Calgary Flames Top 10 Prospects Rankings

1. Emile Poirier, F - 2013 1st Round Pick Gatineau QMJHL
2. Morgan Klimchuk, LW - 2013 1st Round Pick Regina WHL
3. Johnny Gaudreau, LW - 2011 4th Round Pick Boston College
4. Mark Jankowski, C - 2012 1st Round Pick Providence College
5. Patrick Sieloff, D - 2012 2nd Round Pick Abbotsford AHL
6. Max Reinhart, C - 2010 3rd Round Pick Abbotsford AHL
7. Jon Gillies, G - 2012 3rd Round Pick Providence College
8. Coda Gordon, LW - 2012 6th Round Pick Swift Current WHL
9. Ryan Culkin, D - 2012 5th Round Pick Quebec QMJHL
10. Brett Kulak, D - 2012 4th Round Pick Vancouver WHL

Calgary Flames Actual Opening Night Lineup with Line Combinations

Lineup

Lines:

Curtis Glencross, Matt Stajan, Lee Stempniak
T.J. Galiardi, Mikael Backlund, Jiri Hudler
Sven Baertschi, Sean Monahan, David Jones
Ben Street, Brian McGrattan, Lance Bouma

Defenseman Pairings:
Mark Giordano, T.J. Brodie
Kris Russell, Dennis Wideman
Shane O'Brien, Kris Butler

Starting Goaltender: Karri Romo Backup: Joey MacDonald

Scratches: Center Joe Colborne, D Derek Smith, RW Tim Jackman

Calgary Flames Trade 4th Round Pick to Toronto for Center Joe Colborne

The Calgary Flames have traded a 4th round draft pick in 2014 to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Center Joe Colborne. Colborne was drafted in the 1st round in 2008 by the Boston Bruins. He has played in 16 regular season games in 3 years and appeared in 2 playoff games in 2013 for the Maple Leafs.

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2013 NHL Draft Prospect Battle - Klimchuk vs. Erne vs. Zykov

The 2013 NHL Draft was considered one of the best drafts if not the best NHL draft since 2003. Did the Calgary Flames make the right selection with left wing Morgan Klimchuk? Calgary had 3 first round selections in a good draft and used their 6th overall pick on two way center Sean Monahan and 22nd pick on right wing Emile Poirier. The Flames passed up two bigger scoring power forwards Adam Erne and Valentin Zykov who were on the board at this 28th selection.
More goes into how these players do than their statistics but you can follow the statistics of these three players here for fun to start.
28th Overall Pick Left Wing Morgan Klimchuk Calgary Flames

33rd Overall Pick Left Wing Adam Erne Tampa Bay Lightning
37th Overall Pick Left Wing Valentin Zykov Los Angeles KingS

2013 NHL Draft Prospect Battle - Poirier vs. Shinkaruk

The 2013 NHL Draft was considered one of the best drafts if not the best NHL draft since 2003. Did the Calgary Flames make the right selection with right wing/left wing Emile Poirier? Calgary had 3 first round selections in a good draft and used their 6th overall pick on two way center Sean Monahan. Juniors star player Hunter Shinkaruk was on the board when Calgary used the 22nd pick for Emile Poirier. Several wingers went in the draft from the 19th pick to the 37th selection.
More goes into how these players do than their statistics but you can follow the statistics of Emile Poirier and Hunter Shinkaruk here for fun to start.
22nd Overall Pick Right Wing/Left Wing Emile Poirier Calgary Flames

24th Overall Pick Left Wing/Center Hunter Shinkaruk Vancouver Canucks

2013 NHL Draft Prospect Battle Monahan vs. Nurse vs. Ristolainen

The 2013 NHL Draft was considered one of the best drafts if not the best NHL draft since 2003. Did the Calgary Flames make the right selection with center Sean Monahan? Calgary had 3 first round selections in a good draft for defenseman and they didn't use one of the three picks for a defenseman. The Flames may have some young defenseman in the organization and Monahan may have been a safe pick but did they ultimately make a mistake passing up defensemen Darnell Nurse or Rasmus Ristolainen? The Flames took wingers Emile Poirier and Morgan Klimchuk with their other two first round selections and defenseman Keegan Kanzig with a 3rd round draft pick.

More goes into how these players do than their statistics but you can follow the statistics of these three players here for fun to start.
6th Overall Pick Center Sean Monahan Calgary Flames

7th Overall Pick Defenseman Darnell Nurse Edmonton Oilers

8th Overall Pick Defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen Buffalo Sabres

2013 Draft Prospects Tracker

Bookmark this blog to track the Calgary Flames prospects and updated statistics for the upcoming season. Instead of looking up the players throughout the season, you can track their statistics here.
1st Round Pick Center Sean Monahan - Monahan has a shot to make Calgary's roster as a rookie out of training camp. If he doesn't make the Flames roster, he will play one more year for Ottawa in the OHL.

SEAN MONAHAN


1st Round Pick Forward Emile Poirier - Poirier will likely play another season for Gatineau in the QMJHL.

EMILE POIRIER

1st Round Pick Left Wing Morgan Klimchuk - Morgan is expected to play for Regina in the WHL.

MORGAN KLIMCHUK


3rd Round Defenseman Keegan Kanzig - Kanzig will return to Victoria in the WHL in 2013-2014.

KEEGAN KANZIG

5th Round Defenseman Eric Roy - Eric will likely play for Brandon in the WHL next season.

ERIC ROY

6th Round Right Wing Tim Harrison - Harrison will play his freshman season for Colgate University in 2013-2014.

TIM HARRISON

7th Round Defenseman Rushan Rafikov - Rafikov played for Loko Yarislavl in Russia's MHL in 2012-2013.

RUSHAN RAFIKOV

7th Round Defenseman John Gilmour - Gilmour returns to Providence College for his sophomore year in 2013-2014.

JOHN GILMOUR