How good Lias Andersson will be in 1 year or in 10 years I do not know, maybe things take a wrong turn. But right now, it should be some hype around him consider his stats from superelit is the best ever from what I can see(one year before the draft). He has also now proven himself internationally, I would say he was swedens best player in WJC 18. He is not huge but he no midget either, so size should not be a issue. The main downside would be that he is one of the older in the draft, and that could affect the stats. We will se.
Lias Andersson 1,59PPG in superelit, 22 games in SHL 0p. 9p in 7 games in WJC 18.
You can compare that to how other 1th rounder (forwards) from sweden did in their year before the draft in the last years.
2015:
Eriksson Ek, 0,3 PPG in superelit , no games at senior level
2014:
W Nylander 1,59PPG in superelit 6p in 8 games in senior level (allsvenskan not shl), 3p in 5 games in WJC 18. 10p in 6 games in WJC 17
Kempe: 0,33 PPG in superelit, no games at senior level. 5 goal in 5 games in WJC 17.
2013:
Elias Lindholm, 1,36 PPG in superelit 12 games in SHL 0p, 3p in 4 games in WJC 18.
Wennberg: 0,45 PPG in superelit, 1 SHL game 0p. 9p in 6 games in WJC 18.
Burakovsky: 1PPG in superelit, 10 games in allsvenskan 1p. 8p in 6 games in WJC 17, 3p in 6 games in WJC 18.
2012:
Filip Forsberg: 1,11PPG in superelit. 1p in 10 games in allsvenskan. 6p in 6 games in WJC 18.
2011:
Landeskog - Did not play in sweden.
Zibanejad: 0,28 PPG in superelit, no senior games, 9p in 6 games in WJC 17.
Rakell: 0, 5 PPG in superelit, no senior games. 2p in 6 games in WJC 17.
Other noticeable player
Bäckström: 1,17 PPG in superelit, 19 games in SHL 0p, 5p in 7 games in WJC 18.