NHL: Lundqvist jokes about showing up at wrong place 

Henrik Lundqvist has the 12th most shutouts in NHL history and sports a career 2.43 goals against average and .918 save percentage.

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Imagine if he was in the right place at the right time on draft day.

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Lundqvist, who played all 15 of his NHL seasons with the New York Rangers, shared a funny story about what happened to him at the 2000 NHL draft

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The Swedish-born goalie said he had a trip to Spain planned with friends but headed to the draft in Calgary at the last minute.

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Only one team asked to meet with him and he went to the wrong place, he admitted with some embarrassment.

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The story came after the Rangers shared a picture of a super young Lundqvist on the day of the draft.

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Former teammate and current ESPN hockey analyst Dominic Moore joked about Lundqvist looking even younger than 18 years old back in 2000.

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But, as Lundqvist wrote even with the misstep, it all worked out in the end.

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"Day and a half later and 7 rounds later I was finally home," he wrote.

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The 2022 NHL Draft begins Thursday July 7.

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