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

Because of his October birthday and advanced game and size, I’ve seen a lot of Martone live (in Switzerland and Finland for two under-18 worlds, in Mississauga and Brampton over three years in the OHL instead of two pre-draft, in Plymouth for the World Junior Summer Showcase, in London and Oshawa for the CHL-USA Prospects Challenge, in Brantford for the OHL Top Prospects Game, in Ottawa for selection camp for the World Juniors and then the tournament, etc.). Entering his draft year, Martone already had a ton of prestige. He’d already scored 33 goals in the OHL as the Steelheads’ second-leading scorer. He’d already captained Canada to gold with 23 points in 14 combined games across two U18s. Then he got off to one of the hottest starts in the OHL in his draft year and scored the overtime winner at the OHL Top Prospects Game. He played a limited role at the World Juniors and had a limited impact early in the tournament, though, and some started to wonder whether his average pace/skating is a potential limiter to a game that otherwise looks like it has NHL star potential as a highly skilled modern power forward. His production also leveled out a little as the season went on, though he still finished with 98 points in 57 games (a 117-point, 68-game pace) and, for me, was the Steelheads’ best player in their first-round loss to Oshawa, winning his minutes.

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