2025 NHL Draft
Jake O'Brien in the 2025 NHL Draft
Seattle Kraken selected Jake O'Brien 8th overall in the 2025 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 6 picks Seattle Kraken made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2025, 10 have played in the NHL regular season. Jake O'Brien is still waiting for his debut.
- Overall pick
- 8
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 8
- Drafting team
- SEASeattle Kraken
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 5–11 in the 2025 draft
- 5Brady MartinC3 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 6Porter MartoneR29 GP · 18 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 7James HagensC19 GP · 13 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Jake O'BrienCNo NHL gamesSEASeattle Kraken
- 9Radim MrtkaDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 10Roger McQueenC13 GP · 3 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 11Ben KindelC92 GP · 42 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2025 class
8th
of 224 players selected
7th
of 131 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Matthew SchaeferD99 GP · 76 PNYINew York Islanders
- 2Michael MisaC65 GP · 31 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3Anton FrondellC30 GP · 17 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Caleb DesnoyersCUTAUtah Mammoth
- 5Brady MartinC3 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 6Porter MartoneR29 GP · 18 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 7James HagensC19 GP · 13 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Jake O'BrienCNo NHL gamesSEASeattle Kraken
- 9Radim MrtkaDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 10Roger McQueenC13 GP · 3 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 214 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jake O'Brien has not played an NHL game yet.
The team's draft
Seattle Kraken picks in the 2025 draft
- 8Jake O'BrienCNo NHL gamesSEASeattle Kraken
- 36Blake FiddlerDSEASeattle Kraken
- 68Will ReynoldsDSEASeattle Kraken
- 134Maxim AgafonovDSEASeattle Kraken
- 205Karl AnnbornDNo NHL gamesSEASeattle Kraken
- 218Loke KrantzRNo NHL gamesSEASeattle Kraken