Flames Drafted Goaltenders - Full List

[Reggie Dunlop]

Because I was killing time....

First Round

Jason Muzzatti (1988) 21st Overall
Trevor Kidd (1990) 11th Overall
Brent Krahn (2000) 9th Overall
Leland Irving (2006) 26th Overall

Second Round

Evan Lindsay (1997) 32nd Overall
Andre Medvedev (2001) 56th Overall
Mason McDonald (2014) 34th Overall
Tyler Parsons (2016) 54th Overall

Third Round

Mike Vernon (1981) 56th Overall
Craig Anderson (1999) 77th Overall
Jon Gillies (2012) 75th Overall

Fourth Round

Dave Mezaros (1982) 65th Overall
Dany Sabourin (1998) 108th Overall
Levente Szuper (2000) 116th Overall
Daniil Chechelev (2020) 96th Overall

Fifth Round

Jerome Butler (1991) 107th Overall
Matt Keetley (2005) 158th Overall
Kevin Lalande (2005) 128th Overall

Sixth Round

Grant Blair (1983) 111th Overall
Patrik Haltia (1994) 149th Overall
Matt Underhill (1999) 170th Overall
Curtis McElhinney (2002) 176th Overall
Joni Ortio (2009) 171st Overall
Laurent Brossoit (2011) 164th Overall

Seventh Round

Jeff Hogg (1983) 131st Overall
Jimmy Spratt (2004) 213th Overall
Dustin Wolf (2019) 214th Overall
Arseni Sergeev (2021) 205th Overall

Eighth Round

Shawn Murray (1990) 167th Overall

Ninth Round

Warren "Scott" Sharples (1986) 184th Overall

Twelfth Round

Andrei Trefilov (1991) 261st Overall

Under no circumstances whatsoever should the Flames draft a goaltender, amirite?

[Reggie Dunlop]

Obviously, the Flames should start drafting netminders in the Tenth and Eleventh Rounds.

[Phaneuf_Phan]

Remember when we could have drafted Martin Brodeur but took a different goalie instead?

[Oil Stain]

Can't miss in the third.

[GioforPM]

Well the sixth round has produced a couple backup goalies, plus Ortio. The third has Vernon and Anderson.

[Goriders]

Guess it gives more weight to the arguement about not drafting goalies in the first round.

[Psytic]

Kind of points to the issue of there being a development problem. The only goalies that have actually turned out half way decent outside of Vernon have done it in another system like McElhinney, Brossoit, Anderson. I dont think its bad picks considering some of the hype and Junior stats around some of the guys. It really seems that once they get in the Flames system its down hill. If Wolf ends up ruined and Big Save Dave becomes a solid 1b in Nash. I think you have to call a spade a spade.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Phaneuf_Phan

Remember when we could have drafted Martin Brodeur but took a different goalie instead?

The "what if" scenario could be said about every goalie in the league. That one just hurt a little more, because the Flames actually moved up by trading picks with the Devils (giving up an extra 2nd in the process).

Would have been better to keep the extra 2nd and draft Kidd/Potvin or Brodeur/Potvin (depending who the Devils took).

And whichever scout that put Mason McDonald ahead of Thatcher Demo should be shot to the sun.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Psytic

Kind of points to the issue of there being a development problem. The only goalies that have actually turned out half way decent outside of Vernon have done it in another system like McElhinney, Brossoit, Anderson. I dont think its bad picks considering some of the hype and Junior stats around some of the guys. It really seems that once they get in the Flames system its down hill. If Wolf ends up ruined and Big Save Dave becomes a solid 1b in Nash. I think you have to call a spade a spade.

BSD was a solid 1B here.
Why would him doing the same thing in Nashville suggest anything?

[1qqaaz]

The Flames can occasionally draft goalies. They can occasionally develop goalies. But they can almost never draft and develop a goalie.

It's a problem because nearly all cup winning goalies are drafted and developed by the team that they are playing for and are under the age of 29.
On the bright side, it's relatively easy to get competent goaltending through trade or free agency. Almost never have the Flames actually had terrible goaltending.

[tvp2003]

Evan Lindsay (1997) 32nd Overall

Never heard of this guy. It turns out he re-entered the draft in 99 and ended up getting picked by Montreal (this time in the 4th round).

Leave it to us to draft a goalie in the second round and he’s not even good enough to play in the AHL. Then we do it again 15 years later with Mason MacDonald. Woof.

[heep223]

Taking McDonald over Demko was just terrible. It was terrible at the time and even more terrible now. I’m still pissed about that

[1qqaaz]

Originally Posted by heep223

Taking McDonald over Demko was just terrible. It was terrible at the time and even more terrible now. I’m still pissed about that

Not just Demko. Nedeljkovic, Vanecek, Merzlikins, and Shesterkin were all available.

Some will say "but McDonald was ranked highly and the Flames took him where he was supposed to go." But just looking at all of their pre-draft stats, taking McDonald ahead of them was always going to be a stupid move. That's part of why most of us hated the pick the moment it was made.

[Roof-Daddy]

That 2014 draft gives me nightmares, and not just because of McDonald over Demko.

[Samonadreau]

That is a sad, sad list.

Best Goalie they drafted in the last 30 years they didn't even sign.....

[CaptainYooh]

It would be really interesting to see other teams' lists for comparison. How bad do we really do compared to others?

So, Reggie, when you have even more time to spare, perhaps?

[Macman]

Curtis McElhinney has had a quite long career as a backup and now 2 time cup winner. That's not bad for 176th overall pick for a goalie.

[icarus]

You wonder if the 2000 draft wasn't held in Calgary, would the Flames not have selected Krahn from the Hitmen? I recall this was right around the time the Flames brought back Vernon. At a time when the threat of relocation was real seemed like these were PR moves as much as anything.

[Johnny Rotten]

Originally Posted by Phaneuf_Phan

Remember when we could have drafted Martin Brodeur but took a different goalie instead?

To be fair, The Hockey News had Trevor Kidd being picked in the top five of the 1990 draft. I think on the cover, they referred to Kidd as a”superstar” goalie.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Remember all the Jerome Butler hype?

Me neither.