1985 NHL Draft
Calle Johansson in the 1985 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Calle Johansson 14th overall in the 1985 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 16 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 12 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1985, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 1109, and only 7 have scored more points than his 535.
- Overall pick
- 14
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 14
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 11–17 in the 1985 draft
- 11Dave MansonD1103 GP · 390 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 12Jose CharbonneauR71 GP · 22 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 13Derek KingL830 GP · 612 PNYINew York Islanders
- 14Calle JohanssonD1109 GP · 535 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 15David LattaL36 GP · 12 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 16Tom ChorskeR596 GP · 237 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 17Chris BiottiDCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1985 class
2nd
of 16 Swedes selected
4th
of 80 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 7Ulf DahlénR966 GP · 655 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 14Calle JohanssonD1109 GP · 535 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 30Par EdlundLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 39Roger OhmanDWINWinnipeg Jets
- 49Sam LindstahlGNYRNew York Rangers
- 80Roger JohanssonD161 GP · 43 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 81Fredrik OlaussonD1022 GP · 581 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 89Tommy HedlundDNYINew York Islanders
- 116Jonas HeedDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 134Thomas BjuhrRDETDetroit Red Wings
+ 6 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Calle Johansson made his NHL debut on October 8, 1987, 2 years and 115 days after the draft.
1109
Games
119
Goals
416
Assists
535
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1985 draft
- 14Calle JohanssonD1109 GP · 535 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 35Benoit HogueL863 GP · 543 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 56Keith GretzkyCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 77Dave MoylanDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 98Ken PriestlayC168 GP · 61 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 119Joe ReekieD902 GP · 164 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 140Petri MatikainenDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 161Trent KaeseR1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 182Jiri SejbaL11 GP · 2 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 203Boyd SuttonCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 224Guy LaroseC70 GP · 19 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 245Ken BaumgartnerL696 GP · 54 PBUFBuffalo Sabres