1993 NHL Draft
Niklas Sundström in the 1993 NHL Draft
New York Rangers selected Niklas Sundström 8th overall in the 1993 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 18 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 13 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1993, 131 have played in the NHL regular season. His 750 games put him 26th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 8
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 8
- Drafting team
- NYRNew York Rangers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 5–11 in the 1993 draft
- 5Rob NiedermayerC1153 GP · 469 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 6Viktor KozlovC897 GP · 537 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Jason ArnottC1244 GP · 938 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 8Niklas SundströmR750 GP · 349 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 9Todd HarveyR671 GP · 223 PDALDallas Stars
- 10Jocelyn ThibaultG586 GP · 238 WQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 11Brendan WittD890 GP · 121 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1993 class
1st
of 18 Swedes selected
7th
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
Niklas Sundström made his NHL debut on October 7, 1995, 2 years and 103 days after the draft.
750
Games
117
Goals
232
Assists
349
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Rangers picks in the 1993 draft
- 8Niklas SundströmR750 GP · 349 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 34Lee SorochanD3 GP · 0 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 61Maxim GalanovD122 GP · 20 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 86Sergei OlympijevLNYRNew York Rangers
- 112Gary RoachDNYRNew York Rangers
- 138Dave TrofimenkoffGNYRNew York Rangers
- 162Sergei KondrashkinLNYRNew York Rangers
- 164Todd MarchantC1195 GP · 498 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 190Eddy CampbellDNYRNew York Rangers
- 216Ken ShepardGNYRNew York Rangers
- 242Andrei KudinovRNYRNew York Rangers
- 261Pavel KomarovDNYRNew York Rangers
- 268Maxim SmelnitskiCNYRNew York Rangers