The Chicago Blackhawks teamed up with the Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes on a monumental three-team trade earlier this week, sending forward Taylor Hall to the Hurricanes and receiving a draft pick in return.

Chicago Blackhawks star Connor Bedard dropped a sincere confession on the NHL blockbuster trade involving teammate Taylor Hall.

The Chicago Blackhawks were the third team involved in Friday's blockbuster Mikko Rantanen trade. They got decent value in exchange for Taylor Hall, but might have impacted Connor Bedard's development in the process.

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Hall was acquired from the Bruins, along with current captain Nick Foligno, on June 26, 2023, to help Bedard, then an 18-year-old rookie, transition to the NHL from the Western Hockey League. Hall had four points (two goals, two assists) in 10 games before having season-ending ACL surgery on his right knee in November 2023.

Young phenom Connor Bedard expressed his surprise and disappointment upon hearing the news that veteran Taylor Hall had been traded from the Chicago Blackhawks.

A frustrated Bedard has had enough and could push the Blackhawks to do something drastic about it. More details below:

Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks never put up a big fight on Monday ... They remain the only team in the NHL that has yet to surpass 30 standing points. This is in spite of the fact that they have more wins than the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators.

Despite registering his 100th career point in the NHL, Chicago Blackhawks star Connor Bedard voiced a very frustrating statement to interim coach Anders Sorensen and his teammates.

Rantanen is one of the NHL’s top playoff performers; he ranks fourth among active players in career playoff points per game (1.25) behind Edmonton Oilers forwards Connor McDavid (1.58), Leon Draisaitl (1.46) and his now former teammate MacKinnon (1.30) and helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup in 2022.

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