{"id":220868,"date":"2026-01-05T02:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/220868\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T02:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:17:10","slug":"nfl-legend-brady-shouts-out-schaefer-as-future-star-in-nhl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/220868\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL legend Brady shouts out Schaefer as future star in NHL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regardless if there is an impending nobull deal for his favorite rookie, it was a big hockey weekend for Brady, who made an appearance at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/topic\/short-shifts\/tom-brady-stanley-cup-2026-winter-classic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 Discover NHL Winter Classic in Miami on Saturday<\/a> and hung out with the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Schaefer, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, also had a pretty big weekend, scoring the overtime winner against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. He has had a stellar rookie season for the Islanders so far, scoring 28 points (12 goals, 16 assists) in 42 games, earning the high praise from Brady.<\/p>\n<p>Schaefer has already made some history in the League, becoming the youngest defenseman ever to reach the 25-point mark, the youngest defenseman to score multiple goals in a game and beginning his career with a five-game points streak, the second longest to start a career in NHL history. Schaefer&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/matthew-schaefer-immediate-impact-for-ny-islanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NHL EDGE stats<\/a> are also pretty eye-popping.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s no wonder Brady, who proved he knew how to anticipate things during his incredible football career, likes what he sees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regardless if there is an impending nobull deal for his favorite rookie, it was a big hockey weekend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-220868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}