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2026 NHL Draft

Ola Palme in the 2026 NHL Draft

Seattle Kraken selected Ola Palme 166th overall in the 2026 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 6.

He was the 21st of the 25 Swedes selected that year. It was the sixth of the 8 picks Seattle Kraken made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2026, 5 have played in the NHL regular season. Ola Palme is still waiting for his debut.

Overall pick
166
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 6
Drafting team
SEASeattle Kraken
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 163–169 in the 2026 draft

  1. 163Darian AndersonRNYR
  2. 164Bode LaylinDCGY
  3. 165Zachary JovanovskiGCAR
  4. 166Ola PalmeDNo NHL gamesSEA
  5. 167Landon HafeleCWPG
  6. 168Vilho VanhataloRFLA
  7. 169Brody PepoyRTOR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2026 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2026 class

21st
of 25 Swedes selected
56th
of 74 defensemen selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 2Ivar StenbergL16 GP · 9 PSJS
  2. 8Viggo BjörckC16 GP · 0 PWPG
  3. 12Alexander CommandCNo NHL gamesNJD
  4. 13Malte GustafssonDNo NHL gamesNYI
  5. 19Elton HermanssonRNo NHL gamesLAK
  6. 25Jonas Lagerberg HoenRNo NHL gamesOTT
  7. 28Marcus NordmarkLNo NHL gamesANA
  8. 51William HåkanssonDNo NHL gamesCAR
  9. 61Wiggo SörenssonCNo NHL gamesCAR
  10. 76Måns GudmundssonDNo NHL gamesTOR

+ 15 more

Every Swede in the 2026 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ola Palme has not played an NHL game yet.

The team's draft

Seattle Kraken picks in the 2026 draft

  1. 7Chase ReidDSEA
  2. 38Casey MutrynRSEA
  3. 99Viktor FedorovCSEA
  4. 131Finn KearnsDSEA
  5. 148Luken HuffDSEA
  6. 166Ola PalmeDNo NHL gamesSEA
  7. 198Rylan SinghDSEA
  8. 204William TomkoCSEA