Victor Eklund
| LW | 5'11 | 161 |
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Draft Information
| A/P Score | Original Draft Year | Year Drafted | Hockey Prophets Rank | Weighted Rank | NHL Drafted | NHL Draft Team |
| NA | 2025 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Prospect Rank Information
| Status | Rank | A/P Indicated NHL Probability | A/P Indicated NHL Points Per Year |
| Predraft | NA | NA | NA |
Player Notes
| Name | Note Type | Note | Writer | Game Watched | Game Date | Date Viewed | Game Number |
| Victor Eklund | Note | So quick, so active, so ready to put a shoulder into an opponent to take him off the puck. | Brian Fogarty | Djurgardens vs Almtuna (Allsvenskan) | 1/22/2025 | 5/16/2025 | 10342 |
| Victor Eklund | Note | Back checking, puck gets turned over on the right boards. Eklund, near the center dot, tops and spins back, gets the puck, drives to the high slot and rips a slapshot on net. | Brian Fogarty | Djurgardens vs Almtuna (Allsvenskan) | 1/22/2025 | 5/16/2025 | 10342 |
| Victor Eklund | Note | Any time I watch him, I'm always floored by how active he is on the ice. Every shift he's touching the puck multiple times, making plays off the puck, driving play into the offensive zone. | Brian Fogarty | Djurgardens vs Almtuna (Allsvenskan) | 1/22/2025 | 5/16/2025 | 10342 |
| Victor Eklund | Note | Joins in a rush, crosses and gets the puck, drives left side, dangles, passes to the crease. | Brian Fogarty | Djurgardens vs Almtuna (Allsvenskan) | 1/22/2025 | 5/16/2025 | 10342 |
| Victor Eklund | Note | Cuts to the slot, but his wrist shot rolls off the toe of his stick. | Brian Fogarty | Djurgardens vs Almtuna (Allsvenskan) | 1/22/2025 | 5/16/2025 | 10342 |
| Victor Eklund | Note | Winning all the races to loose pucks, even when he has to close distance and get around opponents. Just lightning out there. | Brian Fogarty | Djurgardens vs Almtuna (Allsvenskan) | 1/22/2025 | 5/16/2025 | 10342 |
| Victor Eklund | Note | His eyes are always up, scanning and watching, so despite his incredible energy and quickness, he's not wasting movement or chasing the play. He sees, reads, reacts. | Brian Fogarty | Djurgardens vs Almtuna (Allsvenskan) | 1/22/2025 | 5/16/2025 | 10342 |
| Victor Eklund | Note | Tries a last-second hip check but doesn't connect. | Brian Fogarty | Djurgardens vs Almtuna (Allsvenskan) | 1/22/2025 | 5/16/2025 | 10342 |
| Victor Eklund | Note | He can puckhandling through the neutral zone and beat opponents to get a zone entry. | Brian Fogarty | Djurgardens vs Almtuna (Allsvenskan) | 1/22/2025 | 5/16/2025 | 10342 |
| Victor Eklund | Note | Here is an Eklund shift early in the third period: hits the ice immediately into a forecheck, then back deep into his own end. Defender gets a puck in the corner, breakout pass to the left boards, and Eklund turns and races up ice to be the first one into the offensive zone and chase down the chipped puck in the left corner. Wins the race, moves the puck to the right corner. Then he's over and supporting in the right corner, and as a cycle begins, he curls to the high slot. Moves to the right corner to collect a puck, sends it through to the left point, and goes to the crease. A saved shot spins back around to the left point, and Eklund moves to center point. Puck goes D to D to the right point, Eklund pivots, opens to the puck, glides backwards toward the left circle, then one-time slapper five hole. Goal. My goodness. | Brian Fogarty | Djurgardens vs Almtuna (Allsvenskan) | 1/22/2025 | 5/16/2025 | 10342 |
| Victor Eklund | Summary | He has all of the tools. His competitiveness and work rate are elite. His speed is elite. His vision and awareness are elite. His passing could improve, but will. Defensively active and highly capable. He is ready to play in the NHL now, and will be a top ten pick this draft. | Brian Fogarty | Djurgardens vs Almtuna (Allsvenskan) | 1/22/2025 | 5/16/2025 | 10342 |
| Victor Eklund | Note | Excellent vision and feed out of the corner. Nice pass to create a chance. | Brian Fogarty | Sweden vs Latvia (WJC 2025) | 1/2/2025 | 1/2/2025 | 10327 |
| Victor Eklund | Note | Playing bumper on the top powerplay unit in the tourney. | Brian Fogarty | Sweden vs Latvia (WJC 2025) | 1/2/2025 | 1/2/2025 | 10327 |
| Victor Eklund | Note | Buzz buzz buzz. | Brian Fogarty | Sweden vs Latvia (WJC 2025) | 1/2/2025 | 1/2/2025 | 10327 |
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