{"id":665623,"date":"2026-05-12T08:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/665623\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:26:11","slug":"canucks-could-match-sedin-omen-with-ivar-stenberg-in-nhl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/665623\/","title":{"rendered":"Canucks could match Sedin omen with Ivar Stenberg in NHL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canucks could match Sedin omen with Ivar Stenberg in NHL Draft<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If Ivar Stenberg makes it to the No. 3 overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> could be interested.<\/p>\n

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The winger from Sweden has a long-term connection to the Sedin<\/a> twins.<\/p>\n

He’s heading to the World Championships (along with peer Viggo Bjorck), which forms this link:<\/p>\n

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Maybe the Canucks would prefer Caleb Malhotra, but Stenberg has a case.<\/p>\n

The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler<\/a>\u00a0ranked draft prospects recently and had two players in his “Tier 1”: Gavin McKenna and Sternberg.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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<\/a> and Victor Hedman<\/a>), 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).”<\/p>\n

Vancouver will get a good player with the third pick, whether it’s Stenberg or Malhotra.<\/p>\n

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