Where did he come from? 2013 Draft - 6th round, 180th overall
Age: 22
Has he played in the NHL? Yes - 19 games
Anton Blidh surprised a few people when he earned a call-up to the NHL in late 2016, playing in his first NHL game on December 3 game in Buffalo (poor kid had to debut in Buffalo).
He wasn’t exactly a heralded prospect, having recorded just over a dozen points in 65 games with the Providence Bruins in the previous season.
However, it became clear pretty quickly that scoring prowess wasn’t what the Bruins liked about Blidh: the kid played a rough, GRITTY® game, one that endeared him to fans pretty quickly.