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

The top Swedish prospect in the 2007 age group, Frondell dominated at the J20 level two years ago and excelled internationally at the World Junior A Challenge, the world under-17s and particularly the U18 Five Nations (both last year’s, when he was dominant as an underager, and this year’s in Helsinki). He struggled to create offense at this year’s U18 worlds, though, and while he arrived late and was coming off a run to SHL promotion with Djurgården and dealing with jet lag, his final showing was a disappointing one. He looked as if he belonged with the Djurgården pro team in the second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan as a 16-year-old before hurting his foot in late February and later his knee (which required surgery), two injuries that combined to keep him out for most of 2023-24 and the start of last season. After jumping back into the men’s team’s lineup in limited minutes right away last year, Frondell looked early on last season at both the pro and junior level like he was still finding his game, pace and conditioning. He really stood out over the final few months, though, before playing a bit of a lesser role in the playoffs, with a couple of four-point games in Allsvenskan and that aforementioned second standout showing at Five Nations that included a two-goal, three-point game against USA (though he also had a mediocre Five Nations mixed in with his mediocre U18 worlds). All told, it was a bit of a mixed bag for Frondell this year, with some real highs (two or three months of excellent play against men) and some real lows. His HockeyAllsvenskan production was very strong in a historical context; on the whole, it should be noted, producing in line with names such as William Nylander and David Pastrnak at the same age.

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