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FN Draft Profiles: Elton Hermansson can score, but he’s figuring the rest out
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Ryan Pike
May 12, 2026, 10:00 EDTUpdated: May 12, 2026, 01:15 EDT
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There are many ways for a hockey player to contribute to his team’s success. The old saying goes, the toughest thing to do in hockey is score goals.
But the closer you get to hockey’s highest level, the more you’re surrounded by players who could score in abundance at lower levels of the sport. And so often the thing that separates the guys that make it from the guys that don’t is the willingness and ability to adapt and do more than just try to score goals.
With that in mind, let’s discuss a fascinating young Swedish scorer by the name of Elton Hermansson.

Scouting report

A February 2008 birthday, Hermansson is a right shot forward who plays both wings. He’s from Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, the same hometown as Calgary Flames prospect William Stromgren. Hermansson’s father, Lennart, played pro hockey for several years and then moved into coaching – he coached this past season in the third-tier pro HockeyEttan. Elton’s older brother Simon also played pro hockey for a few years.
Hermansson played his youth hockey in the Svedjeholmens IF system, but he’s bounced around a bit since 2022-23. He played a season in MoDo Hockey’s system, then moved to Orebro HK’s squad for two seasons, then moved back to MoDo for 2025-26. He split this past season between the second-tier pro HockeyAllsvenskan and Sweden’s top junior league, the U20 Nationell. He also represented Sweden at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup and Under-18 World Championships, posting strong offensive numbers in both events.
Sportsnet and Pro Hockey Group’s Jason Bukala had this assessment as part of his rankings back in March:
Hermansson has had a productive year playing pro in Sweden’s second division with MoDo. He averages around 15 minutes of ice time with all of his shifts coming at even strength and the power play.
Hermansson is creative off the rush and a crafty playmaker from the weakside flank with the man advantage. He’s quick to space and displays an extra gear off the rush. Hermansson is wiry and hard to check. He has loads of room to add more strength to his frame as he matures.
Here’s what Daily Faceoff’s Steven Ellis wrote back in April prior to the Under-18 Worlds:
Hermansson loves generating offense. He put up solid numbers in the second-tier Swedish league this year and has scored at a goal-per-game pace with the U-18 national team. From an offensive standpoint, there’s a lot to love, especially on the power play. His game away from the puck is just “OK” at best. It feels like he isn’t as impactful as he needs to be when he’s not piling shots on net. I want to see some more urgency when attacking opponents to regain possession. The good news: he’s best at the hardest thing to do in hockey, which is score goals. But when that’s the primary trait, scouts want to see a bit more to feel more confident.

The numbers

In 13 games with MoDo’s U20 team, Hermansson had nine points. In 38 games with their pro team, he had 21 points. He led all under-18 players in the Allsvenskan in points, though he was the only under-18 player in that circuit to play very many games. When you expand the comparison to under-20 players in the Allsvenskan, 21 points was good for fifth, behind Carolina prospect Viggo Nordlund, Washington prospect Milton Gastrin, Vegas prospect Jakob Ihs-Wozniak and second-year NHL Draft prospect Oliwer Sjostrom.
The kid can score, is what we’re saying.

Availability and fit

The Flames were one of the NHL’s lowest-scoring outfits in 2025-26, and have been for a few seasons, so they’re not going to thumb their nose at a kid that knows how to light the lamp. But the Flames may be concerned about his commitment away from the puck – they currently play an NHL style that relies upon that commitment, after all. That said, they may also feel like it’s something they can teach; he wouldn’t be the first offence-obsessed youngster that they helped morph into an NHLer.
On public draft rankings, Hermansson is universally liked but infrequently loved. He’s 17th on our aggregated rankings and usually appears between 12th and 20th on public rankings. He’s part of that pack of players that could go at any time in the back half of the first round. There’s a chance he slides to the Vegas pick, but it seems likely that his offensive output gets him selected somewhere in the teens, well before the Flames select for the second time.

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