Canucks could match Sedin omen with Ivar Stenberg in NHL Draft originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
If Ivar Stenberg makes it to the No. 3 overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, the Vancouver Canucks could be interested.
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The winger from Sweden has a long-term connection to the Sedin twins.
He’s heading to the World Championships (along with peer Viggo Bjorck), which forms this link:
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Maybe the Canucks would prefer Caleb Malhotra, but Stenberg has a case.
The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler ranked draft prospects recently and had two players in his “Tier 1”: Gavin McKenna and Sternberg.
In the SHL this season, Sternberg had 33 points in 43 games, which is about as high an output as a player of his age has ever done there.
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“He also helped them to a Champions Hockey League title this year and had a really strong SHL playoffs last year, becoming just the third player ever to score in the SHL postseason in their draft-minus-one season (after Rasmus Dahlin and Victor Hedman), and registering six points in 12 games (tied for the most ever by a U18 skater),” Wheeler writes. “His season’s not done yet, either, as he’s auditioning for Sweden’s men’s worlds roster and had a great first two performance (two goals and three assists).”
Vancouver will get a good player with the third pick, whether it’s Stenberg or Malhotra.
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