Top 10 Swedish Players || Sweden's Best Hockey Players 2021

Matt reveals our list of top 10 Swedish players. There were a lot of good players to choose from so it was really hard to make this top 10 for Sweden. There ended up being some younger stars like Elias Pettersson that made it on here, to veterans Victor Hedman and Nicklas Backstrom who have been elite players in the league for years. Some of these players will likely be key pieces of the Swedish men's Olympic hockey team next year.
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Top 10 Swedish Players:
0:00 - Intro
0:54 - 10) John Klingberg
2:18 - 9) William Nylander
3:32 - 8) Mika Zibanejad
5:02 - 7) Erik Karlsson
6:45 - 6) Elias Lindholm
8:02 - 5) Jacob Markstrom
9:04 - 4) Robin Lehner
10:27 - 3) Elias Pettersson
11:53 - 2) Nicklas Backstrom
13:25 - 1) Victor Hedman
14:49 - Summary
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[@PuckRivals]

Do you want to be a part of what determines these rankings in future? Let us know and we might try using a Google form so members of the PR community can participate!

[@ROCKSTARR338]

How come Nicklas, is at #2?

[@ROCKSTARR338]

Backstrom currently has four more points then Hedman

[@robotprins]

Fun list! Obviously a lot has changed over 2 years, probably the most surprising, Erik Karlsson scoring 100 points in a season. This is what my top list would look like today (excluding goalies) 1. Elias Petersson 2. Erik Karlsson 3. Mika Zibanejad 4. Rasmus Dahlin 5. Victor Hedman 6. William Nylander 7. Elias Lindholm 8. Jesper Bratt 9. Filip Forsberg 10. Hampus Lindholm In the future I can see Lucas Raymond and Leo Karlsson be on this list!

[@pederlinden9670]

I think Erik is nr 1, besides Nicklas Lidström the best d-men in Sweden overall. Nu pun intended towards Börje Salming Who paved the way for europens but wasnt as succesful besides that

[@topikorkee7099]

That was a good list, but I would take Gabriel Landeskog on the list.

[@PuckRivals]

Oh man it was so hard to leave him off! Totally understand that

[@JJJ111JJJ]

I think the main draw with Landeskog is that he plays on the best line in the NHL. He's part of what makes it good, but his stats obviously wouldn't look the same if he played in Anaheim or something.

[@madsbuhris]

I would have put Mika Z. a bit higher.

[@murraycameron4207]

Good job

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

I was a big hockey nut back in the day... Unfortunately reality and growing up comes at you fast sometimes and I havnt really been following anything beyond the World Championship since. Thought this was a best of all time list so I was kinda surprised when I didn't recognize alot of the names 🤣 Anyway, even as a Swede it's hard to make a top 10 list no matter if it's all time or not. All I know is that Nicklas Lidström, Peter Forsberg and Mats Sundin are the the greatest players we ever had. Then it's just a blur of fantastic players. Alfredsson, Zäta, the Sedins, Lundqvist... I'm sure you already know. The only current players I really have a decent grasp on are Elias Pettersson and William Nylander. From what I've seen Elias looks like he might become a legend.

[@Neuro_6]

It's time for an updated list ⭐

[@icantaim511]

Can you do a top 5 Caps prospect list? I think that would be cool

[@PuckRivals]

Hey Ethan, the prospect series is done for the 2020-21 season, however once the 2021 Draft is over we will start that series up for the next season if you’d like to see the Caps prospects then

[@ollesvenningsson1160]

Good video, i would go Hedman, Backstrom, Zibanejad, Klingberg, Elias Pettersson, Filip Forsberg, Lehner, Markstrom, Elias Lindholm, Erik Karlsson. Erik should be higher but right now hes bad as ....., and i didnt forget Nylander he just need to be more consistency

[@kingkeno7127]

Petey to soon

[@kenneththorberg6914]

How is Filip Forsberg not present ? And Zibanejad behind Lindholm ? Please do your homework.

[@jaakkot5440]

You forgot to mention that Mika Zibanejad had a 5 goal game

[@joebaker5089]

Can you do a all Sweden top 15 or maybe 20? 10 is not enough

[@stevenlima7598]

Can you please do NHL top 10 prospects that drafted by the NHL. That’s not playing in the NHL this season.

[@PuckRivals]

We could take a look at doing that in the offseason

[@waldemardaninsky25]

Landeskog 100% missing.

[@iettord3124]

Louis Eriksson, VAN, for top spot!!

[@kingkeno7127]

☺️🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@crissdiamond1907]

I think Willy overshadows both Marner and Matthews.

[@jm8585]

I hope you are doing a top 10 Czech players too ^_^

[@PuckRivals]

You read our minds! We have plans to keep expanding on this series over the spring/summer and the Czechs are on the list

[@dandycoxcomb5813]

5/10 från Norrland 💪

[@TzOn79]

Finns ju inget annat att göra där, hockey eller gruvan.

[@ljummingen]

@@TzOn79 Norrland är halva sverige pucko

[@andressodersten6756]

PART 2

[@Youtube_Globetrotter]

I think Nils Höglander should be on this list for sure. Atleast in the future..

[@autism5776]

Landeskog playing golf

[@MrFelixify]

Mika should be higher. but othervise i agree. Maybe OEL and Rasmus Dahlin should be on the list though?

[@erikolofsson8727]

Where is Hendrik Lundquist??

[@brobeat4816]

can you laso do Goalis

[@telepc8162]

as finn i can say, that swedish d-men are better than ours but we have the sharper arrowhead with the fowards now

[@phillytheflyerable]

Nah

[@ljummingen]

No you don't lol

[@loganmclarry]

Do you have Landeskog as an honorable mention?

[@PuckRivals]

Essentially yes. With the combined rankings, he is just a tad outside of the top 10

[@yernotthebossofme1062]

Does Nylander have 2 options? His father was a Swedish NHL player I know, but I think William grew up in Canada and the U.S. I'd like to see him playing for Sweden but when I look for his national team sweater, it's in the Canadian section.

[@ljummingen]

Nylander plays for Sweden

[@yernotthebossofme1062]

@@ljummingen Takk! 😉

[@Persholm1]

How would this list look now?

[@hitibikunu]

Landeskog ffs

[@ROCKSTARR338]

Time out. Why is Nicklas Backstrom at #2? He has over 700 assists, he has 9 50 assist seasons, and he has only had 28 games in his career where he didn't have a point. And he is probably the best saucer passer in nhl history

[@gulanhem9495]

This series is not about history and past accomplishment. Backstrom is old and declining.

[@cobalt6128]

Because Hedman is just that good. He is as good offensively as he is defensively. Perfect size, amazing hockey IQ, fantastic shutdown ability, great offensive instinct for a Dman and has been arguably the best defenseman in the NHL the last four years. There are simply no weaknesses to his game and at 30 he's still in his prime and already a lock for the HOF. Bäckström might make it to the HOF with a couple more good seasons and playoff campaigns, but not a lock.

[@ROCKSTARR338]

@@gulanhem9495 umm he had a 53 point season, 15 goals and 33 assist

[@ROCKSTARR338]

@@cobalt6128 dude are you thinking straight, backy is a sure hall of famer when he retires

[@cobalt6128]

@@ROCKSTARR338 Not enough personal accolades but that's just my two cents. Things like that tend to weigh heavily when a player is considered for HOF. Many great players never made it to the HOF. He has a strong case no doubt. Maybe if he beat a record? He is known for his playmaking so overtaking Lidströms assist record for Swedish born players would make him a lock. Winning an individual trophy at his age would also definitely solidify him into the books.

[@markuslandsjo3976]

Zibanejad top 5

[@juu3602]

Canadians

[@PuckRivals]

Canadians and Russians are both on our list 👍

[@crissdiamond1907]

So about 2 years later… you didn’t have many rights about the players on your list😉

[@juu3602]

Next russians

[@cobalt6128]

IMO Mika is top 3, Karlsson shouldn't be on the list at this point I would replace him with either Dahlin or Forsberg with rearranging the order a bit.

[@pederlinden9670]

Youre predictions a bit off coming off the season he has done😅

[@TzOn79]

6:25 Karlssons best years is behind him. 2023, nope =)

[@kentnilsson465]

I have two things, Elias is a very good player but not elite so in my mind he is top 10-15 and not higher and I would rank Zibanejad lower due to his streakiness and then I would add Filip Forsberg in the 7-9 range

[@hagoty8234]

He’s elite