2025 NHL Draft
Gustav Sjöqvist in the 2025 NHL Draft
Vegas Golden Knights selected Gustav Sjöqvist 187th overall in the 2025 NHL Draft, with the 27th pick of round 6.
He was the 23rd of the 30 Swedes selected that year. It was the fourth and last of the 4 picks Vegas Golden Knights made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2025, 10 have played in the NHL regular season. Gustav Sjöqvist is still waiting for his debut.
- Overall pick
- 187
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 27
- Drafting team
- VGKVegas Golden Knights
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 184–190 in the 2025 draft
- 184Jan ChovanCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 185Rylan FellingerDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 186Alexander WeiermairCVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 187Gustav SjöqvistDNo NHL gamesVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 188Edison EngleDWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 189Andrew MacNielDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 190Dawson SharkeyRDALDallas Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2025 class
23rd
of 30 Swedes selected
60th
of 69 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 3Anton FrondellC27 GP · 17 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 16Victor EklundR15 GP · 6 PNYINew York Islanders
- 28Sascha BoumedienneDWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 37Milton GästrinCNo NHL gamesWSHWashington Capitals
- 44Eddie GenborgRNo NHL gamesDETDetroit Red Wings
- 45Eric NilsonCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 52Theodor HallquisthDNo NHL gamesMINMinnesota Wild
- 54Theo StockseliusCNo NHL gamesCGYCalgary Flames
- 55Jakob Ihs WozniakRVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 61Liam PetterssonDNo NHL gamesBOSBoston Bruins
+ 20 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Gustav Sjöqvist has not played an NHL game yet.
The team's draft
Vegas Golden Knights picks in the 2025 draft
- 55Jakob Ihs WozniakRVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 85Mateo NobertCVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 186Alexander WeiermairCVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 187Gustav SjöqvistDNo NHL gamesVGKVegas Golden Knights