Oh, the NHL Draft. The week every Tom, Dick and Jane knows everything about every team and every young prospect.
Maybe it’s just Calgary, but the expertise is mind boggling. Or maybe I should say mind numbing.
The Flames are a team with options, like most in a draft that is supposedly not as deep as others. (I will defer to the true draft experts for that; the ones that have stood the test of time)
Some believe the Flames may look to combine their No.14 selection with a veteran player to get some picks. Others think they will simply trade down to replenish a lost second round pick (traded to the Buffalo Sabres). Then there is the more conventional theory that says the Flames will simply take the best player available.
Truth is general manager Jay Feaster dangled all of those possibilities last week before departing to Pittsburgh. Downright confusing legal talk it was. Imagine that from a lawyer.
Toss in what appears to be a looming work stoppage and just about anything may happen with the Flames.
That’s the point, in Calgary anything can happen and you can rest assured something needs to. The reality is the Flames have to find some magic this week, some how.