Flames Roster: What Could Have Been
With several days off from having to sit through another Flames game (thank goodness), thought it'd be a fun exercise to see what the Flames could have been.
So I’m a pretty big fan of the Flames' amateur scouting staff and I've liked they’ve done over years despite the lack of draft picks. So let's pretend this is an alternate timeline where the Flames decided to keep all of their picks and continued to rebuild slowly through the draft. So build your roster of what you think the Flames could have looked like
Also, I am aware that the Flames’ record would be drastically different (good or bad) had they not made the trades in the first place so maybe the Flames are bad enough to pick an Auston Matthews or a Cale Makar or a Quinn Hughes, but for the sake of this exercise, just keep it simple and stick to where the Flames did end up drafting. Start where ever you'd like; personally i'm starting off after the Flames run in 2015.
No Dougie Hamilton
2015 Draft Picks Kept: 15th OA, 45th OA, 52nd OA
Suggested Players Available:
At 15 = Barzal, Connor, Chabot, Boeser, Konecny...
At 45 = Hintz, Greenway...
At 52 = Dunn, Stenlund...
No Brian Elliot
2016 Draft Pick Kept: 35th OA
Suggested Players Available:
At 35 = Kyrou, Debrincat, Sam Girard, Carter Hart...
No Curtis Lazar
2017 Draft Pick Kept: 47th OA
Suggested Players Available:
At 47 = Maxime Comtois, Mario Ferraro, Jack Studnicka, Jonah Gadjovich...
No Travis Hamonic
2018/2019 NHL Draft Picks: 12th OA (2018), 43rd OA (2018), 57th OA (2019)
Suggested Players Available:
At 12 = Noah Dobson, Joel Farabee, Ty Smith...
At 43 = Too Early...
At 57 = Too Early...
My Flames Roster Today
Gaudreau - Barzal - Debrincat
Tkachuk - Monahan - Greenway
Farabee - Backlund - Mangiapane
Bennett - Jankowski - Comtois
Dube
Giordano - Fox*
Dunn - Andersson
Valimaki - Kylington
Kulak
Markstrom**
Rittich
*Adam Fox signs in Calgary without Hamilton and Hamonic in his way
** Flames sign Jacob Markstrom in 2020 as they're finally ready to contend
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