2016 NHL Draft
Rasmus Asplund in the 2016 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Rasmus Asplund 33rd overall in the 2016 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 2.
He was the second of the 25 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 10 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 189 games put him 46th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 33
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 3
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 30–36 in the 2016 draft
- 30Sam SteelC504 GP · 178 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 31Egor KorshkovR1 GP · 1 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 32Tyler BensonL38 GP · 3 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 33Rasmus AsplundC189 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 34Andrew PeekeD402 GP · 81 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 35Jordan KyrouR502 GP · 392 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 36Pascal LabergeCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2016 class
2nd
of 25 Swedes selected
24th
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 33Rasmus AsplundC189 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 42Jonathan DahlénC61 GP · 22 POTTOttawa Senators
- 55Filip GustavssonG219 GP · 111 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 57Carl GrundströmR344 GP · 89 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 89Linus NassenDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 90Fredrik KarlströmC8 GP · 1 PDALDallas Stars
- 91Filip BerglundDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 96Linus LindstromCCGYCalgary Flames
- 97Jacob CederholmDWPGWinnipeg Jets
+ 15 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Rasmus Asplund made his NHL debut on November 16, 2019, 3 years and 144 days after the draft.
189
Games
18
Goals
31
Assists
49
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2016 draft
- 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 33Rasmus AsplundC189 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 69Cliff PuRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 86Casey FitzgeraldD63 GP · 9 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 99Brett MurrayL26 GP · 6 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 129Philip NybergDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 130Vojtech BudikDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 159Brandon HagelL460 GP · 387 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 189Austin OsmanskiDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 190Vasily GlotovCBUFBuffalo Sabres