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

O’Brien was the OHL’s Rookie of the Year two seasons ago after playing to above a point per game and leading all rookies in points and assists. He didn’t grab me in repeat live viewings in the OHL that year and early on last season to start his draft year, but he really took off as the year went on and sold me in the second two-thirds of it. He created a lot for the Bulldogs and drove his line (while not playing with OHL leading goal scorer Nick Lardis at five-on-five, and without his usual running mate of Marek Vanacker until the end of November). He was a little quiet at two separate tournaments for Hockey Canada, but he was definitely a little snakebitten in his scoreless Hlinka last summer and didn’t play the typical top-six role he has in the OHL. He nearly broke 100 points by year’s end, finishing with 98. He then had 11 points in 11 playoff games and played a lot for the Bulldogs in their final four games after Lardis went down with an injury.

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