As an NHL sophomore, Bedard looks more determined and responsible defensively, and he's also trusting he'll get the puck back when he passes it off.

It’s one thing to put up a bunch of points next to a player of Bedard’s caliber. It’s quite another to drive your own line.

TJ Brodie felt like he had travelled back in time. It was, as the former Calgary Flames defenceman described it, “sort of deja vu for me.” As Brodie and his Chicago Blackhawks teammates emerged Monday from the locker-room area at WinSport’s Markin MacPhail Centre,