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2026 NHL Draft

Viggo Björck in the 2026 NHL Draft

Winnipeg Jets selected Viggo Björck 8th overall in the 2026 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 25 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2026, 5 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 2 of them have played more games than his 16.

Overall pick
8
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 8
Drafting team
WPGWinnipeg Jets
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 5–11 in the 2026 draft

  1. 5Alberts SmitsD16 GP · 0 PNYR
  2. 6Carson CarelsDCGY
  3. 7Chase ReidDSEA
  4. 8Viggo BjörckC16 GP · 0 PWPG
  5. 9Keaton VerhoeffDSJS
  6. 10Wyatt CullenLNSH
  7. 11Tynan LawrenceCSTL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2026 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2026 class

2nd
of 25 Swedes selected
4th
of 117 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 2Ivar StenbergL17 GP · 10 PSJS
  2. 8Viggo BjörckC16 GP · 0 PWPG
  3. 12Alexander CommandCNo NHL gamesNJD
  4. 13Malte GustafssonDNo NHL gamesNYI
  5. 19Elton HermanssonRNo NHL gamesLAK
  6. 25Jonas Lagerberg HoenRNo NHL gamesOTT
  7. 28Marcus NordmarkLNo NHL gamesANA
  8. 51William HåkanssonDNo NHL gamesCAR
  9. 61Wiggo SörenssonCNo NHL gamesCAR
  10. 76Måns GudmundssonDNo NHL gamesTOR

+ 15 more

Every Swede in the 2026 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Viggo Björck made his NHL debut on October 2, 2026, 98 days after the draft.

16
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Winnipeg Jets picks in the 2026 draft

  1. 8Viggo BjörckC16 GP · 0 PWPG
  2. 71Samuel HrenakGWPG
  3. 116Zach WootenLWPG
  4. 135Alexandre TailleferDWPG
  5. 167Landon HafeleCWPG
  6. 199Alofa Tunoa Ta'amuDWPG
  7. 220John ParsonsGWPG