Top NHL Rookies: Schaefer, Celebrini, Bedard Shine

0:00The New York Islanders grabbed Matthew Schaeffer as the number one overall pick in the 2025 NHL draft and the young Defenceman lit it up in his rookie season with 23 goals and 36 assists tying the record for most goals by a rookie blue liner Maclin Celebrini went number one to the San Jose Sharks in 2024 after a monster college year then dropped 25 goals and 38 assists as a pro landing third and called her trophy voting and making the all-Ricky team Conor Bedard exploded for the Chicago Blackhawks after their number one selection in 2023 Snagging the calder as rookie of the year with 22 goals 39 assists and 61 points despite missing 14 games to injury. He's now the second youngest ever to lead rookies in all three stats Jarosh Lovkovsky the first Slovak-born player take a number one by Montreal in 2022 had a modest start with four goals and six assists in 39 games showing the ups and downs these top picks face right away

1:03Owen Power joined Buffalo as the 2021 top choice posting two goals and an assist in eight late-season games that year Then dominated as a rookie defenseman the next with 35 points to lead all newbies and earn all rookie honors Proving patients pays off for these franchise cornerstones local news powered by AI This is California News today. I'm Corey with the story