Jakob Silfverberg was born to play hockey, it is in the very makeup of his DNA. Ever since he entered the Anaheim Ducks lineup in 2013, after the Ottawa Senators shipped him and Stefan Noesen to SoCal, he has been counted as a valuable asset.
While he may not have earned a reputation for himself like that of Ryan Getzlaf or Corey Perry, he has still been heavily relied upon as one of the members of the Anaheim Ducks shutdown line. That is, until recently, when Andrew Cogliano was traded to the Dallas Stars.