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Scott Stinson: Connor Bedard puts on a show, and NHL teams get their tanking strategies ready

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Scott Stinson: Connor Bedard puts on a show, and NHL teams get their tanking strategies ready

Bedard has been playing well at the World Junior Championship. He has 21 points in five games, including 13 in consecutive blowout wins against Germany and Austria. Arizona Coyotes are currently fifth-worst in the NHL and have only 8.5% chance of winning the top pick in a lottery. Arizona won the lottery in 2015 and took Connor McDavid. Buffalo Sabres and Arizona were tanking in hopes of getting McDevid. They finished second-last last year. The Coyotes were jumped by Edmonton in lottery and they got Jack Eichel. It's a cautionary tale for teams hoping for the next phenomenal Connor.

Scott Stinson reports Connor Bedard puts on a show. NHL teams get their tanking strategies ready.

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