2016 NHL Draft
Hardy Häman Aktell in the 2016 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Hardy Häman Aktell 108th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 4.
He was the twelfth of the 25 Swedes selected that year. It was the fifth of the 8 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 6 games put him 97th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 108
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 17
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 105–111 in the 2016 draft
- 105Evan CormierGNo NHL gamesNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 106Brandon DuhaimeL392 GP · 74 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 107Alfons MalmstromDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 108Hardy Häman AktellD6 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 109Connor BunnamanC54 GP · 3 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 110Lucas CarlssonD73 GP · 15 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 111Noah GregorL330 GP · 79 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2016 class
12th
of 25 Swedes selected
36th
of 75 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 33Rasmus AsplundC189 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 42Jonathan DahlénC61 GP · 22 POTTOttawa Senators
- 55Filip GustavssonG219 GP · 111 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 57Carl GrundströmR344 GP · 89 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 89Linus NassenDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 90Fredrik KarlströmC8 GP · 1 PDALDallas Stars
- 91Filip BerglundDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 96Linus LindstromCCGYCalgary Flames
- 97Jacob CederholmDWPGWinnipeg Jets
+ 15 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Hardy Häman Aktell made his NHL debut on October 21, 2023, 7 years and 118 days after the draft.
6
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2016 draft
- 17Dante FabbroD455 GP · 109 PNSHNashville Predators
- 47Samuel GirardD620 GP · 249 PNSHNashville Predators
- 76Rem PitlickC132 GP · 54 PNSHNashville Predators
- 78Frederic AllardD4 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 108Hardy Häman AktellD6 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 138Patrick HarperCNSHNashville Predators
- 168Konstantin VolkovGNSHNashville Predators
- 198Adam SmithDNSHNashville Predators