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2017 NHL Draft

Jesper Boqvist in the 2017 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Jesper Boqvist 36th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 2.

He was the fifth of the 26 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 11 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. His 400 games put him 22nd in the class.

Overall pick
36
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 5
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 33–39 in the 2017 draft

  1. 33Kole LindR31 GP · 8 PVAN
  2. 34Nicolas HagueD439 GP · 99 PVGK
  3. 35Isaac RatcliffeL10 GP · 4 PPHI
  4. 36Jesper BoqvistC400 GP · 111 PNJD
  5. 37Marcus DavidssonCBUF
  6. 38Gustav LindströmD174 GP · 35 PDET
  7. 39Jason RobertsonL471 GP · 508 PDAL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2017 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2017 class

5th
of 26 Swedes selected
24th
of 117 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 5Elias PetterssonC562 GP · 526 PVAN
  2. 7Lias AnderssonC110 GP · 17 PNYR
  3. 15Erik BrännströmD294 GP · 77 PVGK
  4. 17Timothy LiljegrenD325 GP · 94 PTOR
  5. 36Jesper BoqvistC400 GP · 111 PNJD
  6. 37Marcus DavidssonCBUF
  7. 38Gustav LindströmD174 GP · 35 PDET
  8. 44Filip WesterlundDARI
  9. 63Fabian ZetterlundL345 GP · 155 PNJD
  10. 112Tim SoderlundC/LCHI

+ 16 more

Every Swede in the 2017 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jesper Boqvist made his NHL debut on October 5, 2019, 2 years and 103 days after the draft.

400
Games
54
Goals
57
Assists
111
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 2017 draft

  1. 1Nico HischierC624 GP · 498 PNJD
  2. 36Jesper BoqvistC400 GP · 111 PNJD
  3. 63Fabian ZetterlundL345 GP · 155 PNJD
  4. 81Reilly WalshD1 GP · 1 PNJD
  5. 98Nikita PopugaevLNJD
  6. 129Gilles SennG2 GP · 0 WNJD
  7. 143Marián StudenicR46 GP · 6 PNJD
  8. 160Aarne TalvitieCNJD
  9. 191Jocktan ChaineyDNJD
  10. 205Yegor ZaitsevDNJD
  11. 214Matthew HellicksonDNJD