1986 NHL Draft
Arto Blomsten in the 1986 NHL Draft
Winnipeg Jets selected Arto Blomsten 239th overall in the 1986 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 12.
He was the ninth of the 9 Swedes selected that year. It was the eleventh and last of the 11 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1986, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 25 games put him 73rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 239
- Round and pick
- Round 12, pick 8
- Drafting team
- WINWinnipeg Jets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 21 years
The picks around it
Picks 236–242 in the 1986 draft
- 236Douglas KirtonRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 237Brian HoardDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 238Vladimir KrutovL61 GP · 34 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 239Arto BlomstenD25 GP · 4 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 240Soren TrueLNYRNew York Rangers
- 241David ObrienRSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 242Brian VerbeekCHFDHartford Whalers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1986 class
9th
of 9 Swedes selected
86th
of 89 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 66Anders CarlssonC104 GP · 33 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 85Johan GarpenlövL609 GP · 311 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 123Morgan SamuelssonLQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 124Stefan NilssonCWSHWashington Capitals
- 127Pär DjoosD82 GP · 33 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 223Steffan MalmquistLBOSBoston Bruins
- 226Anders LindstromCCGYCalgary Flames
- 232Peter EkrothDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 239Arto BlomstenD25 GP · 4 PWINWinnipeg Jets
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Arto Blomsten made his NHL debut on October 12, 1993, 7 years and 113 days after the draft.
25
Games
0
Goals
4
Assists
4
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Winnipeg Jets picks in the 1986 draft
- 8Pat ElynuikR506 GP · 342 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 29Teppo NumminenD1372 GP · 637 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 50Esa PalosaariRWINWinnipeg Jets
- 71Hannu JarvenpaaR114 GP · 37 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 92Craig EndeanL2 GP · 1 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 113John BatemanDWINWinnipeg Jets
- 155Frank FurlanGWINWinnipeg Jets
- 176Mark GreenLWINWinnipeg Jets
- 197John BlueG46 GP · 16 WWINWinnipeg Jets
- 218Matt CoteDWINWinnipeg Jets
- 239Arto BlomstenD25 GP · 4 PWINWinnipeg Jets