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Braydon Coburn (born February 27, 1985) is a Canadians former professional ice hockey defenceman. Coburn was originally selected in the first round, eighth overall, by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, beginning his NHL career with the organization before moving to the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators and New York Islanders. Coburn won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Lightning in 2020.
Coburn played major junior hockey with the WHL's Winter Hawks. He was awarded the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year for the 2001–02 season, and although his points total dipped from 37 points to 19 the following year, he remained a top NHL prospect, subsequently being selected eighth overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers.
After his draft, Coburn returned to the WHL for two more seasons and was eventually awarded with the Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy after the 2003–04 season as Humanitarian of the Year. On February 4, 2005, Coburn tied a WHL record for most goals by a defenceman in a game with four against the Seattle Thunderbirds in a 7–4 win. He completed his final year with the Winter Hawks in 2004–05 with a junior career-high 44 points.
During Coburn's time in the WHL, he also competed in two World Junior Championships for Canada, winning silver in 2004 and gold in 2005. He later played an unfortunate role in the outcome of the 2004 tournament — with the gold medal game between Canada and the United States tied at 3–3 with less than five minutes left to play in regulation, Canadian goaltender Marc-André Fleury tried to clear the puck to avert a breakaway by the USA's Patrick O'Sullivan. However, Fleury's clearing attempt went off Coburn and into his own net, giving the Americans a 4–3 advantage that eventually won them both the game and the gold medal.
On July 1, 2010, Coburn signed a two-year contract extension with the Flyers. Philadelphia later extended Coburn on November 9, 2011, at a rate of $18 million over four years, a $4.5 million annual cap hit.
Approaching the 2014–15 trade deadline, with the Flyers on the outside of a 2015 playoff position, Coburn was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for defenceman Radko Gudas and a first- and third-round selection in 2015 NHL Entry Draft on March 2, 2015.
On February 26, 2016, Tampa Bay signed Coburn to a three-year, $11.1 million contract extension. On October 15, 2016, Coburn skated in his 700th career NHL game, a 3–2 Lightning win over the visiting New Jersey Devils. On June 18, 2019, Tampa Bay extended Coburn’s contract for an additional 2 years at $3.4 million. Despite a reduced role, appearing in 40 regular season games for 4 points and 3 playoff games, he was a member of the 2019–20 team who won the Stanley Cup.
With a year remaining on his contract, approaching the delayed 2020–21 season and with the Lightning under salary cap constraints, Coburn was traded after six seasons in Tampa Bay along with Cédric Paquette and a 2022 second-round pick to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Anders Nilsson and the contract of Marián Gáborík on December 27, 2020.
Coburn was traded from the Senators to the New York Islanders on April 11, 2021, for a seventh-round pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. On November 12, 2021, Coburn announced his retirement from the NHL.
| 2000–01 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 2001–02 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 68 | 4 | 33 | 37 | 100 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2002–03 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 53 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 147 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2003–04 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 55 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2004–05 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 60 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 144 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004–05 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| 2005–06 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 73 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 136 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005–06 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 15 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 78 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 74 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 2008–09 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 80 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009–10 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 81 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 54 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 2010–11 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 82 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011–12 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 81 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012–13 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 33 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 82 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014–15 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 39 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 2015–16 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 80 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2016–17 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 80 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017–18 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 72 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 2018–19 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 74 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 40 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | New York Islanders | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | Canada Western | U17 | 5th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | Canada Western | U17 | 5th | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2003 | Canada | WJC18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2004 | Canada | WJC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2005 | Canada | WJC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2009 | Canada | WC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2014 | Canada | WC | 5th | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy | 2002 | |
| Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy | 2004 | |
| West First All-Star Team | 2004, 2005 | |
| Stanley Cup champion | 2020 |
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