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1979 NHL Draft

Thomas Steen in the 1979 NHL Draft

Winnipeg Jets selected Thomas Steen 103rd overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 5.

He was the fifth of the 5 Swedes selected that year. It was the fifth of the 6 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 950 games put him 19th in the class, but only 9 have scored more points than his 817.

Overall pick
103
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 19
Drafting team
WINWinnipeg Jets
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 100–106 in the 1979 draft

  1. 100Yvan JolyR2 GP · 0 PMTL
  2. 101Glen DuncanRNYI
  3. 102Mark RenaudD152 GP · 56 PHFD
  4. 103Thomas SteenC950 GP · 817 PWIN
  5. 104Pierre LacroixD274 GP · 132 PQUE
  6. 105Michael ToalC3 GP · 0 PEDM
  7. 106Bob AttwellR22 GP · 6 PCLR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1979 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1979 class

5th
of 5 Swedes selected
64th
of 75 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 25Tomas JonssonD552 GP · 344 PNYI
  2. 35Pelle LindberghG157 GP · 87 WPHI
  3. 37Mats NäslundL651 GP · 634 PMTL
  4. 98Thomas ErikssonD208 GP · 98 PPHI
  5. 103Thomas SteenC950 GP · 817 PWIN
Every Swede in the 1979 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Thomas Steen made his NHL debut on October 6, 1981, 2 years and 58 days after the draft.

950
Games
264
Goals
553
Assists
817
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Winnipeg Jets picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 19Jimmy MannR293 GP · 30 PWIN
  2. 40Dave ChristianR1009 GP · 773 PWIN
  3. 61William WheltonD2 GP · 0 PWIN
  4. 82Pat DaleyL12 GP · 1 PWIN
  5. 103Thomas SteenC950 GP · 817 PWIN
  6. 124Tim WattersD741 GP · 177 PWIN