Canucks could match Sedin omen with Ivar Stenberg in NHL Draft
Vancouver has a lot of options.
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. 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: Ivar Stenberg and Viggo Björck are joining some pretty decent company.
The last time Sweden had two draft-eligible skaters on its World Championship roster? 1999. Daniel and Henrik Sedin.
— Cam Robinson (@Hockey_Robinson) May 11, 2026 MORE: The Mitch Marner irony of Auston Matthews' future with the Maple Leafs 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.