1993 NHL Draft
Mats Lindgren in the 1993 NHL Draft
Winnipeg Jets selected Mats Lindgren 15th overall in the 1993 NHL Draft.
He was the third of the 18 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 13 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1993, 131 have played in the NHL regular season. His 387 games put him 50th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 15
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 15
- Drafting team
- WINWinnipeg Jets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 12–18 in the 1993 draft
- 12Kenny JönssonD686 GP · 267 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 13Denis PedersonC435 GP · 128 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 14Adam DeadmarshR567 GP · 373 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 15Mats LindgrenC387 GP · 128 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 16Nick StajduharD2 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 17Jason AllisonC552 GP · 485 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 18Jesper MattssonRCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1993 class
3rd
of 18 Swedes selected
11th
of 157 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 8Niklas SundströmR750 GP · 349 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 12Kenny JönssonD686 GP · 267 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 15Mats LindgrenC387 GP · 128 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 18Jesper MattssonRCGYCalgary Flames
- 22Anders ErikssonD572 GP · 176 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 26Stefan BergqvistD7 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 67Mikael TjalldenDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 104Jonas Andersson-JunkkaDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 118Tommy SaloG526 GP · 210 WNYINew York Islanders
- 139Per SvartvadetC247 GP · 51 PDALDallas Stars
+ 8 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mats Lindgren made his NHL debut on November 3, 1996, 3 years and 130 days after the draft.
387
Games
54
Goals
74
Assists
128
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Winnipeg Jets picks in the 1993 draft
- 15Mats LindgrenC387 GP · 128 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 31Scott LangkowG20 GP · 3 WWINWinnipeg Jets
- 43Alexei BudayevRWINWinnipeg Jets
- 79Ruslam BatyrshinD2 GP · 0 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 93Ravil GusmanovR4 GP · 0 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 119Larry CourvilleL33 GP · 3 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 145Michal GrosekL526 GP · 221 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 171Martin WoodsDWINWinnipeg Jets
- 197Adrian MurrayDWINWinnipeg Jets
- 217Vladimir PotapovLWINWinnipeg Jets
- 223Ilja StashenkovDWINWinnipeg Jets
- 228Harije VitolinishC8 GP · 0 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 285Russell HewsonLWINWinnipeg Jets