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2018 NHL Draft

Pontus Holmberg in the 2018 NHL Draft

Toronto Maple Leafs selected Pontus Holmberg 156th overall in the 2018 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 6.

He was the 24th of the 29 Swedes selected that year. It was the seventh of the 9 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2018, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 243 games put him 31st in the class.

Overall pick
156
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 1
Drafting team
TORToronto Maple Leafs
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 153–159 in the 2018 draft

  1. 153Giovanni VallatiDWPG
  2. 154Connor CorcoranDVGK
  3. 155Damien GirouxC1 GP · 1 PMIN
  4. 156Pontus HolmbergR243 GP · 81 PTOR
  5. 157Kevin MandoleseG3 GP · 1 WOTT
  6. 158David TendeckGARI
  7. 159Tim BerniD59 GP · 3 PCBJ

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2018 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2018 class

24th
of 29 Swedes selected
88th
of 118 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 1Rasmus DahlinD598 GP · 443 PBUF
  2. 8Adam BoqvistD272 GP · 103 PCHI
  3. 23Isac LundeströmC405 GP · 96 PANA
  4. 24Filip JohanssonDMIN
  5. 28Nils LundkvistD250 GP · 58 PNYR
  6. 29Rasmus SandinD382 GP · 145 PTOR
  7. 33Jonatan BerggrenR220 GP · 85 PDET
  8. 39Olof LindbomGNYR
  9. 44Albin ErikssonRDAL
  10. 50Adam GinningD16 GP · 1 PPHI

+ 19 more

Every Swede in the 2018 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Pontus Holmberg made his NHL debut on November 2, 2022, 4 years and 132 days after the draft.

243
Games
34
Goals
47
Assists
81
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2018 draft

  1. 29Rasmus SandinD382 GP · 145 PTOR
  2. 52Sean DurziD316 GP · 148 PTOR
  3. 76Semyon Der-ArguchintsevC1 GP · 0 PTOR
  4. 83Riley StottsCTOR
  5. 118Mac HollowellD6 GP · 2 PTOR
  6. 149Filip KralD2 GP · 0 PTOR
  7. 156Pontus HolmbergR243 GP · 81 PTOR
  8. 209Zachary BouthillierGTOR
  9. 211Semyon KizimovRTOR