Blackhawks win NHL draft lottery, get to pick Connor Bedard

The Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery Monday night and with it the right to select Connor Bedard, potentially franchise-altering player, with the first pick.

SECAUCUS, N.J. — SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks won the draft lottery Monday night and with it the right to select Connor Bedard with the first pick, parlaying one of their worst seasons in decades into a potentially franchise-altering player.

It’s the second time the Blackhawks have won the lottery in the past two decades, and the previous victory in 2007 netted them Patrick Kane, who helped them win the Stanley Cup three times between 2010 and 2015. Bedard

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