1991 NHL Draft
Markus Näslund in the 1991 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Markus Näslund 16th overall in the 1991 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 11 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 12 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1991, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 1117, and only 3 have scored more points than his 869.
- Overall pick
- 16
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 16
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 13–19 in the 1991 draft
- 13Philippe BoucherD748 GP · 300 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 14Pat PeakeC134 GP · 69 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 15Alex KovalevR1316 GP · 1029 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 16Markus NäslundL1117 GP · 869 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 17Brent BilodeauDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 18Glen MurrayR1009 GP · 651 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 19Niklas SundbladR2 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1991 class
2nd
of 11 Swedes selected
11th
of 146 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 6Peter ForsbergC708 GP · 885 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 16Markus NäslundL1117 GP · 869 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 19Niklas SundbladR2 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 55Fredrik BrembergR8 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 59Michael NylanderC920 GP · 679 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 111Fredrik NilssonCSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 125Fredrik JaxRNYRNew York Rangers
- 134Mikael JohanssonCQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 136Andreas JohanssonL377 GP · 169 PNYINew York Islanders
- 218Mattias OlssonDLAKLos Angeles Kings
+ 1 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Markus Näslund made his NHL debut on October 5, 1993, 2 years and 105 days after the draft.
1117
Games
395
Goals
474
Assists
869
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 1991 draft
- 16Markus NäslundL1117 GP · 869 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 38Rusty FitzgeraldC25 GP · 4 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 60Shane PeacockDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 82Joe TamminenCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 104Robert MelansonDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 126Brian CliffordCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 148Ed PattersonR68 GP · 6 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 170Peter McLaughlinDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 192Jeff LembkeGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 214Chris TokDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 236Paul DyckDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 258Pasi HuuraDPITPittsburgh Penguins