2018 NHL Draft
Adam Boqvist in the 2018 NHL Draft
Chicago Blackhawks selected Adam Boqvist 8th overall in the 2018 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 29 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2018, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 272 games put him 28th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 8
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 8
- Drafting team
- CHIChicago Blackhawks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 5–11 in the 2018 draft
- 5Barrett HaytonC374 GP · 164 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 6Filip ZadinaR262 GP · 91 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7Quinn HughesD524 GP · 507 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 8Adam BoqvistD272 GP · 103 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Vitali KravtsovR64 GP · 12 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Evan BouchardD445 GP · 360 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 11Oliver WahlstromR236 GP · 73 PNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2018 class
2nd
of 29 Swedes selected
3rd
of 70 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 1Rasmus DahlinD597 GP · 443 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 8Adam BoqvistD272 GP · 103 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 23Isac LundeströmC405 GP · 96 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 24Filip JohanssonDMINMinnesota Wild
- 28Nils LundkvistD250 GP · 58 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 29Rasmus SandinD382 GP · 145 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 33Jonatan BerggrenR220 GP · 85 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 39Olof LindbomGNYRNew York Rangers
- 44Albin ErikssonRDALDallas Stars
- 50Adam GinningD16 GP · 1 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
+ 19 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Adam Boqvist made his NHL debut on November 2, 2019, 1 year and 133 days after the draft.
272
Games
27
Goals
76
Assists
103
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 2018 draft
- 8Adam BoqvistD272 GP · 103 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 27Nicolas BeaudinD22 GP · 6 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 69Jake WiseCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 74Niklas NordgrenRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 120Philipp KurashevC360 GP · 150 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 139Mikael HakkarainenCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 162Alexis GravelGCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 193Josiah SlavinL17 GP · 1 PCHIChicago Blackhawks