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

Yager has been on the radar in western Canada for a long time, and he has some real pedigree to his profile and cachet to his game to support it, though his numbers never found that true upper echelon in junior. He was the No. 3 pick in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft. He was the CHL Rookie of the Year (with 34 goals). He was an alternate captain and second-leading scorer at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup. He was Canada’s second-leading scorer at the World Juniors as an 18-year-old and their captain and most-used center as a 19-year-old. He was an alternate captain and one of Moose Jaw’s leading scorers for two consecutive seasons, which included centering the first line to a WHL title with 49 goals and 128 points in 81 games split between the regular season, playoffs and Memorial Cup in 2023-2024. And then last year in the final chapter of his junior career, he registered 33 goals and 96 points in 70 games split between Moose Jaw and Lethbridge. He also captained Team Canada as a returnee at the World Juniors.

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