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View Poll Results: Who would you want the Flames to take #7 overall
Chase Reid 57 44.53%
Albert Smits 34 26.56%
Carson Carles 26 20.31%
Ethan Belchetz 10 7.81%
Someone else (please name) 1 0.78%
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Old 03-09-2026, 07:55 AM   #1
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Default Who should the Flames take #7 overall

We are hopefully at a point that it is unlikely this is the pick the Flames have, but it is still an interesting exercise to establish fan preference.

#1: Mckenna: 89.39%
#2: Stenberg: 90%
#3: Verhoeff: 71%
#4: Malhotra: 43.5%
#5: Tynan Lawrence: 36.36%
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Old 03-09-2026, 07:58 AM   #2
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As per Tankathon and MoneyPuck, the Flames have less than a 1% chance of picking 7th, 8th, etc.

But I guess it's still nice to have a CP prospect ranking.
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As per Tankathon and MoneyPuck, the Flames have less than a 1% chance of picking 7th, 8th, etc.

But I guess it's still nice to have a CP prospect ranking.
Based on their current position ya. Still 20 games to go
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Old 03-09-2026, 08:15 AM   #4
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The fact that there are still players I like at 7th OA means that we will have a good pick no matter where we land.

In my opinion, the top 2 are ahead of 3-8, but 3-9 are all relatively close.
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Old 03-09-2026, 09:11 AM   #5
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I will be sick if we end up picking 7th after the seasons we’ve had.
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Old 03-09-2026, 09:20 AM   #6
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The fact that there are still players I like at 7th OA means that we will have a good pick no matter where we land.

In my opinion, the top 2 are ahead of 3-8, but 3-9 are all relatively close.
Yeah I just don't sweat it.

Don't want to see the Flames finish 17th overall and have the worst non playoff draft position for sure, but 3, 4, 5, 7 whatever. They'll get a good player.

-Make sure you deal with unrestricted free agents (check on Andersson)
-Position team in the future by moving out players that won't be here when it matters (check on Weegar and Kadri).
-Draft well.
-Develop well.
-Enjoy the ride.
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Old 03-09-2026, 05:35 PM   #7
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Carels to me is the second, and maybe first defenseman available.
Big, strong, skates well, and can play big minutes in every situation.
You are looking at a player that can play 20-35 minutes a night from the first minute to the last minute of game situations, and in that final minute be on if you are down a goal or up a goal.

When the Flames decided on Parekh instead of Dickenson, they went with a gamble on elite offensive talent. Going with Reid would be the same scenario.

This time I would go with Carels, and then I would go Smits, and final defenseman would be Reid.
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The order of d-men flips every other week. But right now.. probably Carels.
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Old 03-09-2026, 06:32 PM   #9
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Smits all day. I have him #4 on my personal want board.
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Old 03-10-2026, 10:09 AM   #10
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Tie goes to the non-american on this one.

Smits or Carels, whoever the scouts like more.
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