2009 NHL Draft
Mattias Ekholm in the 2009 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Mattias Ekholm 102nd overall in the 2009 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 4.
He was the 17th of the 24 Swedes selected that year. It was the seventh of the 10 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2009, 116 have played in the NHL regular season. His 981 games put him 15th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 102
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 11
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 99–105 in the 2009 draft
- 99Kyle BigosDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 100Chris WidemanD291 GP · 78 POTTOttawa Senators
- 101Toni RajalaREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 102Mattias EkholmD981 GP · 408 PNSHNashville Predators
- 103Kristopher FoucaultL1 GP · 0 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 104Marcus FolignoL935 GP · 336 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 105Justin WellerDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2009 class
17th
of 24 Swedes selected
37th
of 70 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 2Victor HedmanD1178 GP · 817 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 6Oliver Ekman-LarssonD1154 GP · 540 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 10Magnus PääjärviL467 GP · 124 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 17David RundbladD113 GP · 25 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 20Jacob JosefsonC315 GP · 64 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 23Tim ErixonD93 GP · 14 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 24Marcus JohanssonL1058 GP · 566 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 34Carl KlingbergL12 GP · 1 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 39Jakob SilfverbergR820 GP · 373 POTTOttawa Senators
- 40Anton LanderC215 GP · 35 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
+ 14 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mattias Ekholm made his NHL debut on October 13, 2011, 2 years and 108 days after the draft.
981
Games
94
Goals
314
Assists
408
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2009 draft
- 11Ryan EllisD566 GP · 275 PNSHNashville Predators
- 41Zach BudishRNSHNashville Predators
- 42Charles-Olivier RousselDNSHNashville Predators
- 70Taylor BeckL92 GP · 23 PNSHNashville Predators
- 72Michael LattaC113 GP · 17 PNSHNashville Predators
- 98Craig SmithC987 GP · 452 PNSHNashville Predators
- 102Mattias EkholmD981 GP · 408 PNSHNashville Predators
- 110Nick OliverFNSHNashville Predators
- 132Gabriel BourqueL413 GP · 103 PNSHNashville Predators
- 192Cameron ReidCNSHNashville Predators