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1976 NHL Draft

Thomas Gradin in the 1976 NHL Draft

Chicago Blackhawks selected Thomas Gradin 45th overall in the 1976 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 3.

He was the second of the 5 Swedes selected that year. It was the third of the 7 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 135 players selected in 1976, 73 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 8 of them have played more games than his 677, and only 5 have scored more points than his 593.

Overall pick
45
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 9
Drafting team
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 42–48 in the 1976 draft

  1. 42Mike McEwenD716 GP · 404 PNYR
  2. 43Jim KirkpatrickDSTL
  3. 44Rob FlockhartR55 GP · 7 PVAN
  4. 45Thomas GradinC677 GP · 593 PCHI
  5. 46Rick HodgsonD6 GP · 0 PAFM
  6. 47Morris LukowichL582 GP · 418 PPIT
  7. 48Alain BelangerR9 GP · 1 PTOR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1976 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1976 class

2nd
of 5 Swedes selected
31st
of 83 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 5Björn JohanssonD15 GP · 2 PCGS
  2. 45Thomas GradinC677 GP · 593 PCHI
  3. 64Kent NilssonC553 GP · 686 PAFM
  4. 130Goran LindblomDSTL
  5. 134Anders HåkanssonL330 GP · 98 PSTL
Every Swede in the 1976 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Thomas Gradin made his NHL debut on October 11, 1978, 2 years and 132 days after the draft.

677
Games
209
Goals
384
Assists
593
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 1976 draft

  1. 9Real CloutierR318 GP · 344 PCHI
  2. 27Jeffrey McDillR1 GP · 0 PCHI
  3. 45Thomas GradinC677 GP · 593 PCHI
  4. 63Dave DebolC92 GP · 52 PCHI
  5. 81Terry McDonaldCCHI
  6. 99John PetersonGCHI
  7. 115John RothsteinRCHI