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2013 NHL Draft

Anton Blidh in the 2013 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Anton Blidh 180th overall in the 2013 NHL Draft, with the 29th pick of round 6.

He was the 19th of the 24 Swedes selected that year. It was the fifth of the 6 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2013, 106 have played in the NHL regular season. His 89 games put him 73rd in the class.

Overall pick
180
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 29
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 177–183 in the 2013 draft

  1. 177Miro AaltonenCANA
  2. 178Zachary LeslieDLAK
  3. 179Blaine ByronCPIT
  4. 180Anton BlidhL89 GP · 13 PBOS
  5. 181Anthony LouisCCHI
  6. 182Aleksi MakelaDDAL
  7. 183Wilhelm WestlundDCOL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2013 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2013 class

19th
of 24 Swedes selected
106th
of 121 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Swedes selected

  1. 5Elias LindholmC985 GP · 665 PCAR
  2. 14Alexander WennbergC878 GP · 428 PCBJ
  3. 23André BurakovskyL779 GP · 420 PWSH
  4. 34Jacob de la RoseL242 GP · 38 PMTL
  5. 41Robert HäggD345 GP · 63 PPHI
  6. 46Gustav OlofssonD63 GP · 11 PMIN
  7. 51Carl DahlströmD67 GP · 12 PCHI
  8. 60Linus ArnessonDBOS
  9. 68Niklas HanssonDDAL
  10. 78Marcus HögbergG58 GP · 11 WOTT

+ 14 more

Every Swede in the 2013 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Anton Blidh made his NHL debut on December 3, 2016, 3 years and 156 days after the draft.

89
Games
4
Goals
9
Assists
13
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Boston Bruins picks in the 2013 draft

  1. 60Linus ArnessonDBOS
  2. 90Peter CehlarikL40 GP · 11 PBOS
  3. 120Ryan FitzgeraldCBOS
  4. 150Wiley ShermanDBOS
  5. 180Anton BlidhL89 GP · 13 PBOS
  6. 210Mitchell DempseyLBOS