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2011 NHL Draft

Rickard Rakell in the 2011 NHL Draft

Anaheim Ducks selected Rickard Rakell 30th overall in the 2011 NHL Draft.

He was the sixth of the 28 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Anaheim Ducks made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2011, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 878 games put him 16th in the class, but only 10 have scored more points than his 576.

Overall pick
30
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 30
Drafting team
ANAAnaheim Ducks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 27–33 in the 2011 draft

  1. 27Vladislav NamestnikovC852 GP · 351 PTBL
  2. 28Zack PhillipsCMIN
  3. 29Nicklas JensenR31 GP · 6 PVAN
  4. 30Rickard RakellR878 GP · 576 PANA
  5. 31David MusilD4 GP · 2 PEDM
  6. 32Ty RattieR99 GP · 30 PSTL
  7. 33Rocco GrimaldiR203 GP · 67 PFLA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2011 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2011 class

6th
of 28 Swedes selected
19th
of 119 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 2Gabriel LandeskogL815 GP · 616 PCOL
  2. 4Adam LarssonD1027 GP · 268 PNJD
  3. 6Mika ZibanejadC1028 GP · 831 POTT
  4. 10Jonas BrodinD932 GP · 284 PMIN
  5. 19Oscar KlefbomD378 GP · 156 PEDM
  6. 30Rickard RakellR878 GP · 576 PANA
  7. 38Magnus HellbergG26 GP · 8 WNSH
  8. 42Victor RaskC506 GP · 223 PCAR
  9. 50Johan SundströmC11 GP · 1 PNYI
  10. 53William KarlssonC770 GP · 458 PANA

+ 18 more

Every Swede in the 2011 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Rickard Rakell made his NHL debut on January 19, 2013, 1 year and 209 days after the draft.

878
Games
265
Goals
311
Assists
576
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Anaheim Ducks picks in the 2011 draft

  1. 30Rickard RakellR878 GP · 576 PANA
  2. 39John GibsonG574 GP · 237 WANA
  3. 53William KarlssonC770 GP · 458 PANA
  4. 65Joseph CramarossaC68 GP · 13 PANA
  5. 83Andy WelinskiD46 GP · 6 PANA
  6. 143Max FribergR6 GP · 0 PANA
  7. 160Josh MansonD718 GP · 205 PANA