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2011 NHL Draft

John Persson in the 2011 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected John Persson 125th overall in the 2011 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 5.

He was the 18th of the 28 Swedes selected that year. It was the sixth of the 8 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2011, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 10 games put him 109th in the class.

Overall pick
125
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 4
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 122–128 in the 2011 draft

  1. 122Martin GernatDEDM
  2. 123Garrett MeursCCOL
  3. 124Yaroslav KosovFFLA
  4. 125John PerssonL10 GP · 1 PNYI
  5. 126Fredrik ClaessonD170 GP · 28 POTT
  6. 127Brenden KichtonDNYI
  7. 128Seth AmbrozRCBJ

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2011 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2011 class

18th
of 28 Swedes selected
78th
of 119 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 2Gabriel LandeskogL814 GP · 616 PCOL
  2. 4Adam LarssonD1026 GP · 268 PNJD
  3. 6Mika ZibanejadC1027 GP · 830 POTT
  4. 10Jonas BrodinD932 GP · 284 PMIN
  5. 19Oscar KlefbomD378 GP · 156 PEDM
  6. 30Rickard RakellR877 GP · 576 PANA
  7. 38Magnus HellbergG26 GP · 8 WNSH
  8. 42Victor RaskC506 GP · 223 PCAR
  9. 50Johan SundströmC11 GP · 1 PNYI
  10. 53William KarlssonC769 GP · 458 PANA

+ 18 more

Every Swede in the 2011 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

John Persson made his NHL debut on March 27, 2014, 2 years and 275 days after the draft.

10
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 2011 draft

  1. 5Ryan StromeC931 GP · 507 PNYI
  2. 34Scott MayfieldD620 GP · 140 PNYI
  3. 50Johan SundströmC11 GP · 1 PNYI
  4. 63Andrey PedanD13 GP · 0 PNYI
  5. 95Robbie RussoD19 GP · 0 PNYI
  6. 125John PerssonL10 GP · 1 PNYI
  7. 127Brenden KichtonDNYI
  8. 185Mitchell TheoretCNYI