Players who had forgettable WJC, but have been massive successes in the NHL.

[InjuredChoker]

vinny, ribs, neal. if the latter two count as massive success.

 

[Scrobble]

Hopefully Virtanen haha

Actually I think Virtanen's tournament was very very unforgettable in a bad way

 

[nashpreds]

Didn't Victor Hedman have a pretty bad tournament in his draft year?

 

[bottomofthefoodchain]

Didn't Victor Hedman have a pretty bad tournament in his draft year?

Dont remember, but he was on the all-star team the year before.

 

[TheTwelfth]

Didn't Victor Hedman have a pretty bad tournament in his draft year?

Nah he was good, he was just outshined by Erik Karlsson. Coming off his All-Star performance the year before. It was only "bad" because of the expectations, and people comparing him too much with Tavares for who should go nr 1.

 

[Rebels57]

Gostisbehere didn't wow at the 2013 WJC for Team USA. Obviously a bit early to call him a "massive success" though.

 

[le_sean]

Dumba was one of the worst players I had ever seen suit up for Canada. This combined with Sutter's obsession with playing him was mind boggling. He's a decent NHL player now.

 

[THall4]

Can confirm as a german^^

I guess being the only player on that roster that would remotely amount to something would do that you a guy lol

Literally had no one to play with..

 

[therealdeal]

Brent Burns was loaned back from the NHL and was fairly average as I recall, he's often cited as an example of players getting loaned from the NHL that doesn't have good tournaments.

 

[chauron]

Why didnt Ryan O'Reilly make it to the u20 team back then? He's been quite good in the NHL

 

[Leafidelity]

Taylor Hall