I was wondering which players on the Czech team may have a future in the NHL, or have already played in the NHL. I was playing pick up hockey at ESL, and the Czechs and Germans practice a few rinks over; I even saw a few players playing soccer before practice. If anyone knows their numbers, too, the would be cool.
PS...Those guys are huge for their age. I wish I could've watched them practice, but the Pick Up game last and hour and a half...which is just as long as their practice, apparently.
Some Czech players who have possible NHL futures include Martin Frk, David Musil, Marek Hrbas, Dmitrij Jaskin who are all draft eligible for 2011 or 2012, Adam Polasek (Canucks, 2010), Petr Mrazek (Detroit, 2010), Petr Straka (Columbus, 2010), Jakub Culek (Ottawa, 2010), Roman Horak (NYR, 2009), Andrej Nestrasil (Detroit, 2009), while Ondrej Palat and Tomas Filippi are both undrafted and among the top scorers in the QMJHL.
Unfortunately Jaskin is injured and Mrazek and Polasek are both banned by the Czech hockey federation from playing in the tournament. The rest of them will be in the WJC.