Calgary Flames prospects at the World Juniors: quality over quantity

When the puck drops on Boxing Day for the World Juniors, FlamesNation will become a USA Hockey fan site until the end of the tournament. The main reason for that is Matthew Coronato being the lone Calgary Flames representative at the World Juniors.

Sure, the Flames only have one player at the World Juniors, but looking back the tournament’s value has been quality over quantity in terms of prospects.

Brad Treliving has been general manager since 2014, so let’s look at the World Juniors since his arrival to look at which players have represented the Flames at the event.

2015: Rushan Rafikov (Russia)

2016: Mason McDonald (Canada), Brandon Hickey (Canada) and Adam Ollas Mattsson (Sweden)

2017:…