1998 NHL Draft
Christian Bäckman in the 1998 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected Christian Bäckman 24th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 17 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 302 games put him 50th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 24
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 24
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 21–27 in the 1998 draft
- 21Mathieu BironD253 GP · 44 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 22Simon GagneL822 GP · 601 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 23Milan KraftC207 GP · 82 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 24Christian BäckmanD302 GP · 79 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 26Mike Van RynD353 GP · 129 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 27Scott GomezC1079 GP · 756 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
1st
of 17 Swedes selected
8th
of 79 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 24Christian BäckmanD302 GP · 79 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 37Christian BerglundL86 GP · 27 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 78Peter NordströmR2 GP · 0 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 86Gabriel KarlssonCDALDallas Stars
- 93Tommy WestlundL203 GP · 22 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 112Viktor WallinDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 136David YtfeldtDVANVancouver Canucks
- 142Calle SteenRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 145Mikael SamuelssonR699 GP · 346 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 160Rickard WallinC79 GP · 19 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
+ 7 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Christian Bäckman made his NHL debut on February 11, 2003, 4 years and 229 days after the draft.
302
Games
23
Goals
56
Assists
79
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 1998 draft
- 24Christian BäckmanD302 GP · 79 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 41Maxim LinnikDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 83Matt WalkerD314 GP · 30 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 157Brad VothDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 170Andrei TroschinskyCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 197Brad TwordikCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 225Yevgeny PastukhLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 255John PohlC115 GP · 38 PSTLSt. Louis Blues