Players who had amazing WJC, but have been massive disappointments in the NHL.

[Lapa]

Nino Niederreiter

You will find zero Wild fans who agree with you on this.

 

[mrpudsworth]

Max Friberg?

 

[agent082]

Esa Keskinen

 

[SmellOfVictory]

I was coming in here to say Hodgson, but oh well.

I was so sure at the time that Brayden Schenn was going to be a star. Great U20 performance, goes PPG in the AHL in a short stint, puts up 12pts in 7 games in the AHL the next season...what the hell happened to the guy?

True that. There was a time when he was considered the best prospect in the NHL.

 

[isles31]

Robin Figren...7pts in 6 games in '08. I believe the all-knowing Pierre McGuire called him an "offensive dynamo". bang on assessment, Pierre.

 

[Engebretson]

From Team USA, Jack Campbell and Jerry D'Amigo are the top two that come to mind.

 

[Jaykay]

From Team USA, Jack Campbell and Jerry D'Amigo are the top two that come to mind.

Campbell for sure, D'Amigo is borderline. He had that great tournament but I still don't think much was expected of him in the NHL after that.

 

[Quinning]

Jordan Schroeder is the USA's top scorer of all time.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Jani Rita
Robbie Schremp
Jeff Glass
Nino Niederreiter
Igor Grigorenko
Perezhogin
Grebeshkov
Radulov
Voloshenko

Due to homesickness, sure.

At least he's still dominating in the KHL.

Or at least he used to, I haven't followed it this year.

 

[ViD]

Sadly, but Filatov

 

[Aceboogie]

Tokarski sticks out, mostly for this

Alot of Canadian goalies have had solid tournies but not gone on to good NHL careers

 

[Aceboogie]

Tuebert was a top pairing guy in WJC, complete bust in NHL

 

[Ola]

Afinegenov was freakin electrifying in the WJC

 

[Ola]

Jeff Jilson...

 

[Ola]

Brandon Reid...

 

[ponder]

Lots of good ones mentioned already. I'll throw Kitsyn into the mix - 6'3" and put up 5 goals, 9 points in 7 games on the way to Russian gold, there was lots of hype about Tarasenko, Kuznetsov and Kitsyn after that tourney, but Kitsyn has not gone anywhere. He wasn't seen as a future superstar or anything, but lots of people were talking about him being a very good NHL prospect, and really he's not even an AHLer, has been toiling in the ECHL. Interestingly, Panarin generated very little excitement on that same team, but is turning out great!

 

[Aceboogie]

Ryan Parent always sticks out to me too

I remember a Staal-Parent shutdown duo

 

[ponder]

Ryan Parent always sticks out to me too

I remember a Staal-Parent shutdown duo

Yeah, I think that the great shutdown dmen in the WJCs, and junior leagues in general, are often NHL busts. The great NHL shutdown dmen tend to be pretty dominant offensively at the junior level, then settle into a more defensive role in the NHL. If you're already settling into a defensive role at the junior level, you're probably just not talented enough to do much of anything in the NHL.

*cough* Luke Schenn *cough*

 

[mouser]

Some various players that made the WJC all tournament team:

1990 - Dave Chyzowski
1992 - Peter Ferraro
1996 - Nolan Baumgartner
1997 - Christian Dube
1998/99 - Maxim Balmochnykh
1999 - Daniel Tkaczuk
2002 - Igor Knyazev

Tried to go with names that were also higher draft picks.

 

[chaosrevolver]

Tokarski sticks out, mostly for this

Alot of Canadian goalies have had solid tournies but not gone on to good NHL careers

Tokarski was not good that tournament.

 

[NyQuil]

There are your goalies on stacked teams like Jeff Glass and Justin Pogge.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Angelo Esposito looked pretty good in the WJC.

He got cut 3 times and then scored 4 points in 6 games as a 19 year old. I'd have to say he was fairly mediocre.

 

[Scrobble]

Puljujärvi in a few years.

 

[Saekki*]

Puljujärvi in a few years.

 

[finnbalor*]

Jamie Storr