Controversy Emerges For The Chicago Blackhawks As Luke Richardson Plans To Bench Connor Bedard

«I think he's been skating well and he's starting to get certain aspects of the game away from the puck. He's obviously really good with the puck, but line matching at home probably plays a role in that. not really watching his minutes too much. I think I threw him out once or twice to fill in a role when Reese [Johnson] was out for a shift in the penalty box and stuff like that, I think also games when they're close and we have the lead, I think we've been using guys like Dickinson's line and Tyler Johnson and [Philipp] Kurashev, guys like that who have more experience to play in a 5-on-6 situation at this level. He's not probably going to be part of that equation yet, but he's a great player and he has a good hand-eye coordination with stick abilities that at some point, we'd like him to be involved in that. but right now, that probably plays into ice time as well at the end of the game.»