If there was a season that the Flames maybe shouldn’t have suddenly become exciting and won games, it was the 2014-15 one. The 1997 class would produce Connor McDavid, a talent that has and will far surpass anyone else in the league for a long time, along with a stacked, deep draft unlike one that has been seen since maybe 2003. Calgary of course made the playoffs, but couldn’t advance past the first round, leading to a 15th overall choice. That pick conceivably could have been used on any one of Kyle Connor, Thomas Chabot, or Mat Barzal, but perhaps as as omen of past draft mistakes, their pick was used on none of those.
No McDavid, But 2015 Draft Class Carrying Flames
