The Flames had five draft picks in 2011. All five of those picks have made the NHL in some capacity, but only two are still with the team: Johnny Gaudreau, and Tyler Wotherspoon, who both were two of just four restricted free agents to be qualified.
Wotherspoon had a tumultuous 2014-15 season, being constantly recalled and constantly sat, even though he had shed his training camp number and gotten the lower #26. Last season, though, he was featured enough to be considered a part of the Flames' future.
#26 on the Flames
Wotherspoon is the 19th player in Flames franchise history to wear #26:
- LW Alex McKendry
- C Mel Bridgman
- LW Steve Bozek
- LW Paul Ranheim
- D/LW Jim Korn
- C Robert Reichel
- RW Ladislav Kohn
- C Michael Nylander
- C Eric Landry
- LW Tom Chorske
- LW Travis Brigley
- C Steve Begin
- D Dallas Eakins
- LW Marcus Nilson
- LW Josh Green
- RW Ales Kotalik
- RW Guillaume Desbiens
- D Dennis Wideman
- D Tyler Wotherspoon
The number being for defencemen is a relatively new development, despite Korn and Eakins (remember him?