The Flames have picked sixth overall on six different occasions, but funnily enough, they’ve made four selections at 100th overall as well. Two of them came while the franchise was located in Atlanta, while only one player selected 100th overall by the Flames went on to play an NHL game.

Let’s take a look at the history of the 100th overall pick.

Bill Moen, 1974

In 1974, the Atlanta Flames selected netminder Bill Moen 100th overall. He spent the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons with the University of Minnesota, then the 1976-77 season with University of Minnesota-Duluth.

That’s it for his hockey career, and there’s very little information surrounding the Proctor, Minnesota product.

Bernie Harbec, 1977

Three drafts later, the Flames selected forward Bernie Harbec with the 100th overall pick. Born in Farnham, Québec, Harbec was a member of the 1974-75 Sherbrooke Castors, who won the Gilles-Courteau Trophy (then known as the President’s Cup).

But months before the Castors won the Québec Maritimes Junior Hockey League’s title, their team bus was involved in an accident that tragically killed Gaétan Paradis and injured 29 others. This accident is one of three notable bus accidents in Canadian junior hockey history, but to go out and win the league’s trophy shows incredible perseverance.

Harbec spent two more seasons in junior hockey before the Flames drafted him, then played three seasons in the International Hockey League before retiring.

Scott Bloom, 1986

After moving to Calgary, the Flames selected forward Scott Bloom with the 100th overall pick. Like Moen, he played college hockey, spending all four of his seasons with the University of Minnesota. In 1989-90, he scored 24 goals and 52 points in what was his last season in hockey.

Ryan Ready, 1987

The lone player drafted 100th overall by the Flames to play an NHL game is Ryan Ready. The Peterborough product won the J. Ross Robertson Cup with the Belleville Bulls in 1998-99, two years after the Flames selected him. He finished that post-season with 38 points, tied for the 26th-most in Ontario Hockey League playoff history.

Ready spent the first half of his career in the American Hockey League, winning the Calder Cup with the Philadelphia Phantoms in 2004-05. His seven NHL games came with the Philadelphia Flyers, where he picked up an assist.

The forward finished his career in Germany, retiring following the 2010-11 season.

Other notable 100th overall picks

The 100th overall pick has never seen a player play for the Flames, and it’s produced no Hall of Famers either. However, it has produced one All-Star, Garry Galley.

Galley, drafted in 1983, is now a colour commentator for Montréal Canadiens games. Before his broadcasting career, he was named to the 1991 All-Star game with the Boston Bruins and the 1994 All-Star game with the Philadelphia Flyers. Over his 17 NHL seasons, Galley scored 125 goals and 600 points.

That’s by far the most in each category. Miles Wood (2013) is the next closest, playing 567 career games with 99 goals and 196 points. He just missed winning a Stanley Cup, joining the Colorado Avalanche two years after they hoisted the Cup in 2022.

In fact, no player selected 100th overall has their name on the Stanley Cup. Chris Wideman (2009) joined the Canadiens a year after they made the Stanley Cup Finals, a team that included Victor Mete.

The defenceman was drafted in 2016 and had a promising start to his career after winning the Memorial Cup with the London Knights in 2015-16. However, he was traded from the Canadiens to the Ottawa Senators before the 2021 trade deadline, and the 5’9” defenceman’s career fizzled out from there, retiring following the 2023-24 season.

There are three other players selected 100th overall who have played 100 career games. Mark Taylor (1978) played 209 games, scoring 42 goals and 110 points, the only other player with triple-digit points.

Trent Whitfield (1996) played 194 games, getting the occasional call up while most of his seasons were spent in the AHL. He played for the Washington Capitals, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, and Boston Bruins, scoring 11 goals and 29 points.

Whitfield won the gold medal at the 1997 World Junior Championship, scoring in Canada’s 7-2 quarterfinal victory over Slovakia. On top of that, he has served as an assistant coach of the AHL’s Providence Bruins for the last 10 seasons, serving as the Calgary Hitmen’s assistant coach for the 2015-16 season.

Playing on that Slovakian team was forward Radovan Somík, who was drafted one year before Whitfield. He played 113 games with the Flyers in 2002-03 and 2003-04, scoring 12 goals and 32 points. Somík finished his career in Europe.

Speaking of Europe, there have only been 11 Italian players drafted to the NHL, and only two of them have gone on to play an NHL game. Thomas Di Pauli (2012) is one of those players. Born in Caldaro, Italy, Di Pauli lived there until he was 12, but represented the United States internationally.

The forward played two games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2019-20, but retired following that season. If you’re curious about the other Italian to play NHL games, it’s Daniel Catenacci, who was born in Canada but represented Italy after playing several seasons in the nation.

That said, Damian Clara has the chance to go down as the most notable Italian, if he’s not already there. Representing the nation in the 2026 Olympics, Clara had a .911 save percentage and 5.13 goals against average in four games. I don’t think I‘ve ever seen a stat line like that before.

Wood is one of three players selected 100th overall to play an NHL game in 2025-26. Matěj Blümel (2019) played four games with the Boston Bruins, while Anthony Richard (2015) played one game with the Flyers.

Andrew Yogan (2010) played in Germany last season, Tom Nilsson (2011) played in Sweden, and Malte Setkov (2017) played in Denmark and represented the country at the 2026 Olympics. Carter Savoie (2020) was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers and is the older brother of current Oiler, Matthew Savoie. However, C. Savoie played in Slovakia last season.

Jakub Málek (2021) mainly spent his season in the AHL, as did Tyson Jugnauth (2022). Russian forward Alexander Rykov (2023) played 56 games in the Kontinental Hockey League last season. Alexandre Blais (2024) played for the University of Connecticut, and Vashek Blanár (2025) was teammates with Flames prospect Jakob Leander in Sweden.

What a difference one spot makes

Since the Vegas Golden Knights had their second-round pick taken away, the Flames have the 100th in name, but will make the 99th selection in the draft.

The 99th overall pick has produced three All-Stars and a few other notable names. Shawn Horcoff (1998), Marcus Ragnarsson (1992), and Juuse Saros (2013) played in the All-Star Game at least once.

Ray Emery won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013, and nearly carried the Senators to one in 2007. Tyler Kennedy also won a Cup, his win came in 2009 with the Penguins. James Reimer and Joonas Donskoi are two other notable players selected 99th overall.

Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for FlamesNation, Oilersnation, and Blue Jays Nation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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