Yesterday, the Philadelphia Flyers recalled defenseman Samuel Morin from their American Hockey League affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Morin made his National Hockey League debut in the evening for the Flyers. That occurrence made a Calgary Flames prospect a rather inauspicious part of history: Morgan Klimchuk, the 28th pick overall in 2013, is the only player left from that year’s first round that hasn’t played in the NHL yet.
The Flames selected Klimchuk with the third of their three first round selections in 2013, the pick they received from Pittsburgh in the infamous Jarome Iginla trade. Still only 22, Klimchuk was a consistently good player in the Western Hockey League for many seasons.