Folks, every couple of years a really great goaltending prospect pops up on the NHL Draft radar. This year’s version is Yaroslav Askarov, an incredible Russian goalie who will definitely go in the first round. Some team will take that swing and probably be happy with it.
But man, drafting a goaltender early makes a lot of teams nervous – and the Calgary Flames haven’t had much success doing so at all.
In the history of the Flames franchise, they’ve selected nine goaltenders in the first two rounds of the draft:
- First rounders were Jason Muzzatti (1988), Trevor Kidd (1990), Brent Krahn (2000), and Leland Irving (2006).