The comparisons are natural, but Maddox Schultz doesn’t see the need to be the second coming of Connor Bedard.

While the newest potential Regina Pats star has oodles of respect for the famous graduate of his WHL team, Schultz won’t be trying to put himself in Bedard’s skates in his rookie season.

“He can play an unbelievable offensive game. I think I’m there to support the d-men and help in my own zone, but to also attack as well. I think we’re two different players,” the well-spoken Schultz, 15, said in an interview earlier this summer.

Schultz, who is represented by the same agency/advisory group that looks after Bedard’s business, was picked first overall by his hometown Pats in the WHL Draft five years after Regina took the current Chicago Blackhawks star in the same spot. Bedard ta

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