Calgary Flames Star Prospect Shows his Immense Confidence With Recent Comments

The Calgary Flames have made six selections in the first round of the past three NHL Drafts, but if they are to get through their rebuild and back into Stanley Cup Playoffs contention, it will be Craig Conroy's work in the later rounds that pays off big time.

Already on the NHL roster, late round picks like Dustin Wolf and Ryan Strome will play key roles for Calgary, but in their prospect group, there's more than one or two names that the team selected beyond the second round that look like potential steals. The best of all however is last years No. 144 overall selection Ethan Wyttenbach, who fell to the fifth round due to a combination of injuries in the pre-draft process and his size at 5-foot-10.

The Flames weren't worried however, and that's paid off big time, with the star winger dominating his freshman campaign at Quinnipiac, leading the NCAA in scoring with 25 goals and 59 points in 40 games played in 2025/26. He's been just as dominant at the 2026 World Juniors Summer Showcase recently, posting two goals and five points across three games, and in an interview with TSN after these performances, he revealed how his confidence continues to grow.

"I feel like I'm at a point where I go into every game feeling like I'm the best guy on the ice & it helps me play my best."

Ethan Wyttenbach

For much of his freshman season, Wyttenbach was consistently the best player on the ice, and at the Summer Showcase it's been no different, with outlets in attendance raving about the Flames goal scoring winger, who has clearly improved his playmaking over the summer thus far.

While there's no guarantees that Wyttenbach will be a successful NHLer, as of right now he's simply getting better and better, and with his belief growing, his second season at Quinnipiac alongside a potential World Juniors appearance will put him in good stead to be a key piece of the Flames future.

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