The Calgary Flames have loaded up in recent years with Czech players, adding Ladislav Smid, Michael Frolik and Jiri Hudler to bolster their roster. Heck, one of their more useful young assets of the Jay Feaster Era was Czech forward Roman Horak.
But the most useful, dangerous Czech in Calgary Flames history? Why, it's the latest member of the All-Time Team and one of the most pleasant surprises (and best pure goal-scorers) of the dismal 1990s - Robert Reichel.
CAREER STATISTICS
Robert Reichel is perhaps the textbook example of what you hope happens when you draft promising but unrefined players in the mid-to-late rounds of a draft.