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1979 NHL Draft

Mats Näslund in the 1979 NHL Draft

Montréal Canadiens selected Mats Näslund 37th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 2.

He was the third of the 5 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 8 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 651 games put him 33rd in the class.

Overall pick
37
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 16
Drafting team
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 34–40 in the 1979 draft

  1. 34Ed HospodarD450 GP · 68 PNYR
  2. 35Pelle LindberghG157 GP · 87 WPHI
  3. 36Douglas MorrisonR23 GP · 10 PBOS
  4. 37Mats NäslundL651 GP · 634 PMTL
  5. 38Billy CarrollC322 GP · 84 PNYI
  6. 39Stuart SmithD77 GP · 12 PHFD
  7. 40Dave ChristianR1009 GP · 773 PWIN

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1979 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1979 class

3rd
of 5 Swedes selected
20th
of 75 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 25Tomas JonssonD552 GP · 344 PNYI
  2. 35Pelle LindberghG157 GP · 87 WPHI
  3. 37Mats NäslundL651 GP · 634 PMTL
  4. 98Thomas ErikssonD208 GP · 98 PPHI
  5. 103Thomas SteenC950 GP · 817 PWIN
Every Swede in the 1979 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Mats Näslund made his NHL debut on October 11, 1982, 3 years and 63 days after the draft.

651
Games
251
Goals
383
Assists
634
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 27Gaston GingrasD476 GP · 235 PMTL
  2. 37Mats NäslundL651 GP · 634 PMTL
  3. 43Craig LevieD183 GP · 75 PMTL
  4. 44Guy CarbonneauC1318 GP · 663 PMTL
  5. 58Rick WamsleyG407 GP · 204 WMTL
  6. 79David OrleskiD2 GP · 0 PMTL
  7. 100Yvan JolyR2 GP · 0 PMTL
  8. 121Greg MoffettGMTL