His projected first round starts with Toronto taking Gavin McKenna, San Jose Chase Reid, Vancouver Caleb Malhotra and Chicago Ivar Stenberg after Tuesday's lottery.
Wheeler said he built the mock by texting agents, scouts and team staff, weighing team needs, organisational preferences, consensus views and likely contingencies for each pick.
He plans two more mock drafts before draft night, one around the combine and another in the week of the draft, as he finalises his top-100 board.
Is Gavin McKenna's elite skill worth the top pick, or do his defensive flaws make another prospect a smarter choice?
How will the NHL combine impact prospects whose physical readiness is already being questioned?
Which projected late first-round pick has the underlying analytics to become this draft's biggest steal?