[Eric Vail]

The Flames have done a lot of things well over the years, but finding and developing goalies has not been one of them.

Here is a list of young goalies that did not pan out for the Calgary Flames (bold indicates first round draft pick):

Tim Bernhardt
Marc D'Amour
Doug Dadswell
Rick Kosti
Andrei Trefilov
Jason Muzzatti
Dwayne Roloson
Tyler Moss
Jean Sebastian Giguere
Tyrone Gartner
Dany Sabourin
Levente Szuper
Craig Anderson
Brent Krahn
Matt Keetley
Henrik Karlsson
Leland Irving
Reto Berra
Joni Ortio
John Gillies

Goalies who did pan out:
Pat Riggin*
Reggie Lemelin*
Mike Vernon
Trevor Kidd
David Rittich

*acquisition and rookie years in Atlanta

I left Kiprusoff off the list because he was drafted in San Jose and played 42 NHL games for them over the two years before the Flames acquired him. He was an NHL goalie when we got him - though not a star.

So really, if you are looking at the list, considering just the time in Calgary (leaving off Riggin and Lemelin), the Flames are batting 3/23 or 13%. We've had just as many young goalies who we've given up on who make it elsewhere (Gigeure, Roloson, Anderson).

If I were a young goalie, I wouldn't want to be drafted by the Flames.