2007 NHL Draft
Mikael Backlund in the 2007 NHL Draft
Calgary Flames selected Mikael Backlund 24th overall in the 2007 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 17 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 5 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2007, 97 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 4 of them have played more games than his 1161, and only 7 have scored more points than his 611.
- Overall pick
- 24
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 24
- Drafting team
- CGYCalgary Flames
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 21–27 in the 2007 draft
- 21Riley NashC628 GP · 176 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 22Max PaciorettyL939 GP · 681 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 23Jonathon BlumD110 GP · 24 PNSHNashville Predators
- 24Mikael BacklundC1161 GP · 611 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 25Patrick WhiteCVANVancouver Canucks
- 26David PerronL1241 GP · 812 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 27Brendan SmithD741 GP · 146 PDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2007 class
1st
of 17 Swedes selected
16th
of 131 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 24Mikael BacklundC1161 GP · 611 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 36Joel GistedtGPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 39Simon HjalmarssonRSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 52Oscar MöllerR87 GP · 26 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 88Joakim AnderssonC205 GP · 36 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 97Linus OmarkL79 GP · 32 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 121Mattias ModigGANAAnaheim Ducks
- 122Mario KempeR70 GP · 13 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 144Andreas ThuressonR25 GP · 3 PNSHNashville Predators
- 155Jens HellgrenDCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 7 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mikael Backlund made his NHL debut on January 8, 2009, 1 year and 200 days after the draft.
1161
Games
234
Goals
377
Assists
611
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Calgary Flames picks in the 2007 draft
- 24Mikael BacklundC1161 GP · 611 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 70John NegrinD3 GP · 1 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 116Keith AulieD167 GP · 14 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 143Mickey RenaudCCGYCalgary Flames
- 186C.J. SeverynLCGYCalgary Flames