Over the past decade, most of the top
Czech Republic draft prospects have been chosen from the CHL, but there are always still a handful of gems to be found playing at home. In 2011, Slavia Prague’s
Dmitrij Jaskin was taken in the second round and in 2012, another Slavia product, Tomas Hertl, is projected to be a late first-round pick at the
2012 NHL Draft.
Aside from Hertl and goaltender Marek Langhamer, there is a pair of Vitkovice prospects who stand a good chance of being late-round picks, including one who’s not a Czech at all, but an Australian.…
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