Official 2015 Calgary Flames Draft Thread: 15th overall

[YMCMBYOLO]

Parker Wotherspoon fits your description!

Is Tyler his bro?

 

[CraigsList]

Is Tyler his bro?

Yeah, Tyler is his older brother.

 

[Johnny GODreau]

Any good 2-way defenders that have good size available in the second round?

Rasmus Andersson. Was supposed to be an apparent first rounder but fell. Know ranked #93 on CS.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Any chance of taking Colin White? I'm pretty high on him, strong RW that can play a little C (or was it the other way around?) Has shown he can score, but is physical as well. Fits Burkie's mold, and he's American.

I think there's a huge possibility the Flames take him.

Do they reach (a little) taking him at #15, or take a risk and trade back a couple of spots?

Timo Meier is another one I'm keeping my eye on, but I think he'll be gone by the 15th pick.

Any good 2-way defenders that have good size available in the second round?

Ryan Pilon. No seriously that's the player. I'd take him on his name and the Pylon meme we had going on last off-season.

Wotherspoon might be an option for the later 2nd round pick, but might be around in the 3rd.

 

[CraigsList]

I think there's a huge possibility the Flames take him.

Do they reach (a little) taking him at #15, or take a risk and trade back a couple of spots?

Timo Meier is another one I'm keeping my eye on, but I think he'll be gone by the 15th pick.



Ryan Pilon. No seriously that's the player. I'd take him on his name and the Pylon meme we had going on last off-season.

Wotherspoon might be an option for the later 2nd round pick, but might be around in the 3rd.

If Meier is gone, I hope we pick Roy or Konecny.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

If Meier is gone, I hope we pick Roy or Konecny.

I'd add Meloche to that list. And I'm still not ready to completely walk away from Kylington.

 

[CraigsList]

I'd add Meloche to that list. And I'm still not ready to completely walk away from Kylington.

There's so many choices in the top 60.

I'm more excited to see who we are picking with our 3 2nd rounders than I am with our 1st .

 

[YMCMBYOLO]

Ryan Pilon. No seriously that's the player. I'd take him on his name and the Pylon meme we had going on last off-season.

Ohh, so that's the player!! In my Be a Player Mode on NHL 14, I saw a guy named "Pilon" playing for the Flames and I chuckled. Thought it was a fake player!

 

[Flames Fanatic]

There's so many choices in the top 60.

I'm more excited to see who we are picking with our 3 2nd rounders than I am with our 1st .

I thought we had two 2nds and two 3rds?

 

[CraigsList]

I thought we had two 2nds and two 3rds?

We do! But round 2 is the one I am most excited about, because there will definitely be some 1st round fallers that could possibly fall into our lap.

 

[YMCMBYOLO]

What happened to our own 2nd rounder?

 

[CraigsList]

I thought we had two 2nds and two 3rds?

What happened to our own 2nd rounder?

1st Round - Calgary
2nd Round - Calgary, Washington, Vancouver
3rd Round - Calgary, Washington

 

[MonyontheMoney]

Noah Juulsen could be around in the second, I like him. As for the first i would prefer Chabot over Roy for sure

 

[Ace Rimmer]

1st Round - Calgary
2nd Round - Calgary, Washington, Vancouver
3rd Round - Calgary, Washington

Thank you.

 

[Johnny GODreau]

Hypothetical Noah Hanifin is available at 5, Carolina wants to trade the pick (I doubt it). Would our 3 2nds + 15th overall get it done?

 

[Taranis]

Carolina need a top talent I doubt they would trade the pick for anything past 8 or so.

 

[Johnny GODreau]

Carolina need a top talent I doubt they would trade the pick for anything past 8 or so.

Thought so.

If Zacha fell to 15 it would be really nice. Doesn't like losing, plays nasty and has great speed.

 

[Taranis]

Thoughts so.

If Zacha fell to 15 it would be really nice. Doesn't like losing, plays nasty and has great speed.

Still thats what excites me about this coming draft, could Calgary make a move with all those picks in the top 90.

 

[CraigsList]

I wouldn't be opposed to trading down. I don't think there is necessarily a talent drop off from 15-25 imo.

Of course, if Meier/Barzal/Rantanen miraculously fell to 15, you pick them. But, if management was looking at a player that was already picked, I wouldn't mind trading down and getting an additional pick.

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

I wouldn't trade down. I think this draft is a bit overrated due to the top 10 players or whatever, especially with McDavid and Eichel. If anything we trade up. We have 5 picks in the first 90, we don't have add more picks.

 

[CraigsList]

I wouldn't trade down. I think this draft is a bit overrated due to the top 10 players or whatever, especially with McDavid and Eichel. If anything we trade up. We have 5 picks in the first 90, we don't have add more picks.

I don't think trading away picks is the right move for a rebuilding team. Trading down from 15 to 20 wouldn't hurt imo, trading away a couple seconds just to move up to 10 isn't what I think we should do.

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

I don't think trading away picks is the right move for a rebuilding team.

Sure we are still rebuilding, but it has sped up exponentially. We can move picks if there are similar deals like Boychuk and Leddy etc. We don't need prospects as badly as before. The only thing we need really is more dmen prospects. It's not like will be moving all 5 picks or something to move up. The odds of a player in the 2nd or 3rd that will make the NHL is slim. like I said, the draft is slightly overrated.


If you can improve the team without hurting the rebuild you do it. The salary cap could potentially decrease next season. We take advantage of the cap locked teams. I mean our team is good enough that we may only need a couple of peieces.

 

[Ticonderoga]

1st Round - Calgary
2nd Round - Calgary, Washington, Vancouver
3rd Round - Calgary, Washington

That right there is the jackpot.

6 players in the top 80!

 

[CraigsList]

Sure we are still rebuilding, but it has sped up exponentially. We can move picks if there are similar deals like Boychuk and Leddy etc. We don't need prospects as badly as before. The only thing we need really is more dmen prospects. It's not like will be moving all 5 picks or something to move up. The odds of a player in the 2nd or 3rd that will make the NHL is slim. like I said, the draft is slightly overrated.


If you can improve the team without hurting the rebuild you do it. The salary cap could potentially decrease next season. We take advantage of the cap locked teams. I mean our team is good enough that we may only need a couple of peieces.

I agree with a lot of your post. Evaluating Calgary:

Top 6 - Top line is great, we still need 2nd line wingers (secondary scoring).
Bottom 6 - We can start to argue that we have one of the best out there.
Top 4 defense - One of the best in the league now when Giordano comes back, however, no d prospects to replace them in a few years if we had to.
Bottom 2 defense - Needs prospects as well.
Goaltending - It's above average, will only get better with Ortio and Gillies/McDonald in the future.

I think our concern in this draft is finding some top notch defenseman and some secondary scoring forwards in the 2nd/3rd round. I feel the draft is only overrated with the top 10 players, outside of the top 10 and outside of the 1st round there are a lot of quality players. For example, Sprong is projected to be a late 1st, I think he could have been a 10-15 pick in 2014.

 

[Skobel24]

I don't want to trade picks unless its for a Leddy type deal.