2011 NHL Draft
Fredrik Claesson in the 2011 NHL Draft
Ottawa Senators selected Fredrik Claesson 126th overall in the 2011 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 5.
He was the 19th of the 28 Swedes selected that year. It was the sixth of the 10 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2011, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 170 games put him 65th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 126
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 5
- Drafting team
- OTTOttawa Senators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 123–129 in the 2011 draft
- 123Garrett MeursCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 124Yaroslav KosovFFLAFlorida Panthers
- 125John PerssonL10 GP · 1 PNYINew York Islanders
- 126Fredrik ClaessonD170 GP · 28 POTTOttawa Senators
- 127Brenden KichtonDNYINew York Islanders
- 128Seth AmbrozRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 129Blake PietilaL38 GP · 4 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2011 class
19th
of 28 Swedes selected
40th
of 72 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 2Gabriel LandeskogL814 GP · 616 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 4Adam LarssonD1027 GP · 268 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 6Mika ZibanejadC1027 GP · 830 POTTOttawa Senators
- 10Jonas BrodinD932 GP · 284 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 19Oscar KlefbomD378 GP · 156 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 30Rickard RakellR877 GP · 576 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 38Magnus HellbergG26 GP · 8 WNSHNashville Predators
- 42Victor RaskC506 GP · 223 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 50Johan SundströmC11 GP · 1 PNYINew York Islanders
- 53William KarlssonC769 GP · 458 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 18 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Fredrik Claesson made his NHL debut on December 30, 2015, 4 years and 188 days after the draft.
170
Games
7
Goals
21
Assists
28
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Ottawa Senators picks in the 2011 draft
- 6Mika ZibanejadC1027 GP · 830 POTTOttawa Senators
- 21Stefan NoesenR487 GP · 178 POTTOttawa Senators
- 24Matt PuempelL87 GP · 16 POTTOttawa Senators
- 61Shane PrinceL128 GP · 38 POTTOttawa Senators
- 96Jean-Gabriel PageauC885 GP · 407 POTTOttawa Senators
- 126Fredrik ClaessonD170 GP · 28 POTTOttawa Senators
- 156Darren KramerCOTTOttawa Senators
- 171Max McCormickL94 GP · 13 POTTOttawa Senators
- 186Jordan FransooDOTTOttawa Senators
- 204Ryan DzingelC404 GP · 188 POTTOttawa Senators