Chicago Blackhawks’ Connor Bedard and Toronto Maple Leafs’ Fraser Minten were bantam hockey mates, now they’re opponents

TORONTO — Days before the NHL draft this summer, Fraser Minten was in Europe preparing for another season with the Western Hockey League’s Kamloops Blazers. His longtime friend, Connor Bedard, was getting ready to be selected No. 1 overall in the NHL draft. At the time, Minten was asked about when he first started playing with Bedard on the 2018-19 West Van bantam hockey team in West Vancouver …