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Originally Posted by shermanator
If anyone was wondering about past prospects...
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that made me do a quick research of some prospects:
- David Van der Gulik (7th round 2002, 4 years in Flames' AHL farm teams, 6 NHL games for Calgary):
Van der Gulik signed in 2010 with Colorado as a free agent. He has since been called up to the NHL regularly and has played 31 games for the Avalanche so far (9 points) over two seasons.
- Cam Cunning (8th round 2003, 6 years in Flames' AHL farm teams):
According to HockeyDB, Cunning hasn't played since being released last summer.
- Carsen Germyn (undrafted, 5 years in Flames' AHL farm teams, 4 NHL games for Calgary):
Germyn, while constantly battling concussion problems, went to Europe and signed with Swiss second-tier team Biel in 2010-11 and played 36 games there. This year, he is playing in the DEL for Straubing where he is 4th in team scoring.
- Dustin Boyd (3rd rounder 2004, 192 NHL games for Calgary):
Boyd went to Russia last summer after spending the whole 2010-11 season with Montreal's AHL farm team. He is playing for Astana Barys and is 3rd in team scoring ... tied with Nigel Dawes BTW, who also played with Montreal's AHL farm team last year.
- Andrei Taratukhin (2nd rounder 2001, 1 year with Flames' AHL team):
Taratukhin has played for Ufa Salavat Yulayev after leaving the Flames. However, he has never reached his full potential and his numbers have dropped over the year. Over the last two seasons, he has scored just a single goal in 50 games!
- Warren Peters (undrafted, 4 years with Flames' AHL team, 16 NHL games for Calgary):
Peters signed with Dallas in 2009 before he signed with Minnesota a year later. He isn't a full-time NHLer, but much like Van der Gulik a regular call-up / fringe NHLer. He has played 49 games with Minnesota (6 points) and had 11 games for Dallas before (1 point).
- Brett Palin (undrafted, 5 years with Flames' AHL farm teams):
Palin signed with Nashville last year. After his concussion problems in Abbotsford, he was able to play a full 80-games AHL season for Milwaukee in 2010-11. However, according to HockeyDB, he has not played this year (retired?).
- Matt Pelech (1st round 2005, 4 years with Flames' AHL farm teams, 5 NHL games for Calgary):
Pelech signed with San Jose last summer, but he has so far failed to make the Sharks' NHL team. Seems like a career AHLer to me.
- Kris Chucko (1st round 2004, 5 years with Flames' AHL farm teams, 2 NHL games for Calgary):
Chucko is retired as he was never able to recover from those post-concussion syndromes.
- Adam Cracknell (9th round 2004, 4 years with Flames' AHL farm teams):
Cracknell signed with St Louis in 2009. He has spent most of the time in the AHL, but managed to be an injury call-up for the Blues. He has played in 26 NHL games for them (8 points).
- Brett Sutter (6th round 2005, 3 years with Flames' AHL farm teams, 18 NHL games for Calgary):
Sutter was traded to Carolina last season. He continues to be an AHL player with NHL call-up opportunities and has 16 NHL games for the Hurricanes to his name (3 points).
- Aaron Marvin (3rd round 2006):
Playing in the ECHL for the Chicago Express.
- Aki Seitsonen (4th round 2004, 4 years with Flames' AHL farm teams):
Seitsonen signed with Finnish team Lukko Rauma in 2009, but managed only one point in 26 games. He returned to North America in 2010, but only played in the ECHL for the Idaho Steelheads. According to HockeyDB, he hasn't played this season.
- Henrik Björklund (4th round 2009):
never came to NA and hasn't played this season. Didn't reach his potential at all.
- Alexander Deilert (7th round 2008):
Much like Björklund he never came to NA. Deilert couldn't stick in the Swedish top league, and he is now playing in Germany's second-tier league for Riessersee SC.
- Hugo Carpentier (4th round 2006, 4 years with Flames' AHL farm teams):
Carpentier couldn't even make the AHL full-time and spent most of the time in the ECHL. According to HockeyDB, he hasn't played this year after being released last June.
- Matt Keetley (5th round 2005, 4 years with Flames' AHL farm teams, 1 NHL game for Calgary):
Keetley is currently a free agent. He is playing in the ECHL for the Bakersfield Condors.
- Kevin Lalande (5th round 2005, 2 years with Flames' AHL farm teams):
While Lalande couldn't beat Keetley in the Flames system, he has since had a lot more success than Keetley. Lalande has been playing in the KHL since 2010 and he has posted very solid numbers for Chekhov Vityaz last year and Dynamo Minsk this year (36 games, 2.40 GAA, .913% saves, 4 SO).
- Gord Baldwin (3rd round 2005, 4 years with Flames' AHL farm teams):
Baldwin left NA after being released last summer. He signed with Czech team Mlada Boleslav and has played 42 games there.
- Dan Ryder (3rd round 2005, 2 years with Flames' AHL farm teams):
Ryder's trouble-filled hockey career came to an end in 2009 after he was released by AHL team Providence Bruins. He was arrested after an armed robbery in 2010, but was found "not guilty" in 2011.