Ethan

But they've got a little bit of juice.

And we've just been looking for something, any signs of life from Chicago for the last few years.

And we haven't really seen it.

And you're starting to see it now with Nazar and Bedard.

Both have six points through five games.

And Nazar really looks like...

like opening night I was more impressed with Nazar than I was with Bedard and that's not to say that I wasn't impressed with Conor Bedard because he has a little extra you know jump in his skates this year he looks a little quicker moving up and down the ice his distribution has been really impressive I think this is the Conor Bedard year I think this is kind of the year where he rises to that level that we all kind of expect from him Nazar got paid in the offseason

Not only that, he got invited to the early showcase for the U.S.

Olympic team.

I think there's a solid chance.

I don't think he'll make the team, but he's going to hang around and give them something to think about.

He is a future piece for sure on Team USA.

I really like this team.

I like what they're putting together.

So there's going to be a lot of growing pains.

Don't get me wrong.

And they're going to struggle this year.

Like I said, they won't be anywhere near the playoffs.

But I think we're finally starting to see the signs of life from Chicago that this rebuild is going in the right direction.

And there's going to be something here in a couple of years.