I always look forward to these, as they are an interesting snap shot of where the 32 teams are right now in terms of their pipeline. I think highly of Scott Wheeler, I certainly prefer him to guys like Corey Pronman, who is the other prominent prospect writer for The Athletic. Wheeler is late this year, but things will kick off tomorrow, per his Twitter account.
Last year, he had the Flames pool at #13, but you can probably expect quite the jump this year. Here's the Flames top 15 from last year:
1. Zayne Parekh, RHD
2. Matvei Gridin, RW/LW
3. Samuel Honzek, C/LW
4. Hunter Brzustewicz, RHD
5. Etienne Morin, LHD
6. Jeremie Poirier, LHD
7. Henry Mews, RHD
8. Aydar Suniev, LW
9. Rory Kerins, C
10. Arseni Sergeyev, G
11. William Stromgren, LW
12. Andrew Basha, LW
13. Jacob Battaglia, LW/RW
14. Yan Kuznetsov, LHD
15. Luke Misa, C
HM: Trevor Hoskin (final cut), Jaden Lipinski, Artyom Grushnikov
You can read last year's writeup of the Flames prospects here:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/607...rankings-2025/
Things will be very different this time, obviously. Poirier and Battaglia are gone, Kuznetsov will surely be considered graduated. With our last draft class as well as the three recently acquired prospects coming in, this pool is loaded. Where do you expect this group to come in, league-wise? Top 5, probably?
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I will update this post once the teams come in:
28. Colorado Avalanche (
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29. Toronto Maple Leafs (
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30. Edmonton No Goods (
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31. Dallas Stars (
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32. Florida Panthers (
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