Winnipeg Jets’ Prospect End-of-Season Check-in

With the 2026 NHL Entry Draft and NHL free agency on the horizon, it’s a great time to check in on how the Winnipeg Jets’ prospects did for their respective teams in 2025-26.

This article will cover all Jets picks under team control from the past six NHL Entry Drafts.

Winnipeg Jets

Brad Lambert (2022, 30th overall)

Lambert began and ended his season with the Jets. First, he played in four games and scored his first-career NHL goal on Nov. 1 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The speedy 22 year old Finnish centre was then sent down to the Manitoba Moose and posted six goals and seven assists for 13 points in 34 games there. He was called back up to the Jets in early March and looked much more effective than he did in his first NHL stint, scoring three goals and adding two assists in 21 games down the stretch.

He was returned to the Moose for the Calder Cup Playoffs, but was held pointless in seven games.

Elias Salomonsson (2022, 55th overall)

Salomonsson’s rapid rise to a dependable everyday NHL defenseman was one of the best storylines to come out of the Jets’ highly-disappointing season.

The smooth-skating Swedish defenseman, in his second professional season, made his NHL debut with the Jets on Nov. 26 versus the Washington Capitals and played four games before being sent back down to the Moose, where he started his season. He was called up again in mid January due to injuries to Haydn Fleury, Colin Miller, and Neal Pionk and established himself as a regular the rest of the way while playing increasingly confidently.

In 32 NHL games, the 21 year old recorded one goal and four assists for five points while averaging 17:58 and posting strong possession metrics for someone so young. With the Moose, he posted one goal and eight assists for nine points in 29 games and one assist in two Calder Cup Playoff games.

Unfortunately, his playoffs ended early as he sustained a serious injury when he crashed into the boards in the third period of the Moose’s First Round Game 2 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals on April 24. He had to undergo shoulder surgery and is expected to be sidelined for five-to-six months.

Manitoba Moose

Colby Barlow (2023, 18th overall)

Barlow, in his first professional season, had eight goals and eight assists for 16 points in 65 games. The now-21-year-old also had two assists in seven playoff games.

Tyrel Bauer (2020, 164th overall)

The rugged defenseman and enforcer, in his fourth season with the Moose, tallied one goal and four assists for five points in 52 games and also engaged in a number of ferocious fights. One of the toughest players in the American Hockey League (AHL), the 24 year old dropped the gloves seven times and accumulated a personal AHL career-high 110 penalty minutes.

He also racked up three Moose 2025-26 Player Awards — his second-straight Richard Bue Ultimate Teammate Award, the fan-voted Fan Favourite Award, and the EPRA Julian Klymkiw Community Service Award — before winning the Yanick Dupré Memorial Award as AHL Man of the Year.

Nikita Chibrikov (2021, 50th overall)

It was a tough third professional season for the right winger, who missed the back half of 2024-25 with an ankle injury that required surgery and never looked like was was able to get back up to speed.

He started the season with the Jets, playing eight games and registering no points, before being sent down to the Moose. He was not able to provide much offensive punch there, however, with just six goals and 10 assists for 16 points in 53 games. He played three more games with the Jets to end the season but was once again held pointless.

Another surgery, this time to correct a core muscle issue, kept him out of the Calder Cup Playoffs.

Domenic DiVincentiis (2022, 207th overall)

The goaltender, in his second professional season, played in tandem with Thomas Milic and posted a 13-16-2 record, 3.03 goals against average (GAA), .896 save percentage (SV%), and a pair of shutouts in 34 games.

While he struggled down the stretch, he was lights out in the playoffs, taking the starter’s role from Milic and leading them to a First Round series victory over the Admirals.

Domenic DiVincentiis was UNREAL in Game 3 yesterday 😱

Join us this weekend 🎟️ | https://t.co/rZ8oCyWvtq pic.twitter.com/fBndj6rV90

— Manitoba Moose (@ManitobaMoose) April 27, 2026

In five starts throughout the playoffs, he allowed only seven goals and posted 3-2 record, 1.43 GAA, .955 SV%, and a shutout.

Jacob Julien (2023, 146th overall)

The centre missed the first three months of the season with a lower-body injury before making his season debut with the Jets’ ECHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, in early January. After two games with Norfolk, he rejoined the Moose and had three goals and four assists for seven points in 31 games.

Thomas Milic (2023, 151st overall)

Milic rebounded nicely in his third professional season after a tough sophomore campaign.

The 22 year old made his NHL debut with the Jets on Nov. 28 against the Carolina Hurricanes and appeared in two more NHL games after while Connor Hellebuyck was out due to arthroscopic knee surgery. He posted an 0-1-0 record, 3.46 GAA, and .871 SV% in his three NHL appearances.

He was strong for the Moose, posting a 20-13-6 record, 2.64 GAA, .905 SV%, and four shutouts in 41 games while also being named to the 2026 AHL All-Star Classic. As mentioned above, he was supplanted by DiVincentiis in the playoffs and only made two starts, both of which were losses.

Fabian Wagner (2022, 175th overall)

The forward, in his third professional season, was a frequent healthy scratch on a deep and experienced Moose team. He had one goal and two assists for three points in 29 games.

Brayden Yager (2023, 14th overall by Pittsburgh Penguins)

Yager, one of the organization’s top prospects since being acquired for disgruntled prospect Rutger McGroarty in summer of 2024, recorded 10 goals and 20 assists for 30 points in 68 games over his first professional season.

YAGER BOMB 💥

Brayden Yager will make his @NHL debut tonight in Vegas.@Wawanesa | #GoJetsGo pic.twitter.com/WelYGGQLfg

— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) April 13, 2026

The 21-year-old centre also made his NHL debut on April 14 versus the Vegas Golden Knights, the first of three games, but was held pointless. He then recorded four assists in seven Calder Cup playoff games.

Danny Zhilkin (2022, 77th overall)

Zhilkin found another gear in his third professional season after not having much success with the Moose as a rookie or a sophomore, posting a personal AHL-career-high 12 goals and 12 assists for 24 points in 62 games. He struggled in the playoffs, however, being held pointless in seven games.

The 22-year-old centre also made his NHL debut with the Jets on Jan. 8 versus the Edmonton Oilers and played four games and recording a plus-2 rating.

Ontario Hockey League

Jacob Cloutier (2025, 220th overall)

The right winger, in his second full season with the Saginaw Spirit, had 22 goals and 25 assists for 47 points in 64 games. He was held pointless in four playoff games.

Edison Engle (2025, 188th overall)

The defenseman, in his first season with the Brantford Bulldogs, had three goals and 25 assists for 28 points in 61 games. He also recorded one goal and four assists for five points in 15 playoff games.

Kevin He (2024, 109th overall)

He, in his fourth and final OHL season, was one of the league’s premiere players and finished 14th leaguewide in points. He posted 14 goals and 17 assists for 31 points in 28 games for the Niagara IceDogs before being traded to the Flint Firebirds in a late-December blockbuster.

The left winger did not miss a beat with his new club, putting up an eye-popping 25 goals and 21 assists for 46 points in just 32 games to finish with 77 points overall. He then recorded three goals and six assists for nine points in six playoff games.

Kieron Walton (2024, 187th overall)

Walton, in his fourth OHL season, absolutely lit up the league again, finishing eighth leaguewide in points.

The towering now-20-year-old centre piled up 24 goals and 28 assists for 52 points in just 33 games with the Sudbury Wolves before being dealt to the Peterborough Petes in early January. He put a further 16 goals and 20 assists for 36 points in 29 games there to total 88 points overall. He then recorded three goals and three assists in six playoff games.

Western Hockey League

Owen Martin (2025, 92nd overall)

The Oakbank, Manitoba-born forward, in his third full season with the Spokane Chiefs, popped off for 26 goals and 30 assists for 56 points in 65 games, improving on his 2024-25 output by 22 points.

He also scored five goals in six playoff games.

United States

Sascha Boumedienne (2025, 28th overall)

The left-shooting defenseman, in his second season at Boston University, had two goals and eight assists for 10 points in 35 games.

Boumedienne, a Swedish national despite being born in Finland, also represented Sweden at the 2026 World Junior Championship (WJC) in Minneapolis-St. Paul over the holidays and played a key role in helping their country capture its third gold medal in tournament history and first since 2012.

Boumedienne played a top-four role and helped Sweden go a perfect 7-0-0 while only allowing 16 total goals. He saw ample time on the man advantage that was lethal in operating at a 43.48 per cent clip (10 for 33).

Most notably, he scored what ended up being the gold-medal game winner versus Czechia at 3:47 of the third period — his perfectly placed one-timer put Sweden up 3-0 in the third period and proved to be the difference as Czechia scored two late in a furious comeback attempt that fell short. Overall, he had two goals and two assists along with a plus-4 rating.

Garrett Brown (2022, 99th overall)

The defenseman, in his third season with University of Denver Pioneers, had two goals and 12 assists for 14 points in 34 games while helping them win their third NCAA championship in five years.

He also suited up for his first professional games for the Moose during the Calder Cup playoffs, going pointless in four contests.

Connor Levis (2023, 210th overall)

The right winger, in his first season with the Bowling Green State University Falcons after five seasons in the WHL, had four goals and one assist in 31 games.

Zach Nehring (2023, 82nd overall)

The right-winger, in his second season with the Western Michigan University Broncos, had five goals and 12 assists for 17 points in 35 games.

Europe & Russia

Alfons Freij (2024, 37th overall)

The defenseman, in his first full professional season with the Swedish Hockey League’s (SHL) Timra IK, had six goals and five assists for 11 points in 42 games. After his season was over, he joined the Moose for his first North American professional games and had one assist in five contests.

The 19 year old also suited up for Sweden at the 2026 WJC and was an assist machine, quarterbacking the power play and racking up seven in seven games along with a plus-5 rating. The 6-foot-1 left shooter had the primary assist on the game-opening goal in the gold-medal game and also picked up a pair of apples in the 6-3 quarterfinal win over Latvia, one of which was the primary assist on a Boumedienne power-play marker.

He finished tied for third in points among defensemen, trailing only Canada’s Zayne Parekh (14) and Czechia’s Tomas Galvas (nine).

Viktor Klingsell (2025, 156th overall)

Klingsell, a left winger playing in the SHL’s Skelleftea organization, posted a whopping 17 goals and 36 assists for 43 points in just 25 games with the Skelleftea U20 team this season.

In late January, the 19 year old was loaned to Östersunds IK of HockeyAllsvenskan — the second-highest pro hockey league in Sweden (under the SHL) — where he had one goal and six assists for seven points in eight games.

Finally, he played 12 games for the Skelleftea SHL team, scoring one goal, and re-signed with the organization on a two-year deal.

Markus Loponen (2024, 155th overall)

Loponen, in his first professional season with Liiga’s HPK, had three goals and three assists for six points in 40 games. He also played three games for Liiga’s Sport Vaasa, going pointless.

In 2024-25, the Finnish centre made a North American foray with the WHL’s Victoria Royals. He will return to North America for next season to play for Lake Superior State in the NCAA as HPK agreed to void the second year of his two-year contract.

Dmitri Rashevsky (2021, 146th overall)

The forward, who is unlikely to ever play for the Jets’ organization as he played the first year of a three-year deal with the Kontinental Hockey League’s (KHL) Avangard Omsk, had 11 goals and 22 assists for 33 points in 67 games for the club and three goals and four assists for seven points in 17 playoff games. The Russian spent the prior five seasons with the KHL’s Dynamo Moscow.