2017 NHL Draft
Lias Andersson in the 2017 NHL Draft
New York Rangers selected Lias Andersson 7th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 26 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. His 110 games put him 60th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 7
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 7
- Drafting team
- NYRNew York Rangers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 4–10 in the 2017 draft
- 4Cale MakarD485 GP · 525 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 5Elias PetterssonC562 GP · 526 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 6Cody GlassC337 GP · 121 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 7Lias AnderssonC110 GP · 17 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Casey MittelstadtC525 GP · 287 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 9Michael RasmussenC470 GP · 158 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 10Owen TippettR439 GP · 238 PFLAFlorida Panthers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2017 class
2nd
of 26 Swedes selected
5th
of 117 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 5Elias PetterssonC562 GP · 526 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 7Lias AnderssonC110 GP · 17 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 15Erik BrännströmD294 GP · 77 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 17Timothy LiljegrenD325 GP · 94 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 36Jesper BoqvistC400 GP · 111 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 37Marcus DavidssonCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 38Gustav LindströmD174 GP · 35 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 44Filip WesterlundDARIArizona Coyotes
- 63Fabian ZetterlundL346 GP · 156 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 112Tim SoderlundC/LCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 16 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Lias Andersson made his NHL debut on March 26, 2018, 276 days after the draft.
110
Games
7
Goals
10
Assists
17
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Rangers picks in the 2017 draft
- 7Lias AnderssonC110 GP · 17 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 21Filip ChytilC412 GP · 175 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 123Brandon CrawleyDNYRNew York Rangers
- 145Calle SjalinDNYRNew York Rangers
- 157Dominik LakatosCNYRNew York Rangers
- 174Morgan BarronC337 GP · 88 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 207Patrik VirtaCNYRNew York Rangers