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2025 NHL Draft

Victor Hedin Raftheim in the 2025 NHL Draft

Columbus Blue Jackets selected Victor Hedin Raftheim 173rd overall in the 2025 NHL Draft, with the 13th pick of round 6.

He was the 18th of the 30 Swedes selected that year. It was the fifth 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. Victor Hedin Raftheim is still waiting for his debut.

Overall pick
173
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 13
Drafting team
CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 170–176 in the 2025 draft

  1. 170Burke HoodGNYI
  2. 171Evan PassmoreDNYR
  3. 172Will MurphyDDET
  4. 173Victor Hedin RaftheimDNo NHL gamesCBJ
  5. 174Ludvig JohnsonDUTA
  6. 175Gabriel ChiarotRVAN
  7. 176Aiden LaneRCGY

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

18th
of 30 Swedes selected
53rd
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 FrondellC27 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

Victor Hedin Raftheim 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