Here's something I wrote yesterday:
Below are the finnish and swedish draft picks in the first three rounds of the last 10 years.I highlighted players that I think makes Team Finland and eam Sweden today. Seems that drafted in the first round 6-10 years ago is a good bet a player makes the teams today. This might be good news for Finland since half of first round players drafted 1-5 years ago is not on the team yet. The number of drafted finns in the first round has doubled.Will 7/8 still make Team Finland in the future? If so, it look good for you. Now it's 17-12 Finland in using players drafted in the first three rounds the last 10 drafts on the national team. Sweden might rely on slightly older players nowadays (OEL, Karlsson, Hedman) and it might be slightly harder to join Team Sweden on defense (Adam Larsson, Klefbom and Rasmus Andersson etc is not locks). Conclusion might be that Finland is producing more players (in first three rounds) to the national team the last 5 drafts than Sweden, 8-3 Finland. And first round is important to be on the national team. 10-9 Finland here. Which is well done by Finland since they have fewer inhabitants than Sweden. A few more swedes (first round) accounts for an equal number of national team players. A hopeful conclusion is that both finns and swedes will continue to make the national teams in the same rate. Juolevi, Puljujärvi, Borgström, Välimäki, Vaakanainen, Vesalainen, Eriksson Ek, Nylander, Larsson, Brännström and Liljegren are next, so to speak. And I say GOOD LUCK trying to join Team Sweden if you're not drafted in the first round (in any of the 10 last drafts). William Karlsson (2nd round) is in by a hair.
And, unexpected breakouts belong to guys like John Klingberg, Arvidsson, G-O(a)lofsson and Lindell.
Over and under the line are drafts for 6-10 years ago (over) and 1-5 years ago (under).
First round: (2010-14 over underlined and 2015-19 under)
#9 Minnesota Wild Mikael Granlund (F) 8 540 111 241 352 150
#16 Buffalo Sabres Joel Armia (F) 7 295 55 56 111 96
#18 Chicago Blackhawks Teuvo Teräväinen (F) 8 428 91 198 289 72
#22 Pittsburgh Penguins Olli Määttä (D) 8 427 29 95 124 118
#2 Florida Panthers Aleksander Barkov (F) 8 479 155 252 407 84
#8 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 8 493 42 185 227 255
#14 Dallas Stars Julius Honka (D) 3 87 2 11 13 28
#22 Pittsburgh Penguins Kasperi Kapanen (F) 6 202 41 49 90 55
#10 Colorado Avalanche Mikko Rantanen (F) 5 281 99 151 250 126
#2 Winnipeg Jets Patrik Laine (F) 5 305 138 109 247 114
#4 Edmonton Oilers Jesse Puljujärvi (F) 3 139 17 20 37 40
#5 Vancouver Canucks Olli Juolevi (D) 1 0 0 0 0 0
#23 Florida Panthers Henrik Borgström (F) 3 58 9 10 19 6
#3 Dallas Stars Miro Heiskanen (D) 2 150 20 48 68 28
#16 Calgary Flames Juuso Välimäki (D) 2 24 1 2 3 12
#18 Boston Bruins Urho Vaakanainen (D) 2 7 0 0 0 0
#24 Winnipeg Jets Kristian Vesalainen (F) 1 5 0 1 1 0
#29 Chicago Blackhawks Henri Jokiharju (D) 3 107 4 23 27 48
#30 Nashville Predators Eeli Tolvanen (F) 3 7 1 1 2 0
#3 Montréal Canadiens Jesperi Kotkaniemi (F) 3 115 17 25 42 49
#20 Los Angeles Kings Rasmus Kupari (F)
#2 New York Rangers Kaapo Kakko (F) 2 66 10 13 23 14
#19 Ottawa Senators Lassi Thomson (D)
#20 Winnipeg Jets Ville Heinola (D) 1 8 1 4 5 4
Second round:
#45 Calgary Flames Markus Granlund (F) 7 335 58 43 101 86
#49 Los Angeles Kings Christopher Gibson (G) 4 14 - - - -
#51 Phoenix Coyotes Alexander Ruuttu (F)
#52 Nashville Predators Miikka Salomäki (F) 6 167 12 15 27 76
#34 New York Islanders Ville Pokka (D)
#55 Montréal Canadiens Artturi Lehkonen (F) 5 291 54 53 107 84
#60 Los Angeles Kings Alex Lintuniemi (D)
#35 Carolina Hurricanes Sebastian Aho (F) 5 310 121 142 263 102
#49 Dallas Stars Roope Hintz (F) 2 118 28 27 55 40
#59 Anaheim Ducks Julius Nättinen (F)
#43 Carolina Hurricanes Janne Kuokkanen (F) 3 12 0 0 0 4
#61 Pittsburgh Penguins Kasper Björkqvist (F)
#40 Florida Panthers Aleksi Heponiemi (F)
#42 Carolina Hurricanes Eetu Luostarinen (F) 1 8 0 1 1 0
#46 New York Islanders Robin Salo (D)
#54 Buffalo Sabres Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G)
#58 Montréal Canadiens Joni Ikonen (F)
#59 Toronto Maple Leafs Eemeli Räsänen (D)
#35 Montréal Canadiens Jesse Ylönen (F)
#35 Detroit Red Wings Antti Tuomisto (D)
Third round:
#62 Columbus Blue Jackets Joonas Korpisalo (G) 6 127 - - - -
#74 Dallas Stars Esa Lindell (D) 5 308 27 73 100 91
#65 Florida Panthers Juho Lammikko (F) 1 40 0 6 6 6
#73 Detroit Red Wings Vili Saarijärvi (D)
#89 New York Rangers Aleksi Saarela (F) 2 9 2 2 4 0
#63 Edmonton Oilers Markus Niemeläinen (D)
#71 Detroit Red Wings Kasper Kotkansalo (D)
#89 Buffalo Sabres Oskari Laaksonen (D)
#64 Colorado Avalanche Justus Annunen (G)
#74 Chicago Blackhawks Niklas Nordgren (F)
#78 Colorado Avalanche Sampo Ranta (F)
#73 Carolina Hurricanes Patrik Puistola (F)
#83 Carolina Hurricanes Anttoni Honka (D)
#84 Toronto Maple Leafs Mikko Kokkonen (D)
Comparison with neighbour Sweden:
First round:
#2 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog (F) 9 633 198 262 460 489
#4 New Jersey Devils Adam Larsson (D) 10 547 21 106 127 323
#6 Ottawa Senators Mika Zibanejad (F) 10 548 176 208 384 155
#10 Minnesota Wild Jonas Brodin (D) 9 555 30 116 146 162
#19 Edmonton Oilers Oscar Klefbom (D) 8 378 34 122 156 74
#30 Anaheim Ducks Rickard Rakell (F) 9 447 129 154 283 96
#6 Anaheim Ducks Hampus Lindholm (D) 8 503 50 144 194 256
#11 Washington Capitals Filip Forsberg (F) 9 458 166 187 353 200
#5 Carolina Hurricanes Elias Lindholm (F) 8 525 120 200 320 118
#14 Columbus Blue Jackets Alexander Wennberg (F) 7 415 40 161 201 85
#23 Washington Capitals André Burakovsky (F) 6 386 82 108 190 99
#8 Toronto Maple Leafs William Nylander (F) 6 307 86 135 221 74
#29 Los Angeles Kings Adrian Kempe (F) 5 256 41 62 103 134
#20 Minnesota Wild Joel Eriksson Ek (F) 5 210 24 42 66 68
#27 Anaheim Ducks Jacob Larsson (D) 4 113 2 14 16 30
#29 Columbus Blue Jackets Gabriel Carlsson (D) 4 23 0 3 3 8
#8 Buffalo Sabres Alexander Nylander (F) 5 84 13 19 32 14
#5 Vancouver Canucks Elias Pettersson (F) 2 139 55 77 132 30
#7 New York Rangers Lias Andersson (F) 3 66 3 6 9 33
#15 Vegas Golden Knights Erik Brännström (D) 3 33 0 4 4 16
#17 Toronto Maple Leafs Timothy Liljegren (D) 1 11 0 1 1 2
#1 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (D) 3 141 13 71 84 72
#8 Chicago Blackhawks Adam Boqvist (D) 2 41 4 9 13 6
#23 Anaheim Ducks Isac Lundeström (F) 2 30 0 6 6 2
#24 Minnesota Wild Filip Johansson (D)
#28 New York Rangers Nils Lundkvist (D)
#29 Toronto Maple Leafs Rasmus Sandin (D) 2 28 1 7 8 10
#8 Edmonton Oilers Philip Broberg (D)
#11 Arizona Coyotes Victor Söderström (D)
#22 Los Angeles Kings Tobias Björnfot (D) 1 3 0 0 0 0
#23 New York Islanders Simon Holmström (F)
Second round:
#35 Chicago Blackhawks Ludvig Rensfeldt (F)
#41 Dallas Stars Patrik Nemeth (D) 8 314 5 43 48 162
#44 St. Louis Blues Sebastian Wännström (F)
#51 Detroit Red Wings Calle Järnkrok (F) 8 459 81 102 183 99
#56 Minnesota Wild Johan Larsson (F) 8 393 38 59 97 190
#57 Phoenix Coyotes Oscar Lindberg (F) 5 252 39 40 79 117
#38 Nashville Predators Magnus Hellberg (G) 3 4 - - - -
#42 Carolina Hurricanes Victor Rask (F) 7 405 70 109 179 82
#50 New York Islanders Johan Sundström (F) 1 11 0 1 1 6
#53 Anaheim Ducks William Karlsson (F) 6 410 100 130 230 62
#59 Florida Panthers Rasmus Bengtsson (D)
#31 Columbus Blue Jackets Oscar Dansk (G) 3 5 - - - -
#33 Montréal Canadiens Sebastian Collberg (F)
#37 Nashville Predators Pontus Åberg (F) 5 132 17 27 44 34
#43 Dallas Stars Ludwig Byström (D)
#34 Montréal Canadiens Jacob de la Rose (F) 6 229 13 24 37 77
#41 Philadelphia Flyers Robert Hägg (D) 4 202 11 31 42 125
#45 Anaheim Ducks Nick Sörensen (F) 1 5 0 1 1 2
#46 Minnesota Wild Gustav Olofsson (D) 4 59 0 11 11 18
#51 Chicago Blackhawks Carl Dahlström (D) 4 64 0 10 10 12
#60 Boston Bruins Linus Arnesson (D)
#38 Anaheim Ducks Marcus Pettersson (D) 4 175 5 46 51 107
#40 Ottawa Senators Andreas Englund (D) 4 33 0 3 3 24
#46 San Jose Sharks Julius Bergman (D)
#45 Boston Bruins Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (F) 2 29 3 6 9 2
#53 Calgary Flames Rasmus Andersson (D) 5 160 7 34 41 84
#58 Columbus Blue Jackets Kevin Stenlund (F) 2 36 6 4 10 12
#60 Calgary Flames Oliver Kylington (D) 3 87 5 10 15 26
#33 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Asplund (F) 1 29 1 2 3 6
#42 Ottawa Senators Jonathan Dahlén (F)
#55 Pittsburgh Penguins Filip Gustavsson (G) 2 0 - - - -
#57 Toronto Maple Leafs Carl Grundström (F) 2 28 5 5 10 14
#36 New Jersey Devils Jesper Boqvist (F) 2 35 4 0 4 8
#37 Buffalo Sabres Marcus Davidsson (F)
#38 Detroit Red Wings Gustav Lindström (D) 1 16 0 1 1 14
#44 Arizona Coyotes Filip Westerlund (D)
#33 Detroit Red Wings Jonatan Berggren (F)
#39 New York Rangers Olof Lindbom (G)
#44 Dallas Stars Albin Eriksson (F)
#50 Philadelphia Flyers Adam Ginning (D)
#56 Montréal Canadiens Jacob Olofsson (F)
#57 Boston Bruins Axel Andersson (D)
#58 Pittsburgh Penguins Filip Hållander (F)
#60 Winnipeg Jets David Gustafsson (F) 1 22 1 0 1 0
#70 New York Rangers Jakob Ragnarsson (D)
#75 Dallas Stars Oskar Bäck (F)
#80 Columbus Blue Jackets Marcus Karlberg (F)
#84 Detroit Red Wings Jesper Eliasson (G)
#87 San Jose Sharks Linus Karlsson (F)
#40 Vancouver Canucks Nils Höglander (F)
#50 Los Angeles Kings Samuel Fagemo (F)
#51 Winnipeg Jets Simon Lundmark (D)
#58 New York Rangers Karl Henriksson (F)
#60 Detroit Red Wings Albert Johansson (D)
Third round:
#90 Chicago Blackhawks Joakim Nordström (F) 7 400 31 37 68 71
#79 Chicago Blackhawks Klas Dahlbeck (D) 4 170 6 17 23 87
#81 Pittsburgh Penguins Oskar Sundqvist (F) 6 201 28 35 63 70
#68 Dallas Stars Niklas Hansson (D)
#78 Ottawa Senators Marcus Högberg (G) 3 28 - - - -
#79 Detroit Red Wings Mattias Janmark (F) 5 297 46 63 109 76
#61 Buffalo Sabres Jonas Johansson (G) 1 6 - - - -
#87 Phoenix Coyotes Anton Karlsson (F)
#62 New York Rangers Robin Kovács (F)
#70 Philadelphia Flyers Felix Sandström (G)
#83 Arizona Coyotes Jens Lööke (F)
#87 Montréal Canadiens Lukas Vejdemo (F) 1 7 1 0 1 0 3
#89 Florida Panthers Linus Nässén (D)
#90 Dallas Stars Fredrik Karlström (F)
#91 Edmonton Oilers Filip Berglund (D)
#63 New Jersey Devils Fabian Zetterlund (F)
#64 Montréal Canadiens Mattias Norlinder (D)
#66 Detroit Red Wings Albin Grewe (F)
#67 Buffalo Sabres Erik Portillo (G)
#71 Tampa Bay Lightning Hugo Alnefelt (G)
National team finnish players drafted before 2010:
#258 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne (G) 15 659
#21 Toronto Maple Leafs Tuukka Rask (G) 13 536 - - -
#180 Toronto Maple Leafs Leo Komarov (F) 7 457 62 100 162 190
#31 New York Islanders Mikko Koskinen (G) 4 97 - - - -
#106 Anaheim Ducks Sami Vatanen (D) 8 434 45 149 194 192
#182 Minnesota Wild Erik Haula (F) 7 405 85 90 175 182
National team swedish players drafted before 2010:
#4 Washington Capitals Nicklas Bäckström (F) 14 956 243 684 927 462
#24 Calgary Flames Mikael Backlund (F) 13 690 145 220 365 335
#15 Ottawa Senators Erik Karlsson (D) 12 736 135 468 603 354
#31 Florida Panthers Jacob Markström (G) 10 272 - - - -
#121 Detroit Red Wings Gustav Nyquist (F) 10 570 146 202 348 144
#2 Tampa Bay Lightning Victor Hedman (D) 11 762 105 368 473 560
#6 Phoenix Coyotes Oliver Ekman Larsson (D) 11 723 125 239 364 450
#24 Washington Capitals Marcus Johansson (F) 11 648 129 235 364 104
#39 Ottawa Senators Jakob Silfverberg (F) 10 558 138 153 291 160
#46 Ottawa Senators Robin Lehner (G) 10 301 - - - -
#62 New York Islanders Anders Nilsson (G) 7 161 - - - -
#102 Nashville Predators Mattias Ekholm (D) 10 538 45 151 196 265