Chicago Blackhawks head coach addresses a Connor Bedard move that would be crucial for his game

"Question:
Do you see Bedard and Frank Nazar as centers?

Answer:
"Interestingly, Nazar was late in becoming a center. But I think they both can excel at center. I think they both have the attributes to be really good centers. We have some other centers in the pipeline, including (Anton) Frondell, a guy who has a chance to be a top-couple-line NHL center. We'd love to have more centers than not enough.

I was just watching the 2009 Stanley Cup Final game on the plane the other day on the way home, Game 7, and, you know, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, who I coached as well, both were centers and at times played together. So, there's a lot of things you can do when you have great players."

- Jeff Blashill

"Obviously, Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid do that. I'm not suggesting that I'm going to do that necessarily, but those are options that you have when you have really good players who can certainly play the center-ice position, but can also play together with another center if that's the best way to maximize your team.

Both of them have the attributes to be great centers. We'll continue to help work with them. Part of being a great center is that you have to be a great two-way player, so we'll continue to work with them on that."

- Jeff Blashill