06-28-2025, 04:28 PM
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First Line Centre
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2026 NHL Draft Thread
The way too early 2026 NHL Draft Thread...
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Flames 2026 Picks:
"They have all of their own picks except for the 7th rounder, which was traded at the 2025 Draft for Detroit's 2025 7th.
They also have Vegas's 1st rounder, acquired in the Hanifin trade; and Vancouver's 3rd rounder, acquired in the Zadorov trade."
Upside's Early Top 32 is now live and our mega rankings database already has eyes on nearly 200 prospects in total, probably still not enough to locate all of the Flames late round picks from Sweden, Russia, and beyond...
Here's our first Substack eNewsletter post to kick things off because our Chief Rankings Officer never seems to sleep:
2026 NHL Draft Rankings: Early Edition
Upside Hockey's Way Too Early Top 32 For The 2026 NHL Draft
https://upsidehockey.substack.com/p/...-early-edition
Welcome to the next chapter. Welcome to the Upside
FLAMES 2026 DRAFT PICKS (as of Jun30/25)
Round 1
Flames
Golden Knights
Round 2
Flames
Round 3
Canucks
Flames
Round 4
Flames
Round 5
Flames
Round 6
Flames
Last edited by cral12; 06-30-2025 at 08:23 AM.
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06-28-2025, 04:30 PM
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Draft Thread views:
Interestingly:
2025: 439,757
2024: 816,132
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06-28-2025, 04:36 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Flames fan in Seattle
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So who’s lookin good around 16 cral?
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06-28-2025, 04:36 PM
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Joe Iginla please
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06-28-2025, 04:42 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FBI
So who’s lookin good around 16 cral?
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Congrats: Hermansson, Elton
Welcome to Calgary.
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06-28-2025, 04:43 PM
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First Line Centre
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Location: Calgary
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06-28-2025, 04:50 PM
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All I can get
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Who will be available at #32?
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06-28-2025, 05:10 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA/Scottsdale, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Who will be available at #32?
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The Flames don't have Jersey's pick next year.
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06-28-2025, 05:48 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Early of course but not looking like as centre-heavy as this year’s draft. Mostly wingers and defencemen in the first round rankings.
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06-28-2025, 06:03 PM
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Where do you have Ethan Belchetz? 6’5” 235lbs 16 year old
Last edited by Canada 02; 06-28-2025 at 06:08 PM.
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06-28-2025, 06:08 PM
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Ryan Roobroeck was 10 days too young for this years draft, and only 20 days younger than Schaefer. Probably would have gone top 5 this year if a little older
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06-28-2025, 08:25 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Calgary's pick will be #1 and Vegas' will be #32, which averages to 16... That's how Craig breaks the curse.
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06-29-2025, 08:35 AM
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It's too bad the Flames draft results took a bit of a step back this draft. A very middle of the road C. Hopefully they return to form in 2027.
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06-29-2025, 09:56 AM
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Franchise Player
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Seems like the general internet consensus on the Flames draft results are half decent. Lots of B+ ratings
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06-29-2025, 10:16 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
It's too bad the Flames draft results took a bit of a step back this draft. A very middle of the road C. Hopefully they return to form in 2027.
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Umm, what?
Mostly A's and B+'s
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06-29-2025, 01:05 PM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Canada 02
Where do you have Ethan Belchetz? 6’5” 235lbs 16 year old
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1 click away ; )
Hint: just a wee bit Outside of Upside's Early Top 32
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06-29-2025, 01:43 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Goriders
Seems like the general internet consensus on the Flames draft results are half decent. Lots of B+ ratings
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Umm, what?
Mostly A's and B+'s
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Guys, I am jokingly rating our 2026 draft based on selections that haven't been made on players I don't know. If you look on the first page of the 2025 Draft thread, I believe I was close to consensus on how the 2025 Draft had been graded as I gave it a B+...on June 29, 2024.
Just having fun?
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06-29-2025, 02:41 PM
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Franchise Player
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Really interested to see how Keaton Verhoeff does in North Dakota next year, at 6'4 215lbs he was a beast in Victoria and just turned 17 last week. He's my early choice to go 2nd OV.
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06-29-2025, 02:43 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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another sick draft class for RHDs. Keaton Verhoeff, Dax Rudolph, Ryan Lin, Chase Reid ...
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06-29-2025, 02:45 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: CGY
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Getting McKenna would be such a dream. I feel like this team could still contend without an elite C if they are building with McKenna, Parekh, and Wolf
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