Maxime Comtois, Owen Tippett and Morgan Frost have quickly become household names for Canada at the world junior championship. Finnish players give chase to Kasperi Kapanen, second from left, after he scored the overtime winner against Russia in the gold-medal game of the 2016 world junior championship. ( MARKKU ULANDER / GETTY IMAGES )It often takes some time before you see the great players from the tournament make an impact in the NHL. “I’m not surprised that so many are good NHL players but I never saw so many stars.”It wasn’t just the Finns who would have an impact as soon as they made the NHL. “Sometimes my whole world falls apart and I can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel,” he said.

Source: thestar January 01, 2019 23:03 UTC