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2025 NHL Draft

Malte Vass in the 2025 NHL Draft

Columbus Blue Jackets selected Malte Vass 76th overall in the 2025 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 3.

He was the eleventh of the 30 Swedes selected that year. It was the third of the 6 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2025, 10 have played in the NHL regular season. Malte Vass is still waiting for his debut.

Overall pick
76
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 12
Drafting team
CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 73–79 in the 2025 draft

  1. 73Charlton TretheweyDPIT
  2. 74Luca RomanoCNYI
  3. 75Michal PradelGDET
  4. 76Malte VassDNo NHL gamesCBJ
  5. 77Francesco Dell'elceDCOL
  6. 78Stepan HochLUTA
  7. 79Cooper SimpsonLBOS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2025 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2025 class

11th
of 30 Swedes selected
23rd
of 69 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Swedes selected

  1. 3Anton FrondellC28 GP · 17 PCHI
  2. 16Victor EklundR15 GP · 6 PNYI
  3. 28Sascha BoumedienneDWPG
  4. 37Milton GästrinCNo NHL gamesWSH
  5. 44Eddie GenborgRNo NHL gamesDET
  6. 45Eric NilsonCANA
  7. 52Theodor HallquisthDNo NHL gamesMIN
  8. 54Theo StockseliusCNo NHL gamesCGY
  9. 55Jakob Ihs WozniakRVGK
  10. 61Liam PetterssonDNo NHL gamesBOS

+ 20 more

Every Swede in the 2025 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Malte Vass has not played an NHL game yet.

The team's draft

Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2025 draft

  1. 14Jackson SmithDCBJ
  2. 20Pyotr AndreyanovGCBJ
  3. 76Malte VassDNo NHL gamesCBJ
  4. 160Owen GriffinCCBJ
  5. 173Victor Hedin RaftheimDNo NHL gamesCBJ
  6. 198Jeremy LorangerCCBJ