2025 NHL Draft
Kashawn Aitcheson in the 2025 NHL Draft
New York Islanders selected Kashawn Aitcheson 17th overall in the 2025 NHL Draft.
It was the third of the 9 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2025, 10 have played in the NHL regular season. Kashawn Aitcheson is still waiting for his debut.
- Overall pick
- 17
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 17
- Drafting team
- NYINew York Islanders
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 14–20 in the 2025 draft
- 14Jackson SmithDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 15Braeden CootesC3 GP · 0 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 16Victor EklundR16 GP · 8 PNYINew York Islanders
- 17Kashawn AitchesonDNo NHL gamesNYINew York Islanders
- 18Cole ReschnyCCGYCalgary Flames
- 19Justin CarbonneauRSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 20Pyotr AndreyanovGCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2025 class
17th
of 224 players selected
4th
of 69 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Matthew SchaeferD97 GP · 74 PNYINew York Islanders
- 2Michael MisaC63 GP · 30 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3Anton FrondellC29 GP · 17 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Caleb DesnoyersCUTAUtah Mammoth
- 5Brady MartinC3 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 6Porter MartoneR27 GP · 18 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 7James HagensC19 GP · 13 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Jake O'BrienCNo NHL gamesSEASeattle Kraken
- 9Radim MrtkaDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 10Roger McQueenC12 GP · 2 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 214 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Kashawn Aitcheson has not played an NHL game yet.
The team's draft
New York Islanders picks in the 2025 draft
- 1Matthew SchaeferD97 GP · 74 PNYINew York Islanders
- 16Victor EklundR16 GP · 8 PNYINew York Islanders
- 17Kashawn AitchesonDNo NHL gamesNYINew York Islanders
- 42Daniil ProkhorovRNYINew York Islanders
- 74Luca RomanoCNYINew York Islanders
- 106Tomas PoletinLNYINew York Islanders
- 138Sam LaurilaDNYINew York Islanders
- 170Burke HoodGNYINew York Islanders
- 202Jacob KvasnickaRNYINew York Islanders