Defense · BUF · OHL

David Bedkowski

Age: 19
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 221 lb
Shoots: R
Drafted: 2025, round 3, 71st overall
Born: CAN

2026-27: OHL · Ottawa 67's
Games: 8
Goals: 0
Assists: 2
Points: 2

Prospect score · 2026-27

71/100

Projectable

261st of 1,160 prospects in the NHLnew

8th in the BUF system · 3rd among its defensemen

+0.6WAR a season if he sticks

Outlook

NHL odds18%Becomes a full-time NHL player — 200 games by 26

Impact odds9%Better than the typical NHL regular among defensemen

Arrival—Too unlikely to stick for an arrival year to mean much

WAR a season if he sticks

+0.0+0.6+1.4Low, middle and high outcomes among his comparables who became regulars

Of the 10 players most like him at the same point in their development, 0 became full-time NHL players.

Development

His scoring, converted to an NHL equivalent, against every player his age and position that season. Zero is the average player his age; the band is where his comparables were at each age.

HimMiddle half of his comps at that ageAverage player his age

Comparables

Past prospects at the same position and the same stage after their draft, matched on draft slot, age, size and league-adjusted production. What they became is already known. The outcome is judged at 26: 200 NHL games by then makes a regular.

#	Player	Match	NHL GP by 26	Career NHL GP	Outcome	WAR a season
1	Stephen Johns2010 · #60 · at 19	59%	150	167	Did not stick	—
2	Michael Paliotta2011 · #70 · at 19	57%	2	2	Did not stick	—
3	Julian Melchiori2010 · #87 · at 19	54%	30	30	Did not stick	—
4	Alexander Peters2014 · #75 · at 19	51%	0	0	Did not stick	—
5	Ryan Collins2014 · #47 · at 19	51%	0	0	Did not stick	—
6	Jani Hakanpää2010 · #104 · at 19	50%	0	290	Regular after 26	—
7	Tobias Geisser2017 · #120 · at 19	50%	0	0	Did not stick	—
8	Corey Fienhage2008 · #81 · at 19	50%	0	0	Did not stick	—
9	Isaac MacLeod2010 · #136 · at 19	49%	0	0	Did not stick	—
10	Andrey Pedan2011 · #63 · at 19	49%	13	13	Did not stick	—

Season by season

Season	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2026-27OHL · Ottawa 67's	8	0	2	2	12
2025-26OHL · Owen Sound Attack	38	2	15	17	58
2024-25OHL · Oshawa Generals	37	3	4	7	73
2023-24OHL · Oshawa Generals	68	2	10	12	48
2022-23WHC-17 · Canada Red U17	7	0	2	2	4
2022-23OHL · Oshawa Generals	55	2	3	5	14
2021-22ETAHL U16 · Richmond Hill Coyotes U16 AAA	28	10	8	18	38

The prospect score is a percentile of his expected outcome among every prospect in the league: the chance he becomes a regular, times how good his comparables who did became against others at their position. A player who never sticks counts as zero, which is why a long shot with a high ceiling can rank below a safe bet. All Sabres prospects · How the rankings work