Monday, December 27, 2010

World Junior Championship all stars not guaranteed jobs in the NHL

I think each year fans expect that the stars from the World Junior Championship are a lock on jobs in the NHL. Well that's not the case. While some go one to become NHL regular and in some cases stars, the remainder are a bust at the professional level. Here are 15 years of All Star teams coming out of the WJC. You don't expect every European to play in the NHL but a number of Canadians and Americans never made it (Al Montoya, Luc Bourdon, Christian Dubé, Brian Bouchard):

2010
Benjamin Conz (SUI)
Alex Pietrangelo (CAN)
John Carlson (USA)
Jordan Eberle (CAN)
Nino Niederreiter (SUI)
Derek Stepan (USA)

2009
Jaroslav Janus SVK)
Erik Karlsson (SWE)
PK Subban (CAN)
John Tavares (CAN)
Cody Hodgson (CAN)
Nikita Filatov (RUS)

2008
Steve Mason (CAN)
Drew Doughty (CAN)
Victor Hedman (SWE)
Patrick Berglund (SWE)
Victor Tikhonov (RUS)
James van Riemsdyk (USA)

2007
Carey Price (CAN)
Kristopher Letang (CAN)
Erik Johnson (USA)
Jonathan Toews (CAN)
Alexei Cherepanov (RUS)
Patrick Kane (USA)

2006
Tuuka Rask (FIN)
Luc Bourdon (CAN)
Jack Johnson (USA)
Steve Downie (CAN)
Evgeni Malkin (RUS)
Lauri Tukonen (FIN)

2005
Marek Schwartz (CZE)
Dion Phaneuf (CAN)
Ryan Suter (USA)
Patrice Bergeron (CAN)
Jeff Carter (CAN)
Alexander Ovechkin (RUS)

2004
Al Montoya (USA)
Sami Lepisto (FIN)
Dion Phaneuf (CAN)
Jeff Carter (CAN)
Zach Parise (USA)
Valtteri Filppula (FIN)

2003
Marc-André Fleury (CAN)
Carlo Colaiacovo (CAN)
Joni Pitkanen (FIN)
Yuri Trubachev (RUS)
Igor Grigorenko (RUS)
Scottie Upshall (CAN)

2002
Pacal Leclaire (CAN)
Jay Bouwmeester (CAN)
Igor Knyasev (RUS)
Mike Cammalleri (CAN)
Marek Svatos (SLO)
Stanislav Chistov (RUS)

2001
Ari Ahonen (FIN)
Rotislav Kesla (CZE)
Tuuku Mantyla (FIN)
Jason Spezza (CAN)
Pavel Brendl (CZE)
Jani Rita (FIN)

2000
Rick Dipietro (USA)
Matthieu Biron (CAN)
Alexander Rjazantsev (RUS)
Milan Kraft (CZE)
Eugeny Muratov (RUS)
Alexei Tereschenko (RUS)

1999
Roberto Luongo (CAN)
Vitali Vichnevski (RUS)
Brian Campbell (CAN)
Maxim Balmochnukh (RUS)
Daniel Tkaczuk (CAN)
Brian Gionta (USA)

1998
David Aebischer (SUI)
Andrei Markov, (RUS)
Pierre Hedin (SWE)
Olli Jokinen (FIN)
Eero Somervuori (FIN)
Maxim Balmochnykh (RUS)

1997
Brian Bouchard (USA
Chris Phillips (CAN)
Mark Steit (SUI)
Christian Dubé (CAN)
Sergei Samsonov (RUS)
Michael York (USA)

1996
Jose Theodore (CAN)
Mattias Öhlund (SWE)
Nolan Baumgartner (CAN)
Jarome Iginla (CAN)
Alexei Morozov (RUS)
Johan Davidsson (SWE)

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