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Major Statistical Update For All Drafted Swedish Prospects
Written by: Unknown on 04/09/2002 
SEL = Swedish Elite League, "Elitserien"
SEL2 = The 2nd-tier league in Sweden, "Allsvenskan"
J-20 = The best junior league (Junior-A) in Sweden, "J20 SuperElit"
| NHL Team | Player | Position | Team/League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| Anaheim | Jonathan Hedström | F | Luleå / SEL | 47 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 38 |
| Anaheim | Michael Holmqvist | F | TPS Turku / Finland | 56 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 16 |
| Anaheim | Tobias Johwelin | F | Tranås / SEL2 | 44 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 62 |
| Anaheim | Björn Melin | F | HV 71 / SEL | 50 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 40 |
| Anaheim | Tony Mårtensson | F | Brynäs / SEL | 50 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 14 |
| Anaheim | Pelle Prestberg | F | Frölunda / SEL | 50 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 28 |
| Anaheim | Jan Sandström | D | Luleå / SEL | 41 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| Anaheim | Viktor Wallin | D | Timrå / SEL | 35 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| Boston | Elias Abrahamsson | D | Hammarby / SEL2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Hamilton / J-20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | |||
| Columbus / ECHL | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 70 | |||
| Boston | Lars Jonsson | D | Leksand / SEL2 | 40 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 94 |
| Leksand / J-20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Boston | Mattias Karlin | F | Providence / AHL | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Boston | Andreas Lindström | F | Luleå / J-20 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 46 |
| Boston | Martin Samuelsson | F | Hammarby / SEL2 | 44 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 45 |
| Boston | Anders Söderberg | F | Luleå / SEL | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 |
| Buffalo | Henrik Tallinder | D | Rochester / AHL | 73 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 26 |
| Buffalo | Calle Åslund | D | Huddinge / SEL2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Huddinge / J-20 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 66 | |||
| Calgary | Johan Finnström | D | Luleå / SEL | 46 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 46 |
| Calgary | Jonas Frögren | D | Färjestad / SEL | 50 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| Calgary | Jan Labraaten | F | Örebro / SEL2 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Carolina | Magnus Kahnberg | F | Frölunda / SEL | 50 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 24 |
| Carolina | Niklas Nordgren | F | Timrå / SEL | 49 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 16 |
| Chicago | Jonas Elofsson | D | Leksand / SEL2 | 40 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 16 |
| Chicago | Jonas Nordqvist | F | Leksand / SEL2 | 37 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 16 |
| Leksand / J-20 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 6 | |||
| Chicago | Mattias Wennerberg | F | MoDo / SEL | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Björklöven / SEL2 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 43 | |||
| Colorado | Sanny Lindström | D | Quad-City / UHL | 38 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 71 |
| Colorado | Anders Lövdahl | F | Tranås / SEL2 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| Columbus | Jonas A-Junkka | D | Luleå / SEL | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
| HIFK / Finland | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | n/a | |||
| Columbus | Per Mårs | F | Brynäs / SEL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Tierp / SEL2 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 65 | |||
| Dallas | Marcus Kristoffersson | F | Utah / AHL | 50 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 42 |
| Dallas | Yared Hagos | F | AIK / SEL | 45 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 36 |
| AIK / J-20 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Dallas | Gabriel Karlsson | F | Södertälje / SEL | 47 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 18 |
| Dallas | Joel Lundqvist | F | Frölunda / SEL | 46 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 28 |
| Dallas | Mathias Tjärnqvist | F | Djurgården / SEL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Detroit | John Wikström | D | Cincinnati / AHL | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| Toledo / ECHL | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | |||
| Detroit | Pär Bäcker | F | Färjestad / SEL | 47 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 |
| Detroit | David Engblom | F | AIK / SEL | 48 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| Detroit | Johan Forsander | F | Djurgården / SEL | 48 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 |
| Detroit | Andreas Jämtin | F | AIK / SEL | 42 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 55 |
| AIK / J-20 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 63 | |||
| Detroit | Niklas Kronwall | D | Djurgården / SEL | 48 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 34 |
| Detroit | David Petrasek | D | MIF Redhawks / SEL | 47 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 48 |
| Detroit | Calle Steen | F | Bofors / SEL2 | 43 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 58 |
| Detroit | Magnus Nilsson | F | Toledo / ECHL | 57 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 63 |
| Detroit | Jimmie Svensson | F | MIF Redhawks / J-20 | 43 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 115 |
| Detroit | Jari Tolsa | F | Frölunda / SEL | 48 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 18 |
| Detroit | Henrik Zetterberg | F | Timrå / SEL | 48 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 20 |
| Edmonton | Mikael Svensk | D | Frölunda / J-20 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| Los Angeles | Tim Eriksson | F | Hammarby / SEL2 | 44 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 34 |
| Los Angeles | Daniel Johansson | F | Boden / SEL2 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Los Angeles | Jens Karlsson | F | Frölunda / SEL | 46 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 44 |
| Los Angeles | Mikael Simons | F | Timrå / SEL | 48 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Minnesota | Rickard Wallin | F | Färjestad / SEL | 50 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 56 |
| Montreal | Niklas Anger | F | AIK / SEL | 50 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 16 |
| Montreal | Johan Eneqvist | F | Leksand / SEL2 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| Leksand / J-20 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| Montreal | Kim Staal | F | MoDo / SEL | 49 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 16 |
| Montreal | Peter Ström | F | Frölunda / SEL | 50 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 12 |
| Nashville | Mats Christéen | F | Södertälje / SEL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Södertälje / J-20 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 47 | |||
| Tierp / SEL2 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | |||
| Nashville | Gustav Gräsberg | F | Mora / SEL 2 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 72 |
| Nashville | Jonas Andersson | F | Nashville / NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Milwaukee / AHL | 71 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 19 | |||
| Nashville | Mattias Nilsson | D | Hammarby / SEL2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Hammarby / J-20 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 40 | |||
| Nashville | Daniel Widing | F | Leksand / SEL2 | 45 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 92 |
| Leksand / J-20 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | |||
| New Jersey | Henrik Rehnberg | D | Brynäs / SEL | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 47 |
| New Jersey | Christian Berglund | F | New Jersey / NHL | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Albany / AHL | 60 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 69 | |||
| NY Islanders | Johan Halvardsson | D | HV 71 / SEL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NY Islanders | Peter Högardh | F | MoDo / SEL | 47 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 27 |
| NY Islanders | Kristoffer Ottosson | F | Djurgården / SEL | 41 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 12 |
| NY Islanders | Mattias Weinhandl | F | MoDo / SEL | 50 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 10 |
| NY Rangers | Nils Ekman | F | Djurgården | 38 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 57 |
| NY Rangers | Petter Henning | F | Tingsryd / SEL2 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| NY Rangers | Stefan Lundqvist | F | Skellefteå / SEL2 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 42 | 20 |
| NY Rangers | Pontus Petterström | F | Tingsryd / SEL2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | David Nyström | F | Skellefteå / SEL2 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| Philadelphia | David Printz | D | AIK / SEL | 37 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 59 |
| AIK / J-20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | |||
| Phoenix | Erik Lewerström | D | Färjestad / SEL | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Phoenix | Fredrik Lovén | F | Tingsryd / SEL2 | 46 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 34 |
| Phoenix | Per-Anton Lundström | D | AIK / SEL | 49 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 104 |
| Phoenix | Fredrik Sjöström | F | Calgary Hitmen / WHL | 58 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 51 |
| St. Louis | Christian Bäckman | D | Frölunda / SEL | 44 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 38 |
| St. Louis | Edvin Frylén | D | Djurgården / SEL | 48 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 44 |
| St. Louis | Simon Skoog | D | Mörrum / SEL2 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| Tampa Bay | Henrik Bergfors | D | Södertälje / J-20 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 62 |
| Tampa Bay | Josef Boumedienne | D | Tampa Bay / NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| New Jersey / NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Albany / AHL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Springfield / AHL | 53 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 57 | |||
| Tampa Bay | Andreas Holmqvist | D | Hammarby / SEL2 | 42 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 97 |
| Tampa Bay | Johan Hägglund | F | Örebro / SEL2 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| Toronto | Pierre Hedin | D | MoDo / SEL | 39 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 20 |
| Vancouver | David Ytfeldt | D | Linköping / SEL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Washington | David Bornhammar | D | AIK / SEL | 48 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
| Washington | Johnny Oduya | D | Hammarby / SEL2 | 46 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 66 |
| Washington | Henrik Petré | D | Brynäs / SEL | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 49 |
| NHL Team | Player | Position | Team/League | GP | GAA | SO | SVS | SVS% |
| Anaheim | Andreas Andersson | G | Troja-Ljungby / SEL2 | 6 | 4.32 | 0 | 80 | .845 |
| Detroit | Stefan Liv | G | HV 71 / SEL | 38 | 2.61 | 4 | 913 | .906 |
| NY Rangers | Johan Asplund | G | Brynäs / SEL | 34 | 2.96 | 1 | 872 | .895 |
| NY Rangers | Johan Holmqvist | G | Harford / AHL | 48 | 3.07 | 1 | 1251 | .899 |
| NY Rangers | Henrik Lundqvist | G | Frölunda / SEL | 20 | 2.71 | 2 | 463 | .899 |
| Toronto | Mikael Tellqvist | G | St. John's / AHL | 28 | 3.12 | 0 | 788 | .909 |
(A version of this article where the players are linked (for additional info) can be found on Elite Prospects.)
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