Inside Wheeler’s Shocking Summer 2025 NHL Prospect Rankings: Who’s the True Future Star?

In his draft year, Demidov’s play during the MHL playoffs (which ended due to a lower-body injury just prior to SKA winning the championship) crystallized him behind Macklin Celebrini as the No. 2 prospect in the 2024 NHL Draft for me. In his post-draft season, his play with SKA in the KHL did the same for him as one of the top prospects — period — in the game for me. He has brilliant individual talent but I’ve also heard good things about his work ethic on and off the ice, he’s in great shape (an athletic 6-foot-0.5 and 190ish pounds) and he has developed some layers to his game so that he’s not a one-trick pony as a dancing offensive-zone player (he played to excellent two-way results for a winger in the KHL last season, too).

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