Inside Wheeler’s Shocking Summer 2025 NHL Prospect Rankings: Who’s the True Future Star?
When L’Heureux plays within himself, he’s a powerful, talented, heavyset winger who is a lot to handle and difficult to knock off the puck. His stride can look a little choppy, but he’s strong through his pushes to attack defenders, and then he has the dexterity to play through sticks and feet as well as the shot to score (when he leans into his snap shot, it really whips off his stick quickly). When he’s ramped up and engaged, he’s a pesky, physical, hard-on pucks winger who can barrel at, or through, opponents to the middle third of the ice, win back possession on lifts and battles and impose himself on the game. And while he can be his own worst enemy at times, he’s always going to have to walk a fine line. I view him as a hard-to-play-against third-line contributor who gives a line some skill (he’s quite talented) and sandpaper and could move up the lineup to play off skilled linemates in a pinch as well. He also doesn’t have to play in a top-nine role to impact a game and could be an in-your-face fourth-liner (which not a lot of first-rounders have to fall back on). With the right coaching, he has what it takes to be a valuable player for the Predators.
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