Inside Wheeler’s Shocking Summer 2025 NHL Prospect Rankings: Who’s the True Future Star?
The big question with Dvorsky for a while was whether or not he’d be a center or a winger long-term. After noticeably adding some muscle and a little more speed (his skating still isn’t a strength, but he works), I think he has a real chance to stick down the middle if he can continue to add a bit of pace. He has the roundedness, the defensive awareness and positioning, the habits and the stick detail already. He’s strong in the faceoff circle, too.
He uses his body to gain inside positioning on defenders and shields pucks from defenders extremely impressively. I don’t think his skating is prohibitive. He has shown more fire and competitiveness as he has developed. His gifts in control of the puck are real — I actually found it weird he was cast as a high-floor 200-foot player as his draft year progressed because while his energy and detail are certainly strengths, I see legitimate finesse skills, point-production upside and power-play tools. He can run the wall or the point on the PP, effortlessly picking coverage apart and feathering pucks through seams. He has excellent touch and weight on his passes (he’s a great saucer passer off his forehand and backhand in particular) and does a beautiful job waiting for lanes to open. He trusts his one-timer (a legitimate weapon) and his wrister from mid-range. He has quick hands and instincts, with standout puck control and shading — and he uses them to take pucks to the middle. I like him in give-and-gos and in individual attacking sequences inside the offensive zone.
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