The 2018 National Hockey League entry draft will not be business as usual for the Calgary Flames. Because of some wheeling and dealing at last year’s draft in Chicago (which included acquiring Travis Hamonic), the Flames head to Dallas for this year’s event in a position they’ve been in only three times: they don’t have a first round pick.
The probable philosophy
The Flames selected five times last year. At the time, amateur scouting guru Tod Button explained the thought process behind their 2017 picks:
We wanted to add skill and ceiling.
We wanted to add skill and ceiling.