It’s easy to forget that at 24 years old, Jonathan Dahlen has already been part of two separate NHL trades.
The first especially slips the mind, as it came a mere eight months after the Ottawa Senators initially drafted the winger in the second round (42 overall) of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Playing abroad with Timra’s men’s team in Sweden’s second-tier league — where he put up 44 points in 45 regular-season games — Dahlen’s rights were sent to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for veteran winger Alexandre Burrows.
The following summer, the Canucks drafted Dahlen’s Timra linemate, Elias Pettersson, at fifth overall.