Photo courtesy @orebrohockey, Instagram.
Move over, Sedin twins.
The Vancouver Canucks selected Swedish defenceman Elias Pettersson with the 80th overall pick in the 2022 NHL Draft.
Pettersson, who doesn't appear to have any relation to the current Canucks forward drafted in the first round in 2017, played for Orebro in the SHL – Sweden's top-flight hockey league. He had 10 goals and eight assists in 37 games last season.
Naturally, hockey Twitter had lots of fun with this pick.
You heard correctly.
— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) July 8, 2022
Yes, we did just select Elias Pettersson at the 2022 #NHLDraft.
Can't wait for Elias Pettersson goal assisted by Elias Pettersson
— Harman Dayal (@harmandayal2) July 8, 2022
Canucks have cornered the market on Elias Pettersson's
— Satiar Shah (@SatiarShah) July 8, 2022
The Vancouver Canucks literally just drafted Elias Pettersson. This is a new tweet.
— luke fox (@lukefoxjukebox) July 8, 2022
lmaooooo Canucks drafted another Elias Pettersson. Incredible
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) July 8, 2022
The Canucks drafting another Elias Pettersson pic.twitter.com/SOH4bDti9p
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) July 8, 2022
