Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy
To each their own I guess. But to say Finns fade out is a poor analysis. Heinola looked solid in the NHL just this year, Heiskanen turned out quite well, Valimaki is going to be a stud, Ihear Laine is pretty good too, and what about Rantanen? Sure there are players like Kotkaniemi and Puljujarvi who probably went to high, and Kakko had a rough year. However those guys were taken for their offensive prowess, which is not what people say about Lundell.
First rounders from 2012:
2016: #2 Laine has been fantastic, same with 2017: #3 Heiskanen. 2019: #2 Kaapo Kakko was "NHL ready" - 23 points, also not saying they wont all be busts so dont think i'm saying Kakko is a bust, but he was an 'elite NHL ready talent' he probably could have done well with a year in the A.
AHL developed
2012: 18 overall Teuvo Teräväinen spent 2 years in the A, hes been good, not elite.
2013: #2 Barkov had a slow start to his career, #8 oa Rasmus Ristolainen pretty contentious player, same with #22 Olli Määttä who i debated calling a bust,
2014: #22 Kapanen spent 4 years in the minors to become a decent 3rd liner
2015: #10 Rantanen 2 years in the A
2017: #16 Juuso Välimäki played 3 years in the WHL and 1 in the A also just missed an entire season, #29 Henri Jokiharju 2 years in the WHL 1 in the A, 30 Eeli Tolvanen 2 years in the USHL, 1 in the KHL, 2 in the AHL (seems the realize juniors is better than Liiga as well), #24 Kristian Vesalainen 1 in the KHL 2 in the A
2018: 3 Jesperi Kotkaniemi sent to the AHL after struggling in the NHL again as a player that was supposed to step in immediately. #20 Rasmus Kupari just got to the A
2019: to early to tell for both #19 Lassi Thomson (WHL) and #20 Ville Heinola
Busts:
2014: #14 Julius Honka
2016: #4 Jesse Puljujarvi, #5 Olli Juolevi #23 Henrik Borgstrom
2017: #18 Urho Vaakanainen (jury maybe still out, but hasnt shown anything in the NHL)