While we have seen players in their draft year rise and fall, like how we saw
Shane Wright go from the projected first overall pick for 2 years, drop to 4th on draft night, the only player projected to compete with Bedard right now is Russian born
Matvei Michkov. Unfortuantely though for Michkov, he is start his draft year with an injury and also comes with a bit of baggage as he is signed with his KHL team for a few more seasons, so an NHL team would not be able to have him on their roster for a few years.