The Buffalo Sabres have selected Radim Mrtka ninth overall in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. The 18-year-old right-shot defenceman was the first WHLer off the board and the second defender drafted. Listed at 6'6",

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — For the first time since selecting Owen Power with the first overall pick, the Buffalo Sabres have used their first-round pick on a defenseman. With the 9th pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, the Sabres selected Radim Mrtka from the WHL's Seattle Thunderbirds.

The Sabres selected defenseman Radim Mrtka with the No. 9 pick in the first round of the NHL draft on Friday night. Mrtka, a 6-foot-6 native of Czechia who played junior hockey with Seattle in the Western Hockey League,