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1998 NHL Draft

Christian Berglund in the 1998 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Christian Berglund 37th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 2.

He was the second of the 17 Swedes selected that year. It was the third of the 12 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 86 games put him 77th in the class.

Overall pick
37
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 10
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 34–40 in the 1998 draft

  1. 34Andrew PetersL229 GP · 7 PBUF
  2. 35Petr SvobodaD18 GP · 3 PTOR
  3. 36Chris NielsenR52 GP · 14 PNYI
  4. 37Christian BerglundL86 GP · 27 PNJD
  5. 38Philippe SauveG32 GP · 10 WCOL
  6. 39John ErskineD491 GP · 54 PDAL
  7. 40Randy CopleyRNYR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

2nd
of 17 Swedes selected
23rd
of 156 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 24Christian BäckmanD302 GP · 79 PSTL
  2. 37Christian BerglundL86 GP · 27 PNJD
  3. 78Peter NordströmR2 GP · 0 PBOS
  4. 86Gabriel KarlssonCDAL
  5. 93Tommy WestlundL203 GP · 22 PCAR
  6. 112Viktor WallinDANA
  7. 136David YtfeldtDVAN
  8. 142Calle SteenRDET
  9. 145Mikael SamuelssonR699 GP · 346 PSJS
  10. 160Rickard WallinC79 GP · 19 PPHX

+ 7 more

Every Swede in the 1998 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Christian Berglund made his NHL debut on January 9, 2002, 3 years and 196 days after the draft.

86
Games
11
Goals
16
Assists
27
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 26Mike Van RynD353 GP · 129 PNJD
  2. 27Scott GomezC1079 GP · 756 PNJD
  3. 37Christian BerglundL86 GP · 27 PNJD
  4. 82Brian GiontaR1026 GP · 595 PNJD
  5. 96Mikko JokelaD1 GP · 0 PNJD
  6. 105Pierre DagenaisR142 GP · 58 PNJD
  7. 119Anton ButLNJD
  8. 143Ryan FlinnL31 GP · 1 PNJD
  9. 172Jacques LariviereLNJD
  10. 199Erik JensenRNJD
  11. 227Marko AhosiltaCNJD
  12. 257Ryan HeldCNJD