The second day of the NHL draft is under way! Stay up to date on the CBJ picks throughout the day, as Columbus enters with five selections.
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4:31 PM ET: After swapping their two seventh-round picks for Seattle's earlier seventh-rounder, the Blue Jackets have selected Jeremy Loranger 198th overall. Loranger ties a bow on the 2025 CBJ draft class.
Loranger spent the 2024-25 season with the Sherwood Park Crusaders in the BCHL, posting 40-65-105 line that secured him both the BCHL scoring title and league MVP honor. He is a right-shot center that has a lot of creativity in both his playmaking and shooting.
Loranger (5-9, 161) is committed to play college hockey at the University of Nebraska-Omaha next season.
4:27 PM ET: The Blue Jackets have made a trade, acquiring the 198th overall pick (seventh round) from Seattle and sending their two seventh-round picks pick in this draft (205th and 218th overall).
4:05 PM ET: With the 173rd overall pick (sixth round), the Blue Jackets have selected another Swedish defenseman, Victor Hedin Raftheim.
Hedin Raftheim spent the majority of the 2024-25 season with Brynäs IF in the J20 Nationell. In 34 games, the 6-foot-4 defenseman posted one goal and three assists. A two-way defenseman, Hedin Raftheim has the ability to lead the rush and has an active style of play.
- Jane McNally
3:45 PM ET: With the final pick in the fifth round – 160th overall – the Blue Jackets have selected Owen Griffin.
A right-shooting center that has spent the last two seasons with the Oshawa Generals in the OHL, Griffin broke out for 22 goals and 51 points in 62 regular-season games in 2024-25 and had a monster playoff for Oshawa, posting an impressive 29 points in 21 postseason games.
Griffin, a Markham, Ontario native, doesn't letter his smaller stature at 5-10 impede his playmaking ability. He is a relentless two-way center and a dog-on-a-bone player. He can chip in well on offense but is even more confident on the defensive side of the puck. Griffin was ranked No. 70 among North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
- Jane McNally
1:54 PM ET: After trading up for Detroit's 76th overall pick, the Blue Jackets have selected Malte Vass.
Vass, a 6-2½, 195-pound shutdown defenseman from Karlstad, Sweden, posted a 2-9-11 line in 40 games for Färjestad BK in the J20 Nationell. Vass has risen up the ranks of the Swedish junior leagues, culminating in a five-game stint in the SHL this past season.
Vass is not regarded for his point production but for his hard-nosed defensive game. He is a physical force on the blue line and isn't afraid to lay a hit to stop opposing offensive players.
He has committed to play next season at Boston University.
- Jane McNally
1:52 PM ET: The Blue Jackets have made a trade, acquiring the 76th overall pick (third round) from Detroit and sending their fourth-round pick in this draft (109th overall) and a fourth-round pick in the 2026 draft to the Red Wings.
12:20 PM ET: Good afternoon, CBJ fans!
It's bright and early in Los Angeles, but we've moved into the afternoon hours here in Columbus as the second day of the 2025 NHL draft gets under way.
Columbus was busy on day one, adding forwards Charlie Coyle and Miles Wood in a trade before drafting defenseman Jackson Smith (14th overall) and goaltender Pyotr Andreyanov (20th overall).
Day two could be a little slower, as the Blue Jackets didn't have a pick in the second round coming in and traded their third-round pick in the deal with Colorado. Columbus enters the day with picks No. 109 (fourth round), 160 (fifth round), 173 (sixth round), 205 (seventh round) and 218 (seventh round), but you never know what might happen on day two.
Journalism intern Jane McNally and I will be posting updates here throughout the day, so stay tuned!
- Jeff Svoboda
