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2008 NHL Draft

Gustav Nyquist in the 2008 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Gustav Nyquist 121st overall in the 2008 NHL Draft, with the 30th pick of round 4.

He was the eighth of the 17 Swedes selected that year. It was the third of the 6 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2008, 107 have played in the NHL regular season. His 914 games put him 17th in the class, but only 9 have scored more points than his 543.

Overall pick
121
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 30
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 118–124 in the 2008 draft

  1. 118Drew OlsonDCBJ
  2. 119Derek GrantC427 GP · 132 POTT
  3. 120Nathan MoonCPIT
  4. 121Gustav NyquistR914 GP · 543 PDET
  5. 122Dustin TokarskiG86 GP · 27 WTBL
  6. 123Andrei LoktionovC155 GP · 48 PLAK
  7. 124Nicklas LasuLATL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2008 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2008 class

8th
of 17 Swedes selected
62nd
of 110 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 15Erik KarlssonD1174 GP · 952 POTT
  2. 21Anton GustafssonCWSH
  3. 24Mattias TedenbyR120 GP · 30 PNJD
  4. 31Jacob MarkströmG585 GP · 268 WFLA
  5. 102David UllströmL49 GP · 13 PNYI
  6. 103Johan MotinD1 GP · 0 PEDM
  7. 109André PeterssonR1 GP · 0 POTT
  8. 121Gustav NyquistR914 GP · 543 PDET
  9. 124Nicklas LasuLATL
  10. 125Kristoffer BerglundDSTL

+ 7 more

Every Swede in the 2008 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Gustav Nyquist made his NHL debut on November 1, 2011, 3 years and 133 days after the draft.

914
Games
210
Goals
333
Assists
543
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2008 draft

  1. 30Tom McCollumG3 GP · 1 WDET
  2. 91Max NicastroDDET
  3. 121Gustav NyquistR914 GP · 543 PDET
  4. 151Julien CayerCDET
  5. 181Stephen JohnstonLDET
  6. 211Jesper SamuelssonCDET