Canucks pick Elias Pettersson at 80th overall in 2022 NHL Draft. No, really.

July 08, 2022 - 12:43pm

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.

Yes, we did just select Elias Pettersson at the 2022 #NHLDraft.

— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) July 8, 2022

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

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