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1979 NHL Draft

Tomas Jonsson in the 1979 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected Tomas Jonsson 25th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 2.

He was the first of the 5 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 7 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 552 games put him 40th in the class.

Overall pick
25
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 4
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 22–28 in the 1979 draft

  1. 22Blake WesleyD298 GP · 64 PPHI
  2. 23Michael PerovichDAFM
  3. 24Errol RausseL31 GP · 10 PWSH
  4. 25Tomas JonssonD552 GP · 344 PNYI
  5. 26Brent AshtonL998 GP · 629 PVAN
  6. 27Gaston GingrasD476 GP · 235 PMTL
  7. 28Tim TrimperL190 GP · 66 PCHI

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

1st
of 5 Swedes selected
12th
of 40 defensemen 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

Tomas Jonsson made his NHL debut on October 7, 1981, 2 years and 59 days after the draft.

552
Games
85
Goals
259
Assists
344
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 17Duane SutterR731 GP · 342 PNYI
  2. 25Tomas JonssonD552 GP · 344 PNYI
  3. 38Billy CarrollC322 GP · 84 PNYI
  4. 59Roland MelansonG291 GP · 129 WNYI
  5. 80Tim LockridgeDNYI
  6. 101Glen DuncanRNYI
  7. 122John GibbDNYI