When the Calgary Flames dropped the puck on their preseason schedule, they dressed seven first round selections in their two games with Edmonton. Three of them are NHL regulars – Mikael Backlund, Sean Monahan and Sam Bennett. Two of them are older picks who have dipped their toes into NHL waters – Mark Jankowski and Emile Poirier. One of them is the organization’s most recent first rounder, Juuso Valimaki.
And then there’s Morgan Klimchuk, who might be the most under-the-radar prospect in the entire Flames organization.
Klimchuk was the 28th player selected in the 2013 NHL Draft, selected with the pick the Flames received from Pittsburgh in the trade that ended Jarome Iginla’s time in Calgary.