With the Calgary Flames not getting any draft picks this year until the fourth round, let’s check out some former notable fourth-round picks.
This year was supposed to be their year. The Calgary Flames put it all out on the table, traded away their picks, because they were sure they’d be getting far. But in an unfortunate series of events, they didn’t even make it to the playoffs and they didn’t protect their picks.
As a result, the Flames this year won’t have a draft pick until the fourth round. It’s been rumoured that GM Brad Treliving announced at a GM meeting that he wants to trade for a first-round pick, but nobody quite knows what he really has in store.
After the New York Islanders won the 12th pick, it seems like Flames fans can breathe a little easier knowing that the first-round draft pick they traded for Travis Hamonic wasn’t something higher. In fact, game 82 had a lot more importance than we initially would have thought. Their 7-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights signified the Isles having the pick they had, whereas they would have gotten the Carolina Hurricanes’ lottery balls as well (the Hurricanes won the third overall pick).
Even though the Flames don’t have a pick until the fourth round (for now), that’s not the end of the world. This team has had a few notable former fourth-round picks. So let’s look at them and see where they’re at now! Can you take a WILD guess and guess who’s first on this list?
*This will go in order of date from oldest to most recent.