Inside Wheeler’s Shocking Summer 2025 NHL Prospect Rankings: Who’s the True Future Star?
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SEA
2022
Tier 5
RW
Parascak was a fourth-round pick in the WHL Bantam Draft who played at Edge School in his 16-year-old season and went scoreless in five WHL games before bursting onto the scene in his draft year, quickly climbing the lists of NHL scouts. He broke 40 goals and 100 points and finished top 10 in the WHL in goals, assists and points while also finishing tied for second in short-handed points with eight. He also had a respectable playoffs for the Cougars, producing over a point per game to finish his draft year. And while he certainly benefited from playing primarily on a line with veterans Ondrej Becher (drafted as an overager by the Red Wings) and Zac Funk (the league’s goal-scoring leader who has since signed with the Capitals), he fit in perfectly with Funk’s power-scoring game and Becher’s playmaking. Last year, after both of those players turned pro, Parascak continued to produce as well, though not quite at the same clip, finishing with 92 points in 66 combined regular-season and playoff games (second on the Cougars in scoring to the next name on this list).
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