2025 Winnipeg Jets Draft Recap
Round 1 | Pick 28 | 28 Overall
Sascha Boumedienne – Defence
Born: Jan. 17, 2007 – Stockholm, Sweden
Height: 6.02 – Weight: 183 – Shoots: L
Boumedienne, 18, tallied 13 points (3G, 10A) in 40 games with Boston University as the youngest player in NCAA hockey during the 2024-25 campaign. The Stockholm, Sweden product was named to the 2024-25 Hockey East All-Academic Team. Prior to skating in the collegiate ranks, Boumedienne posted 27 points (3G, 24A) in 49 games with the Youngstown Phantoms and was named to the 2023-24 USHL All-Rookie Team.
Internationally, Boumedienne was named the Best Defenceman at the 2025 IIHF World U18 Championship where he captured a silver medal with Team Sweden. Boumedienne set a record for points by a defenceman at the tournament with 14 points (1G, 13A) in seven games, leading all players in assists. He also won a bronze medal at the 2024 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup.
Sascha Boumedienne Player Stats (Courtesy of Elite Prospects)
Round 3 | Pick 28 | 92 Overall
Owen Martin – Forward
Born: May 11, 2007 -- Oakbank, Man
Height: 6.00 – Weight: 185 – Shoots: R
Martin, 18, scored 34 points (13G, 21A) in 39 games with the Spokane Chiefs of the WHL during the 2024-25 season, a 10-point improvement from his 54-game mark in 2023-24. The Oakbank, Man. product contributed a further 12 points (6G, 6A) in 20 postseason games to help Spokane reach the WHL Final. Martin has appeared in 94 career WHL games with Spokane, recording 58 points (27G, 31A). Martin played his minor hockey with the Eastman Selects and Rink Hockey Academy in Manitoba.
Jets Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Hillier on Martin: "He’s an intriguing player for us. He has pretty good size. Really good skater, has some skill, but has a good, smart two-way game. Coached by Brad Lauer in Spokane, so he has good development there. He had a really strong playoff this season. We expect those offensive numbers to even pop more next year. A really solid two-way guy"
Round 5 | Pick 28 | 156 Overall
Viktor Klingsell – Forward
Born: Feb. 10, 2007 -- Järfälla, Sweden
Height: 5.10 – Weight: 187 – Shoots: L
Klingsell, 18, tallied 39 points (17G, 22A) in 43 games with Skellefteå AIK in the J20 Nationell ranks, and skated in three games with Skellefteå in the SHL during the 2024-25 season. He also recorded 11 points (7G, 4A) in nine playoff games as Skelleftå took the J20 silver medal. Internationally, the Järfälla, Sweden native accumulated 42 points (17G, 25A) in 29 games at the U18 level. That mark included eight points (2G, 7A) in seven games while winning a silver medal with Team Sweden at the 2025 IIHF World U18 Championship in the spring. Klingsell also led the 2024 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup with 12 points (4G, 8A) as Sweden captured bronze, and added a silver medal at the 2024 World Junior-A Hockey Challenge.
Hillier on Klingsell: "He’s a well-known player. He’s not the biggest guy in the world at 5’10”. We met him at the Combine and he has a real solid frame on him. He’s a thick and solid 5’10”. He can really skate, he has really good speed. He played in all the international tournaments this year with the under-18 team. He plays in a really good program at Skelleftea. He has good offensive upside, he has some grit to his game, he’s a dog on a bone on pucks. He’s a nice player."
Round 6 | Pick 28 | 188 Overall
Edison Engle – Defence
Born: Feb. 15, 2007 -- Arlington Heights, Ill
Height: 6.02 – Weight: 174 – Shoots: L
Boumedienne, 18, tallied 13 points (3G, 10A) in 40 games with Boston University as the youngest player in NCAA hockey during the 2024-25 campaign. The Stockholm, Sweden product was named to the 2024-25 Hockey East All-Academic Team. Prior to skating in the collegiate ranks, Boumedienne posted 27 points (3G, 24A) in 49 games with the Youngstown Phantoms and was named to the 2023-24 USHL All-Rookie Team.
Hillier on Engle: "Played in Dubuque. He’ll go to Brantford next year and then on to Ohio State at some point. Using our analytics a little bit, too, he’s one of the best skaters that we thought was in the draft. So it’s a good opportunity for us to take him late. We think there’s more offensive ability to come from him in the future. But we’re really, sort of like Boumedienne, he really gets back to pucks quickly, separates from the forecheck and moves the puck quick. We think if he can add a little to his offensive game in the future, we’ve got a pretty good value pick there.”
Round 7 | Pick 28 | 220 Overall
Jacob Cloutier – Forward
Born: March 22, 2007 -- Ottawa, Ont
Height: 5.10 – Weight: 171 – Shoots: R
Cloutier, 18, suited up in 67 games with the Saginaw Spirit of the OHL this past season, scoring 47 points (23G, 24A) and posting a plus-15 rating. The Ottawa, Ont. native was named to the OHL’s Second All-Rookie Team.Cloutier spent the bulk of the 2023-24 campaign in the GOJHL, notching 31 points (11G, 20A) with the Chatham Maroons, while also mixing in a goal in four games with Saginaw.
Hillier on Cloutier: “Similar to Klingsell, there’s lots of speed to his game, lots of quickness and lots of skill. And he competes. He’s 5-foot-10, but he plays bigger than his size. We like that pick there too.”