Inside Wheeler’s Shocking Summer 2025 NHL Prospect Rankings: Who’s the True Future Star?
PHI
2024
Tier 4
C
2024
Tier 4
C
He’s a very well-rounded and projectable winger. He’s an October birthday with a pro frame who played to above a point per game at the junior level and scored his first pro goal in HockeyAllsvenskan three seasons ago. If not for knee surgery in March 2023, he might have played for Norway’s senior national team at men’s worlds before his draft year had even started. He then got back in time for his draft year and got off to an excellent start, registering nine points in his first three J20 games and quickly establishing himself back with the pro club, building as the season progressed toward a standout postseason that saw him register 10 points in 12 playoff games at Sweden’s second-rung pro level. Last year, he played on loan with the reigning SHL champs in Sweden’s top flight, averaging 14-15 minutes per game and contributing at five-on-five and on the power play. Over the last two years, he has also been really solid for the Norwegian men’s national team, which has included nine points in 12 games at men’s worlds, two goals in three Olympic qualifying games and a four-goal game in a men’s worlds tuneup against Denmark. His numbers didn’t pop in the SHL, and he only scored one goal at the Division 1A World Juniors for Norway, but he did lead the entire tournament in shots on goal with 25 in five games, so I’m not reading into it too much. After coming over to the AHL in the spring, he looked solid in Grand Rapids when I reviewed his tape for this as well.
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