2025 NHL Draft
Milton Gästrin in the 2025 NHL Draft
Washington Capitals selected Milton Gästrin 37th overall in the 2025 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 2.
He was the fourth of the 30 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 5 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2025, 10 have played in the NHL regular season. Milton Gästrin is still waiting for his debut.
- Overall pick
- 37
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 5
- Drafting team
- WSHWashington Capitals
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 34–40 in the 2025 draft
- 34Alexander ZharovskyRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 35Jacob RombachDNSHNashville Predators
- 36Blake FiddlerDSEASeattle Kraken
- 37Milton GästrinCNo NHL gamesWSHWashington Capitals
- 38Carter AmicoDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 39Peyton KettlesDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 40Jack MurtaghLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2025 class
4th
of 30 Swedes selected
24th
of 131 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 3Anton FrondellC27 GP · 17 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 16Victor EklundR15 GP · 6 PNYINew York Islanders
- 28Sascha BoumedienneDWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 37Milton GästrinCNo NHL gamesWSHWashington Capitals
- 44Eddie GenborgRNo NHL gamesDETDetroit Red Wings
- 45Eric NilsonCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 52Theodor HallquisthDNo NHL gamesMINMinnesota Wild
- 54Theo StockseliusCNo NHL gamesCGYCalgary Flames
- 55Jakob Ihs WozniakRVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 61Liam PetterssonDNo NHL gamesBOSBoston Bruins
+ 20 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Milton Gästrin has not played an NHL game yet.
The team's draft
Washington Capitals picks in the 2025 draft
- 27Lynden LakovicLWSHWashington Capitals
- 37Milton GästrinCNo NHL gamesWSHWashington Capitals
- 96Maxim SchaferLWSHWashington Capitals
- 155Jackson CrowderCWSHWashington Capitals
- 180Aron DahlqvistDNo NHL gamesWSHWashington Capitals