

Bruh, it's always the same teams.

If the League rigged it it wouldve went to a struggling team like Arizona or Buffalo not a team thats already turning a profit

🥸🥸

Why do some people crying about this?

National RIGGED Hockey League.

Rigged

This whole thing is rigged, hope Connor can enjoy his time in the most lawless city in the United States

Well, I guess Chicago's punishment is over. Good to know you get rewarded for overlooking heinous criminal behaviour. I otherwise have nothing against the Hawks, but that's pretty awful. 1 Canadian team in the Top 10. Have the Canucks moved up once since this new draft lottery was instituted? I guess at the very least, Bedard goes to a hockey city and not some beachfront community where hockey is the 5th most popular sport. I hate when those places beat a team that actually has a fanbase. I can live with American teams winning the Cup to an extent, as long as it's a market where they actually care about hockey and it's not just another excuse for college kids to drink and party. If Florida lost both their hockey franchises, the only people who would care would be the employees. They have other sports that Floridians actually care about. That's fine, but I hate when they're catered to at the expense of teams in markets where the fans actually care. Seattle has been in the league about a year and they deserve a Cup more than Florida because people in the Pacific Northwest actually care about hockey. They don't just get interested when the team is doing well and the tickets are cheaper than the NFL or NBA.

Must say. Not a big fan of this lottery thing. But that being said, glad the Hawks got it. Especially now that the management team that saw fit to hush up allegations of abuse by a 5'8" video coach on a 6'2" power forward? They are all fired. By the way...that power forward? He was of consenting age and had 30 pounds on his 'abuser'.

Glad it wasn't Montreal or Detroit. I'm OK with Chicago winning the lottery.

Kane traded ,Toews leaving this year go figure boom Chicago gets #1 #RIGGED

Let's gooo!! We're getting Corner!!

poor bedard, forced to play in chiraq. if thats not bad enough he grew up in vancouver during the nasty rivalry between the hawks n canucks.

Such BS, nice to see the league doesn't punish the franchises sexual abuse by their coaches.

Let's go😂