Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin kakar wasa, Näslund an tsara shi a karo na 16 a cikin 1991 NHL Entry Draft
da Pittsburgh Penguins. Babban manajan kungiyar, Craig Patrick, ya yaba Näslund da Forsberg a matsayin manyan 'yan wasan biyu na shirin bayan zabin farko na gaba daya Eric Lindros. Ya kwatanta Näslund da Los Angeles Kings 'Swedish gaba Tomas Sandström, ko da yake bai dauke shi a matsayin m player, da kuma kara da'awar cewa ya kasance mafi halitta burin-scorer fiye da Penguins gaba Jaromír Jágr, wanda ya kawai kammala rookie shekara tare da kulob din.