Martin Straka, from the Czech Republic, had a long career in the NHL.  Straka had a pair of 80 Point Seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins and two 70 Point Seasons for the New York Rangers over his career, and he would tabulate 717 Points overall in his career.  Straka was named an All-Star in 1999, and while he never won a Stanley Cup, he did win an Olympic Gold Medal with the Czech Republic in 1998.

Known for his seriousness, discipline, and overall toughness, Bobby Holik came from Czechoslovakia to the National Hockey League, where, after two seasons with the Hartford Whalers, he found a real home with the New Jersey Devils.  Holik would play for the Devils for 10 straight seasons, scoring 463 Points over that period, including three consecutive 60 Point campaigns from 1996-97 to 1998-99.  In that later season (98-99), Holik started a streak of five straight seasons earning votes for the Frank J. Selke Trophy, a testament to his two-way ability.  With the New Jersey Devils, he helped the team win two Stanley Cups (1995 & 2000), and he was himself a two-time All-Star.

From Czechoslovakia, Robert Lang had a very good career in the National Hockey League, although it took him some time to really find his groove.  In his late 20s, Lang came into his own with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and in his third season there at age 30, he had an 80 Point Season.  Lang would later join Washington, where he performed well, and at one point, three-quarters of the way through the 2003/04 season, he was the leading scorer. Then he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings, marking the first time a leading scorer was traded during the season.  Lang would be injured shortly thereafter, but he would still finish the season ninth in Assists and Points.  Lang would play for Detroit another two seasons and would finish his career with a season each in Chicago, Montreal, and Phoenix.

Petr Svoboda quietly carved out a long and fruitful career in the NHL, where he played 1,028 Games.  Svoboda didn’t actually enter the National Hockey League in the quietest of ways, as he was a Czechoslovakian defector, but it proved advantageous quickly as he was a member of the Stanley Cup Championship Montreal Canadians in his second year in the league. 

Petr Sykora enjoyed a very nice career in the National Hockey League, where the gifted two-way player played 1,017 Games and, more importantly, won two Stanley Cups.  Sykora won the first with the New Jersey Devils, the team where he had three consecutive 65 Point Seasons (1988-89 to 2000-01).  It was in that last season that he won the Cup with the Devils.  He was actually in the Finals the year after with New Jersey, where he had 22 Points and finished with a +15, which was the highest in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, though his team would go down to defeat to the Colorado Avalanche.   Sykora would win his second Stanley Cup in a more reserve role with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009.

A productive Right Winger over his NHL career, Radim Vrbata has had three seasons where he eclipsed the 60 Point mark.  An All-Star in 2015, Vrbata also is a former leader in Power Play Goals (2011-12) and he would score 623 Points in the National Hockey League.

A more than above average hockey player from the Czech Republic, forward, Martin Havlat is a well-traveled hockey player who has played professionally for multiple teams, most notably for the Ottawa Senators and the Chicago Blackhawks.  Havlat has been an All-Star twice and has scored 30 or more Points on three different occasions.  Havlat also represented the Czech Republic in multiple tournaments, highlighted by a Gold Medal win in the 2000 World Hockey Championship.  Coincidentally, he was also on the Czech team that won the World Junior Hockey Championship months earlier.

A four-time All-Star, Tomas Kaberle is the second all-time leading scorer among Toronto Maple Leaf Defensemen, which is no small feat considering we are talking about an Original Six Team.

From the Czech Republic, it could be argued that Vaclav “Vinny” Prospal did not live up to the potential that many hockey writers thought he would reach.  He wasn’t the most consistent player in his professional career, but he was intense and found a role as a bit of an agitator — when he wasn’t playmaking. 

From the Czech Republic, Tomas Vokoun had a fantastic career in the NHL, most notably with the Nashville Predators, where he had three straight seasons where he finished in the top ten in Vezina Trophy voting with a 10th, 8th, and 4th place finish in the 2003/04, 04/05, and 06/07 respectively.  The year after, the two-time NHL All-Star would play for the Florida Panthers and would lead the league in Goalie Point Shares.

A long-time defenseman in the NHL, Roman Hamrlik has appeared on many power plays and sent numerous attackers into the boards. The former first overall pick has not disappointed with a long and productive career, scoring 638 Points. The three-time All-Star, though, likely does not have the stat accumulation for the Hall of Fame, but throughout his career, he was always one of the better blue-liners in hockey.

Milan Hejduk played 1,020 Games in the National Hockey League, all with the Colorado Avalanche, which is a franchise record.  A solid scorer who accumulated 805 Points, the Czech-born star would assist the Avs in winning the Stanley Cup in 2001.  Two years later, Hejduk would have his best individual season, where his 50 Goals would be enough to win the Maurice Richard Trophy, and he was also the league leader in Plus/Minus.  He would also be named a Second Team All-Star and finished fourth in Hart Trophy voting.

A long-tenured player for the New Jersey Devils, Patrik Elias established himself as one of the top players ever to play in the Garden State. Elias would progress to a 1,025-point career, and anyone who does that (especially after the dead puck era) is at least in the conversation for the Hall of Fame. Just how deep that conversation goes is yet to be determined.