Player Review: Jakob Silfverberg

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As part of the AnaheimDucks.com annual Player Reviews, we will be featuring a different Ducks player throughout the coming weeks, in numerical uniform number order. Each review will include key stats, a highlight and an outlook for 2016-17.

It’s no secret Jakob Silfverberg helped turn around a bleak start to the 2015-16 season for the Ducks.

Unfortunately for him, it started later than he envisioned.

Silfverberg’s adversity began before the puck officially dropped to start the season. Raffi Torres charged the Swedish right wing during the final preseason game, delivering an illegal hit to the head as Silfverberg skated into Sharks territory. Torres received a 41-game suspension…