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Darren Raddysh driven to earn NHL contract from Blackhawks

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Darren Raddysh isn’t so sure people respect his game yet.

Even after an OHL season where he put up 81 points in 62 games, was named the league’s top defenseman and continued to elevate his game in the playoffs to help the Erie Otters to win a championship, Raddysh believes people still doubt him, even if he doesn’t doubt himself any longer.

“I didn’t expect to have the season I did,” the 21-year-old Raddysh said on Wednesday. “I think I proved to myself I can play at an elite level and I can put up points the way I did.