Every few seasons, the Calgary Flames make a selection out of the United States Hockey League, America’s top major-junior circuit, that turns out to be pretty savvy. Sometimes they make the pick late in the draft, and sometimes they make it early. In 2011, they nabbed Johnny Gaudreau in the fourth round. In 2021, they…

The Calgary Flames will be in uncharted territory if they end up selecting 68th overall. As it stands, the Flames have 10 draft picks after trading away the 35th overall pick in Tuesday’s Šimon Nemec trade. The 68th overall pick is their seventh in the first 70 selections, and it’s produced some okay players over…