Did the NHL Make A Mistake By "Hiding" Connor Bedard from the Media?

"The Leafs did it for Matthews entire first season, it's pretty smart I think."

"Not silly, keeping him away from pathetic Toronto media and answering their idiotic questions makes perfect sense."

"What's the matter old Stevie? Mad you couldn't ask a passive aggressive d--k head question?" - Responses on X

"I covered hundreds of games Wayne Gretzky played, especially early in his career, and no one ever hid him from the cameras, even when he had nothing to say. I covered Mario Lemieux's rookie appearance in the NHL all-star game, where he won the MVP, and much as Lemieux would have loved to have spent his entire career never doing a single interview, he came to the podium that day. My first exposure to Sidney Crosby in any meaningful way came at the Memorial Cup in London, Ont. He only did interviews in days ending in Y...."

"Bedard doesn't seem fazed by it. The Blackhawks need to be less fazed themselves. There are times and places to hide Bedard after a win. Toronto on Monday wasn't one of them." - Steve Simmons

My column on Connor Bedard's first NHL trip to Toronto and the silly hiding of the superstar on the way.