Almost all Calgary Flames prospects have their season rolling. This is the Oct. 7-13 edition of the Flames prospect round-up, where we look at how Flames prospects have done every week.
Everyone knows that the Calgary Flames like to draft Russian netminders. Of the Russian goaltending prospects still in Russia, Kirill Zarubin is the best of the bunch.
The Calgary Flames announced today that they have signed University of Notre Dame netminder Owen Say to a one-year two-way deal beginning next season. Here’s everything you need to know about him: The 23-year-old netminder played his early hockey in London, Ontario, with the London Knights junior system.
There’s a solid chance that the next good Calgary Flames goaltending prospect will come out of Russia. In the past five drafts, the Flames have drafted four netminders, all of whom are Russian.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
Pals, we’re roughly a week and change away from Calgary Flames prospects officially reporting to the club for participation in the 2024 edition of the Young Stars Classic tournament in Penticton, British Columbia.
The Calgary Flames have had rough luck with drafting goaltenders early in the NHL Draft throughout their history. So their solution during the tenure of director of goaltending Jordan Sigalet has been to take goaltenders every couple of years, and usually taking them in the later rounds.