Going into the 2016-17 season, Vancouver Canucks fans had high hopes for Swedish winger Anton Rodin. The former Canucks draft pick (2009, 53rd overall) couldn’t establish himself in his first stint in North America but, after three years in Sweden, wanted another chance.
Rodin took that chance and ran with it, being one of the standouts in preseason. Scoring was a question mark at the beginning of the year as much as it is now, so Rodin was someone who could potentially help.
He couldn’t.
Instead, Rodin missed all but six games, three in the NHL and three with the AHL Utica Comets.