The Ottawa Senators continued their unconventional approach to the 2019 draft with the selection of Viktor Lodin 94th overall. Lodin just turned 20 on June 2nd, and posted 5 points in 41 games for Öreboro in the Swedish Elite League. The 6’2 forward is listed as a Centre/Left winger on Elite Prospects.
If you can’t find much by the way of additional information about Lodin, it’s because there’s not not much to find. Our own Colin Cudmore compiled a list of draft eligible players as ranked by sixty different sources, and:
It’s hard to know what to make of this pick besides the fact that he seems to have been completely off the radar for virtually everyone else.