Ville Siren and Trevor Timmins Break Down the Blue Jackets Picks in the 2025 NHL Draft! https://www.rawchili.com/4360475/ #BlueJackets #cbj #ColumbusBlueJackets #ColumbusBlueJacketsDraft #ColumbusOhio #ColumbusBlueJackets #DonWaddell #hockey #JacksonSmith #LosAngelesCalifornia #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #NhlDraft2025 #TrevorTimmins #VilleSiren

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Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell Recaps the 2025 NHL Draft! 🏒 https://www.rawchili.com/4360033/ #2025NHLDraft #BlueJackets #BlueJacketsGeneralManager #cbj #ColumbusBlueJackets #ColumbusBlueJacketsNHLDraft #ColumbusBlueJackets #DonWaddell #hockey #JacksonSmith #LosAngeles #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #NhlDraft #PyotrAndreyanov

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Per the Blue Jackets, all six players drafted this weekend will attend #CBJ development camp next week - July 2/5 - in Nationwide Arena.

Also, expected Cayden Lindstrom, the No. 4 overall pick in 2024.

The Athletic: #CBJ delight in their big board fortune, add 4 more on NHL draft’s second day
GM Don Waddell says first 3 picks - Jackson Smith (No. 14), Pyotr Andreyanov (20), and Malte Vass (76) - were among Blue Jackets’ top 14 players in entire draft.
https://nytimes.com/athletic/64596…

We got exactly who we wanted!

Don Waddell says we were able to get 3 of our top 14 players. Hear more from him after selecting 6 new players in this year's draft!

📺 https://cbj.co/waddell-tw-day2

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That's a wrap on the 2025 NHL Draft! 🎉

After 2 days, we've selected 6 new players, including 2 first-round picks!

Full details ➡️ http://cbj.co/release-tw-062…

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Day Two Of The NHL Draft: Blue Jackets Trade Up For Malte Vass, Add Postseason Goals Leader Griffin
https://www.1stohiobattery.com/columbus-blue-jackets-news/2025/06/9419/day-two-of-the-nhl-draft-blue-jackets

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On day two of the NHL draft, the #CBJ traded up to take defenseman Malte Vass, then added Owen Griffin — the OHL's leading goal scorer in the playoffs — in round five. https://1stohiobattery.com/columbus-blue-…

#CBJ GM Don Waddell just said - and later confirmed - that the first three players they selected were among the top 14 in their overall list.

No. 14 Jackson Smith
No. 20 Pyotr Andreyanov
No. 76 Malte Vass

Columbus traded their two 7th-round picks (Nos. 205 and 218) to Seattle to move up to No. 198.

With that pick, Columbus drafted center Jeremy Loranger.

Loranger won the BCHL scoring title and was named Rookie of the Year and MVP. #CBJ

#CBJ do not presently have any remaining picks, so unless they opt to trade back into the seventh round, it would appear their 2025 draft is complete.

And #CBJ are back on the clock. They've traded with #SeaKraken to acquire the No. 198 pick.

#CBJ selects C Jeremy Loranger with the No. 198 pick. He's a 5-9, 161-pound center.

#CBJ traded their two later picks this round — 205, 218 — for this pick. #SeaKraken

With their sixth-round selection (173rd overall), the #CBJ pick Victor Raftheim.

Another big defenseman from Sweden. Raftheim is 6'4", 185lbs. Not a big scorer — just one goal and three assists in 34 games — but plays a quick, active game and has a lot of raw talent.

With the No. 173 overall pick, #CBJ select D Victor Raftheim from Brynas of Sweden. He's 6-4, 181 pounds.

#CBJ pick Owen Griffin had 22-29-51 in 62 games with Oshawa (OHL) during regular season, then launched in playoffs: 16-13-29 in 21 games.

Griffin led OHL in post season goals (16) and was 6th in points (29). One player ahead of him? #CBJ pick Luca Martello (6-30-36 in 21 games.

#CBJ GM Don Waddell has now made 10 draft picks for the Blue Jackets. Owen Griffin is the only player shorter than 6-feet tall.

With the last pick of the 5th round, No. 160 overall, #CBJ select Owen Griffin (OHL Oshawa). A 5-10, 160 pound center.

So completes the trade on Thursday that sent Daniil Tarasov to the #TimeToHunt Panthers. Tarasov for Griffin.