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2004 NHL Draft

Alexander Edler in the 2004 NHL Draft

Vancouver Canucks selected Alexander Edler 91st overall in the 2004 NHL Draft, with the 26th pick of round 3.

He was the fifth of the 19 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 7 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 6 of them have played more games than his 1030, and only 8 have scored more points than his 439.

Overall pick
91
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 26
Drafting team
VANVancouver Canucks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 88–94 in the 2004 draft

  1. 88Clayton BarthelDWSH
  2. 89Jeff GlassG15 GP · 3 WOTT
  3. 90Justin PoggeG7 GP · 1 WTOR
  4. 91Alexander EdlerD1030 GP · 439 PVAN
  5. 92Rob BellamyRPHI
  6. 93Daniel LacostaG4 GP · 2 WCBJ
  7. 94Thomas GreissG368 GP · 162 WSJS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2004 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2004 class

5th
of 19 Swedes selected
28th
of 86 defensemen selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 31Johannes SalmonssonFPIT
  2. 34Johan FranssonDDAL
  3. 49Carl SöderbergC597 GP · 297 PSTL
  4. 56Nicklas GrossmannD592 GP · 86 PDAL
  5. 91Alexander EdlerD1030 GP · 439 PVAN
  6. 97Johan FranzénR602 GP · 370 PDET
  7. 104Fredrik NaslundRDAL
  8. 132Oscar HedmanDWSH
  9. 137Magnus AkerlundGCAR
  10. 147Janne NiskalaD6 GP · 3 PNSH

+ 9 more

Every Swede in the 2004 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Alexander Edler made his NHL debut on November 4, 2006, 2 years and 131 days after the draft.

1030
Games
104
Goals
335
Assists
439
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Vancouver Canucks picks in the 2004 draft

  1. 26Cory SchneiderG410 GP · 171 WVAN
  2. 91Alexander EdlerD1030 GP · 439 PVAN
  3. 125Andrew SarauerLVAN
  4. 159Mike BrownR407 GP · 36 PVAN
  5. 189Julien Ellis-PlanteGVAN
  6. 254David SchulzDVAN
  7. 287Jannik HansenR626 GP · 256 PVAN