Joakim Lindström
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Joakim Lindström in SAIK
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| Born |
December 5, 1983 Skellefteå, SWE |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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SHL team Former teams |
Skellefteå AIK Modo Hockey Columbus Blue Jackets Phoenix Coyotes Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Skellefteå AIK Colorado Avalanche St. Louis Blues Toronto Maple Leafs SKA Saint Petersburg |
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| National team |
 Sweden
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| NHL Draft | 41st overall, 2002 Columbus Blue Jackets |
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| Playing career | 2001–present | ||
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| Representing Sweden
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| World Championships | ||
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2014 Belarus | |
Joakim Claes Lindström (born December 5, 1983) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centreman currently playing for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League. Lindström has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Phoenix Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues and, most recently, for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was drafted in the second round, 41st overall, by Columbus in 2002.
Lindström came through the youth ranks of Skellefteå AIK, before joining the Modo Hockey youth program. He logged his first minutes in the country's top-flight Swedish Hockey League for Modo during the 2000-01 season.
He was drafted 41st overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets. After spending five years in the Elitserien with Modo, Lindström made his North American debut with the latter stages of the 2004–05 season with the Syracuse Crunch, the top minor league affiliate of the Blue Jackets in the American Hockey League (AHL).
Lindström made his NHL debut the following season, 2005–06, with the Blue Jackets and played in a further 37 games with Columbus before he was traded to the Anaheim Ducks for a conditional draft pick on July 15, 2008.
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