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Blackhawks trade back into first round, select Mason West with No. 29 pick in 2025 Draft

A trade landed the Hawks a two-sport athlete who still has a senior year of high school ahead of him.

Posted on by Dave Melton
Source: NHL.com (Jack Casebolt/Edina Varsity Hockey)

Near the end of Friday’s opening round of the 2025 NHL Draft, the Blackhawks made a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes to add a third pick and selected Minnesota native Mason West with the No. 29 pick.

West will be a senior at Edina High School in Minnesota this fall, where he’s expected to be a quarterback this fall before he hangs up his cleats for good and embarks on a hockey career as a 6-foot-6, 215-pound center.

Here’s a sample of West’s work on the football field as a QB:

On the ice, West is expected to join the USHL’s Fargo Force once he’s done with football, where he’ll remain for the rest of the 2025-26 season. And then he’s expected to head to Michigan State for the 2026-27 season.

Hopefully this pick trends in the same direction as a pick Chicago spent on another Minnesota teenager earlier this decade:

West is on a similar long-term path of professional development as Rinzel, so don’t expect to see him in a Chicago uniform in the next few seasons.

Here are the terms of the trade that gave Chicago the pick it used on West:

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