Brian Burke promised truculence when he arrived as the Flames’ president of hockey ops, and truculence he delivered. Although it’s a bit murky as to whether it was him or Feaster/Treliving calling the shots, in his first year the Flames added, through various means, Ladi Smid, Lane MacDermid, Kevin Westgarth, Deryk Engelland, Bryce van Brabant, Brandon Bollig, and Hunter Smith.
The final name, our subject for today, was a second round draft pick in the 2014 draft. Smith, having put up a so-so season as a 19-year-old (albeit much younger relative to other 2013 draft eligibles), was mostly drafted for being 6’7″.