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FlamesNation Top 25 of 2020: #16 — The Calgary Flames tried to acquire first overall pick in 2013

Welcome to the yearly wrap up of the top read articles over the last year!

If there’s one thing Elliotte Freidman is good at, it’s being a wealth of insider information regarding the ins and outs of the NHL.

And with his weekly 31 thoughts column during the season, he dropped a big nugget about a past Flames draft.

That article, penned by me on June 27, was the 16th most-read article this year.

In the 2013 draft, the Calgary Flames took a run at the first overall pick and the opportunity to take Nathan MacKinnon first overall.