2009 NHL Draft
Victor Hedman in the 2009 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Victor Hedman 2nd overall in the 2009 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 24 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2009, 116 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 1177, and only 3 have scored more points than his 816.
- Overall pick
- 2
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 2
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–5 in the 2009 draft
- 1John TavaresC1273 GP · 1192 PNYINew York Islanders
- 2Victor HedmanD1177 GP · 816 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 3Matt DucheneC1195 GP · 936 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 4Evander KaneL1001 GP · 648 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 5Brayden SchennC1116 GP · 732 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2009 class
1st
of 24 Swedes selected
1st
of 70 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 2Victor HedmanD1177 GP · 816 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 6Oliver Ekman-LarssonD1154 GP · 540 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 10Magnus PääjärviL467 GP · 124 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 17David RundbladD113 GP · 25 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 20Jacob JosefsonC315 GP · 64 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 23Tim ErixonD93 GP · 14 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 24Marcus JohanssonL1058 GP · 566 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 34Carl KlingbergL12 GP · 1 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 39Jakob SilfverbergR820 GP · 373 POTTOttawa Senators
- 40Anton LanderC215 GP · 35 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
+ 14 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Victor Hedman made his NHL debut on October 3, 2009, 99 days after the draft.
1177
Games
175
Goals
641
Assists
816
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2009 draft
- 2Victor HedmanD1177 GP · 816 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 29Carter AshtonR54 GP · 3 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 52Richard PanikR521 GP · 195 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 93Alex HutchingsLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 148Michael ZadorGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 162Jaroslav JanusGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 183Kirill GotovetsDTBLTampa Bay Lightning