CHICAGO -- Connor Bedard was fresh off the first hat trick of his NHL career, the latest great performance by the Chicago Blackhawks center.

Bedard is all about the Blackhawks, but thoughts on possibly representing Canada in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 in February are always there.

“Of course, if that's something that I get to do, that would be unbelievable, and I would do anything to be on that team,” the center said after Chicago's 7-3 win against the Ottawa Senators at United Center on Tuesday. “But I'm trying to take things day by day and have fun playing in the NHL and trying to grow as a team and win hockey games and do everything I can to play my best hockey. In the end, that'll be what puts me in a spot to make it.”

Indeed, if Bedard keeps up at this pace, it

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