His shooting percentage is unsustainably low at 6.1% this season, but it's a small sample so it should bounce a bit. More concerning would be the fact that he is shooting 7.6% over his last 69 games, with only 16 goals, which puts him t-4th on the Hawks in goals in that span. And among guys with >25gp, he's 4th in goals per game, 6th in 5v5 g/60, and 8th total g/60 over that span, behind guys like Katchouk, Blackwell, Donato, Foligno, Kurashev, Dickinson, and Tyler Johnson.
With how weak the Hawks offensive roster has been, and with his extremely generous offensive deployments, Bedard should be lapping his teammates in goal scoring metrics.
That's a larger sample where it starts getting hard to believe he's capable of shooting >15% like other elite goal scorers.
You get the sense that goalies are ready for him. A lot of his shots are coming from the perimeter, and are preceded by him holding the puck for at least 2-3 seconds, so the goalies are set. And the reality is that if NHL goaltenders have an opportunity to get set and have a clean look at a shot from outside the dots, they aren't going to get beat often, no matter how good your shot is.
Bedard has yet to figure out how to consistently get chances around the net, which is made harder by him doing so much primary puck carrying. But he's a smart kid - I think he'll learn how to get to those high danger areas. I think it would help if he was moved to the wing and given an excellent puck transporting center to play with - Reichel, Nazar, and Moore could all fill that role down the road (Reichel is showing signs he could be ready to play that role now).
Good news is that even if he never becomes the elite goal scorer many of us expected, he will still be a very dangerous offensive player because of his outstanding playmaking ability.
