2026 NHL Draft
Samuel Eriksson in the 2026 NHL Draft
Vancouver Canucks selected Samuel Eriksson 184th overall in the 2026 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 6.
He was the 22nd of the 25 Swedes selected that year. It was the ninth and last of the 9 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2026, 5 have played in the NHL regular season. Samuel Eriksson is still waiting for his debut.
- Overall pick
- 184
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 24
- Drafting team
- VANVancouver Canucks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 181–187 in the 2026 draft
- 181Cole ZurawskiRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 182Anttoni UronenCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 183Alexander GruninDOTTOttawa Senators
- 184Samuel ErikssonDNo NHL gamesVANVancouver Canucks
- 185Jonas WooDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 186Stepan ShuryginGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 187Anton Emil Wilde LarsenGDALDallas Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2026 class
22nd
of 25 Swedes selected
59th
of 74 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 2Ivar StenbergL17 GP · 9 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 8Viggo BjörckC16 GP · 0 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 12Alexander CommandCNo NHL gamesNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 13Malte GustafssonDNo NHL gamesNYINew York Islanders
- 19Elton HermanssonRNo NHL gamesLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 25Jonas Lagerberg HoenRNo NHL gamesOTTOttawa Senators
- 28Marcus NordmarkLNo NHL gamesANAAnaheim Ducks
- 51William HåkanssonDNo NHL gamesCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 61Wiggo SörenssonCNo NHL gamesCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 76Måns GudmundssonDNo NHL gamesTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 15 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Samuel Eriksson has not played an NHL game yet.
The team's draft
Vancouver Canucks picks in the 2026 draft
- 3Caleb MalhotraCVANVancouver Canucks
- 24Adam NovotnyLVANVancouver Canucks
- 33Brooks RogowskiCVANVancouver Canucks
- 41Niklas Aaram-OlsenLVANVancouver Canucks
- 78Dmitri IvchenkoGVANVancouver Canucks
- 97Yaroslav BryzgalovLVANVancouver Canucks
- 129Connor DavisRVANVancouver Canucks
- 176Lucian BernatRVANVancouver Canucks
- 184Samuel ErikssonDNo NHL gamesVANVancouver Canucks