Jesper Lindgren (born 19 May 1997) is a Swedish professional

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. He is currently under contract with

IF Björklöven IF Björklöven (often simply referred to as Löven) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club in Umeå, Västerbotten, in northern Sweden. The club is currently playing in the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan as of the 2024-25 season, but h ...

of the

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(Allsv).

Playing career

Lindgren originally played at the youth levels with

before transferring to Modo Hockey as an 18-year-old on 7 May 2013. Lindgren later made his

Swedish Hockey League The Swedish Hockey League (SHL; ) is a professional ice hockey league in Sweden and the highest level of the ice hockey in Sweden, Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, and while Li ...

debut playing with

Modo Hockey Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team currently plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan after losing to HV71 after the play out following the 2024/25 se ...

during the

2014–15 SHL season The 2014–15 SHL season was the 40th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 10 September 2014 and ended on 5 March 2015. The following playoffs began on 12 March and ended on 23 April 2015. Skellefteå AIK won the ...

. Lindgren was drafted 95th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft by the

Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. The Maple Leafs compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the A ...

. On 14 March 2018, after completing his debut 2017–18 Liiga season with HPK, Lindgren was offered an amateur tryout with the

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, the farm team of the Maple Leafs. He appeared in 4 games with the Marlies to end the regular season before he was released during their post-season push on May 1, 2018. Lindgren later agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on May 18, 2018. On 17 September 2018, after attending the Maple Leafs training camp, Lindgren was returned on loan to HPK for the 2018–19 season. On 9 August 2020, Lindgren returned to Modo Hockey of the Allsvenskan on loan from the Maple Leafs to begin the 2020–21 season. On 25 August 2020, Lindgren was involved in a six player deal that saw him traded by the Maple Leafs to the Pittsburgh Penguins along with

Kasperi Kapanen Samu Kasperi Kapanen (born 23 July 1996) is a Finnish professional ice hockey right wing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He made his Liiga debut playing with KalPa during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season. Kapanen was se ...

and

Pontus Åberg Pontus Åberg ( ; born 23 September 1993) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently under contract with EHC Kloten in the National League (NL). He was drafted in the second round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, 37th pick overall, by ...

in exchange for

Evan Rodrigues Evan Rodrigues (born July 28, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche. Rodrigues won ...

, David Warsofsky,

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and the 15th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

* 1997 births HPK players IF Björklöven players Living people Modo Hockey players Swedish ice hockey defencemen 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks Toronto Marlies players Ice hockey people from Umeå {{Sweden-icehockey-defenceman-stub