[SuperMatt18]

My post above actually intrigued me to do a similar type of thing with the Flames drafting/development over the last couple years. The first thing you notice is we have no players from before the 2007 draft on our roster, and that is why we are a bottom 5 team. So naturally we start at the 2007 draft.

NHLers (Have not looked out of place in NHL action: 50+ Games)

2007: Round 1 24: Mikael Backlund
2007: Round 6 179: Paul Byron
2008: Round 1 16: Joe Colborne
2008: Round 3 78: Lance Bouma
2008: Round 4 114: TJ Brodie
2011: Round 1 13: Sven Baertschi
2013: Round 1 6: Sean Monahan

NHL Prospects (Shown enough that they could be NHLers)

2009: Round 3 63: Ben Hanowski
2009: Round 5 135: Corban Knight
2009: Round 6 171: Joni Ortio
2010: Round 3 64: Max Reinhart
2010: Round 4 108: Bill Arnold
2010: Round 5 133: Michael Ferland
2010: Round 5 140: Kenny Agostino
2011: Round 2 45: Markus Granlund
2011: Round 2 57: Tyler Wotherspoon
2011: Round 4 104: John Gaudreau
2012: Round 1 21: Mark Jankowski
2012: Round 2 42: Patrick Sieloff
2012: Round 3 75: Jon Gilles
2013: Round 1 21: Emile Poirier
2013: Round 1 28: Morgan Klimchuk
2013: Round 3 67: Keegan Kanzig (Coaching staff loved him so he makes the list)

So still lots of work for the Flames through their drafts the next two seasons. Best case scenario 2015/2016 season is when the Flames should be targeting for the team to be on the upswing. They also have to hope that some of the pieces they added in this same age range can help to contribute to the building of the team (Paul Byron, Joe Colborne, Kenny Agostino, Ben Hanowski, Corban Knight).

If they can turn 25% of their current "NHL Prospects" into solid NHL players that will be a good start as it adds 4 drafted players to the roster. Add two more top 10 picks (maybe top 5) from 2014 and 2015 into the fold and the Flames will be in decent shape.