Round 5 Pick 146 – F Daniel Brodin
With the 146th overall pick in the 2010 draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs selected RW Daniel Brodin from Sweden.
This pick is confusing to say the absolute least. Brodin was an overage winger in Sweden who had underwhelming production in his D+2 year.
The report from Elite Prospects reads as the following:
"“Brodin plays with plenty of intensity. [He] has good speed, drives the net, is willing to shoot the puck and plays the body. Has an edge to his game and is a valuable player for any team.”"
So, he had the tools I guess? I mean typically, you’d expect the tools to be accompanied with a decent stat line but there just simply isn’t for Brodin.
The Swede split his D+2 year between Djurgardens IF of the SHL and the club’s under-20 program, scoring a mere 12 points in 50 total games with the organization.
Understandably, Brodin would stay in Europe for his entire career, bouncing between the SHL (Sweden) and Liiga (Finland).
Over 8 seasons and 393 games in the SHL, Brodin would score an even 140 points, which is actually fairly good.
In a single 60-game season with Assat of Liiga, Brodian would 10 goals and add 8 assists for a total of 18 points.
Brodin, currently 29, is set to play with HC Fribourg-Gotteron of the Swiss NLA for the upcoming 2019-20 season.