2020 NHL Draft
Helge Grans in the 2020 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Helge Grans 35th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 2.
He was the fourth of the 30 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 9 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 2020, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 7 games put him 79th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 35
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 4
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 32–38 in the 2020 draft
- 32William WallinderD11 GP · 4 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 33Roby JarventieL10 GP · 1 POTTOttawa Senators
- 34JJ PeterkaR336 GP · 208 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 35Helge GransD7 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 36Sam ColangeloR55 GP · 19 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 37Marat KhusnutdinovC184 GP · 55 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 38Thomas BordeleauC44 GP · 18 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2020 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 4Lucas RaymondL416 GP · 346 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7Alexander HoltzR193 GP · 56 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 32William WallinderD11 GP · 4 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 35Helge GransD7 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 40Daniel TorgerssonLWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 41Noel GunlerRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 43Emil HeinemanL162 GP · 55 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 51Theodor NiederbachCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 54Emil AndraeD112 GP · 22 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 88Leo LoofDSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 20 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Helge Grans made his NHL debut on November 18, 2024, 4 years and 42 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2020 draft
- 2Quinton ByfieldR350 GP · 195 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 35Helge GransD7 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 45Brock FaberD242 GP · 127 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 66Kasper SimontaivalRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 83Alex LaferriereR253 GP · 118 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 112Juho MarkkanenGLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 128Martin ChromiakR1 GP · 0 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 140Ben MeehanDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 190Aatu JamsenRLAKLos Angeles Kings