Rangers select Nils Lundkvist with their 3rd pick of the 1st round

The Rangers selected Swedish defenseman, Nils Lundkvist. He’s a skilled puck mover and showed enough as a 17 year old in the SHL to get into the 1st round.

With the 28th pick #NYR have selected defenseman Nils Lundkvist from Lulea in the Swedish Hockey League.

Welcome to the Blueshirts! ?⚪?⚪?#NYRDraft @SAPSports pic.twitter.com/ez1sKZK0ja

— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) June 23, 2018

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By Anthony Scultore

Anthony Scultore has been covering the New York Rangers and the NHL since 2014. His work also appears at YardBarker, and MSN. Features have been linked on Sportsnet, NBC, TFP, NY POST, NEWSDAY and more.