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Originally Posted by looooob
in the first round of the 2007 NHL entry draft the Flames took Mikael Backlund with the 24th overall pick. after some fits and starts getting going, he has settled in as a solid top 6 member of the Calgary Flames, currently 9th in franchise GP and into the top 20 in goals and points
Backlund turns 30 on Saturday
as best I can tell the following players were drafted by the Flames as teenagers, and were still consecutively with the Flames on their 30th birthday (so not counting a few older age euros )
Al MacInnis
Gary Roberts
Theo Fleury
Mike Vernon
David Moss (I am 99% sure he qualifies, and yes this is random!)
(from the 1979 Atlanta Flames draft- Tim Hunter and (sort of) Jim Peplinski)
and now Mikael Backlund
quite a feat!
(Brodie will be 29 this summer....)
I think we've been lucky to have him. a quality player and member of the community
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and the day before his 35th birthday our captain scores number 200
13th player drafted by the Calgary Flames to notch that milestone