Who really is Jacob Larsson? Well, the short answer is that Jacob Larsson is a prospect that was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks with what was possibly an unfair amount of hype. Selected relatively deep into the first round, he was expected to be another young player to roll off of the much-vaunted Anaheim defensive prospect production line.
Hyped to be part of the new generation of stay at home defencemen, Larsson was expected to be the foil for players such as Shea Theodore, Brandon Montour, Keaton Thompson or Marcus Pettersson, who were all drafted in the prior two seasons.