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On June 30th, Sweden saw 25 of its citizens, two of which spent this past season in North America, and a total of 26 players from its own leagues picked by NHL teams at the 2013 NHL Draft.
Much as was suspected heading into the event, forwards Elias Lindholm (CAR), Alexander Wennberg (CBJ) and Andre Burakovsky (WAS) were the first three Swedes taken at this year’s draft, having been picked at spots 5, 14 and 23 respectively. All three have represented Sweden in international play and are expected to one day be able to assume a top-6 role at the NHL level, perhaps within the course of an entry level contract.… read more
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