Out of curiosity, I went back to see where Calgary had ever had a pick as soon as 4th overall based on standings... looked at only top 10 picks:
Calgary Flames
6th - 1992 - Cory Stillman
6th - 1997 - Daniel Tkaczuk
6th - 1998 - Rico Fata
6th - 2013 - Sean Monahan
9th - 1983 - (Paul Cyr - pick traded to Buffalo in Don Edwards trade)
9th - 1999 - (Jamie Lundmark - pick traded to NYR in Marc Savard/#11 Oleg Saprykin trade)
9th - 2000 - Brent Krahn
9th - 2002 - (Petr Taticek - pick traded for #10 Eric Nystrom)
9th - 2003 - Dion Phaneuf
10th - 1984 - (Normand Lacombe - pick traded to Buffalo in Don Edwards trade)
Hmmm - all 6ths and 9ths with one 10th thrown in... that's a bit odd. And if you go back to the Atlanta Flames for top 10 picks:
Atlanta Flames
2nd - 1972 - Jacques Richard
5th - 1973 - (John Davidson - pick traded to Montreal as part of Tom Lysiak trade)
8th - 1975 - Richard Mulhern
10th - 1974 - (Rick Chartraw - traded to Montreal in Chuck Arnason trade)
10th - 1976 - Harold Phillipoff
10th - 1977 - (Mark Napier - pick traded to Montreal in Tom Lysiak trade)
So, technically the 2014 4th overall is the second highest pick the franchise has ever received, and is the highest as the Calgary Flames.
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