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2025 NHL Draft

Filip Ekberg in the 2025 NHL Draft

Carolina Hurricanes selected Filip Ekberg 221st overall in the 2025 NHL Draft, with the 29th pick of round 7.

He was the 30th of the 30 Swedes selected that year. It was the seventh and last of the 7 picks Carolina Hurricanes made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2025, 10 have played in the NHL regular season. Filip Ekberg is still waiting for his debut.

Overall pick
221
Round and pick
Round 7, pick 29
Drafting team
CARCarolina Hurricanes
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 218–224 in the 2025 draft

  1. 218Loke KrantzRNo NHL gamesSEA
  2. 219Ryan RucinskiCBUF
  3. 220Jacob CloutierRWPG
  4. 221Filip EkbergRNo NHL gamesCAR
  5. 222Charlie PaquetteRDAL
  6. 223Aidan ParkCEDM
  7. 224Yegor MidlakGFLA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2025 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2025 class

30th
of 30 Swedes selected
129th
of 131 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 3Anton FrondellC27 GP · 17 PCHI
  2. 16Victor EklundR15 GP · 6 PNYI
  3. 28Sascha BoumedienneDWPG
  4. 37Milton GästrinCNo NHL gamesWSH
  5. 44Eddie GenborgRNo NHL gamesDET
  6. 45Eric NilsonCANA
  7. 52Theodor HallquisthDNo NHL gamesMIN
  8. 54Theo StockseliusCNo NHL gamesCGY
  9. 55Jakob Ihs WozniakRVGK
  10. 61Liam PetterssonDNo NHL gamesBOS

+ 20 more

Every Swede in the 2025 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Filip Ekberg has not played an NHL game yet.

The team's draft

Carolina Hurricanes picks in the 2025 draft

  1. 41Semyon FrolovGCAR
  2. 49Charlie CerratoCCAR
  3. 62Ivan RyabkinCCAR
  4. 67Kurban LimatovDCAR
  5. 87Roman BausovDCAR
  6. 183Viggo NordlundLNo NHL gamesCAR
  7. 221Filip EkbergRNo NHL gamesCAR