2015 NHL Draft
Lukas Vejdemo in the 2015 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Lukas Vejdemo 87th overall in the 2015 NHL Draft, with the 26th pick of round 3.
He was the eleventh of the 19 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 5 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2015, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 13 games put him 102nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 87
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 26
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 84–90 in the 2015 draft
- 84Deven SideroffRANAAnaheim Ducks
- 85Tommy NovakC300 GP · 171 PNSHNashville Predators
- 86Mike RobinsonGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 87Lukas VejdemoC13 GP · 2 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 88Thomas SchemitschDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 89Aleksi SaarelaC9 GP · 4 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 90Matej TomekGPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2015 class
11th
of 19 Swedes selected
54th
of 114 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 20Joel Eriksson EkC631 GP · 365 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 27Jacob LarssonD172 GP · 24 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 29Gabriel CarlssonD81 GP · 18 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 45Jakob Forsbacka KarlssonC29 GP · 9 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 53Rasmus AnderssonD634 GP · 283 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 58Kevin StenlundC384 GP · 95 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 60Oliver KylingtonD220 GP · 60 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 62Robin KovacsRNYRNew York Rangers
- 70Felix SandströmG30 GP · 4 WPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 83Jens LookeRARIArizona Coyotes
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Lukas Vejdemo made his NHL debut on December 31, 2019, 4 years and 187 days after the draft.
13
Games
2
Goals
0
Assists
2
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2015 draft
- 26Noah JuulsenD220 GP · 28 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 87Lukas VejdemoC13 GP · 2 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 131Matthew BradleyCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 177Simon BourqueDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 207Jeremiah AddisonLMTLMontréal Canadiens