1981 NHL Draft
Kjell Dahlin in the 1981 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Kjell Dahlin 82nd overall in the 1981 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 4.
He was the seventh of the 14 Swedes selected that year. It was the seventh of the 13 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 1981, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 166 games put him 47th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 82
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 19
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 79–85 in the 1981 draft
- 79Kenneth LattaRPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 80Jeff EatoughR1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 81Marty DallmanC6 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 82Kjell DahlinC166 GP · 116 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 83Anders WikbergLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 84Todd LumbardGNYINew York Islanders
- 85Marc BehrendG39 GP · 12 WWINWinnipeg Jets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1981 class
7th
of 14 Swedes selected
49th
of 119 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 19Jan IngmanLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 30Jan ErixonL556 GP · 216 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 32Lars ErikssonGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 36Hakan NordinDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 50Peter SundströmL338 GP · 144 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 78Peter MadachCCGYCalgary Flames
- 82Kjell DahlinC166 GP · 116 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 83Anders WikbergLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 125Peter AslinGSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 127Peter NilssonLWINWinnipeg Jets
+ 4 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Kjell Dahlin made his NHL debut on October 10, 1985, 4 years and 122 days after the draft.
166
Games
57
Goals
59
Assists
116
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1981 draft
- 7Mark HunterR628 GP · 383 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 18Gilbert DelormeD541 GP · 123 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 19Jan IngmanLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 32Lars ErikssonGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 40Chris CheliosD1651 GP · 948 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 46Dieter HegenCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 82Kjell DahlinC166 GP · 116 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 88Steve RooneyC154 GP · 28 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 124Thomas AnastosRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 145Tom KurversD659 GP · 421 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 166Paul GessLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 187Scott FergusonDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 208Dan BurrowsGMTLMontréal Canadiens