It’s a small country by population, so it is obvious that there will not be as great amount of the truly naturally gifted players, as from the really big countries like Canada, USA or Russia. Still having players like Rantanen, Barkov, Aho, Teräväinen, Hintz, Granlund, Laine, Lundell, Heiskanen and Lindell coming up around the same era is after all pretty impressive.
Of course you can call players like Puljujärvi, Kotkaniemi, Kapanen or Kakko kind of busts, although I think that term is probably a bit too harsh, as they all seem to be making at least a respectable NHL career, although they definitely aren't any kind of stars and don’t look like becoming them in the future either. I wasn’t anyway expecting any of them to be much better than they have been so far, so honestly I think some people have just had way too big expectations for them.
