The 2o24 NHL Draft was the second conducted by the Calgary Flames under general manager Craig Conroy.

We’re only two years out from it, but so far the early returns are promising. Here’s a check-in on how the 2024 draft class is progressing.

A right shot defender from Ontario, Parekh had a superb junior career. In his first post-draft season, Parekh became the first Ontario junior blueliner to score 30 goals in back-to-back seasons since Bobby Orr. He was also the first OHL defenceman with 100-plus points since Ryan Ellis in 2011-12.

He then moved onto pro hockey in 2025-26 and played mostly in the NHL – a consequence of being too good for the OHL but not old enough for full-time AHL eligibility. He had a rough first half of the season, with an unclear role compounded by a later injury. But in the back half of the year he found his stride, starting with a strong World Juniors and AHL conditioning stint and following that up with a superb final 20 games of the NHL season.

He has two seasons left on his entry-level deal.

A Russian import, Gridin was drafted out of the USHL and then moved on the QMJHL for his draft+1 season. He really impressed with Shawinigan, being named the Q’s Offensive Rookie of the Year and its overall Rookie of the Year.

He went pro in 2025-26 as a 19-year-old and made the Flames roster out of camp. He moved to the AHL once Jonathan Huberdeau returned from injury, but he emerged as the Wranglers’ most dangerous offensive player and worked on his play away from the puck, too. He represented the Wranglers in the AHL’s All-Star Classic and had a couple more call-ups, including one that lasted the last quarter of the season and saw him emerge as a pretty impressive offensive weapon for the Flames.

Like Parekh, Gridin has two seasons left on his entry-level deal.

A Calgary kid who played with Medicine Hat in the WHL, Basha impressed enough to be in the first-round conversation in his draft year despite playing through a nagging ankle injury. He opted to get that injury dealt with a couple months into his Draft+1 season, but he worked hard enough in his rehab that he returned early… and early enough to rejoin the Tigers to win a WHL Championship and appear in the Memorial Cup tournament.

He started 2025-26 with the AHL’s Wranglers but after being in and out of the lineup – and playing a checking bottom-six role when he did play – he moved back to the Tigers and dominated offensively for the rest of the season. He also learned how to play centre and was one of the team’s top overall plays as they marched to the conference final round.

Basha’s entry-level deal slid in 2025-26 – he’s a late birthday – so he still has three seasons left on his entry-level deal.

A versatile offensive forward with the OHL’s Kingston Frontenacs, Battaglia spent two seasons in the Flames system.

In his first season, he scored oodles of goals on an impressively deep Kingston group. He was quietly one of the better offensive producers in the entire OHL and he earned an entry-level contract with a strong season.

In his second season, he struggled on a Kingston team that had lost some big pieces to graduation or college hockey. The hope was that perhaps he could take a step and be a difference-maker in the absence of some of his older teammates. That didn’t happen in Kingston and he was traded to Flint at the OHL trade deadline. He continued being a pretty good but not quite dominant OHLer for the Firebirds – a member of the ensemble but not the leading man, if you will – and the Flames traded him to the New York Rangers at the NHL trade deadline for Brennan Othmann.

A right shot offensive defender from the OHL’s Ottawa 67’s, Mews had two very different seasons post-draft.

In his Draft+1 season in the OHL, he split the season between Ottawa and Sudbury – where he was moved prior to the OHL trade deadline. He was a strong offensive contributor with both teams. He moved onto the University of Michigan for 2025-26, being one of the first top NHL prospects to make the commitment to college hockey once rules changed. He played just 10 games before a knee injury ended his season… but he quarterbacked one of the top power plays in the NCAA.

We’re very curious to see if he can prove that 10 game glimpse wasn’t a fluke, but possibly a preview of how well he can lead a strong offensive attack.

A Russian goaltender, Zarubin has spent two seasons with the Mikhailov Academy in the Tula region of Russia, playing in that country’s top junior league, the MHL. In his Draft+1 season he was used in a bit of a tandem, playing 21 games and posting a .935 save percentage. The academy’s coaches seemingly said “nuts to that, let’s give him tons of games” in 2025-26, so he played 48 games and posted a .930 save percentage.

Zarubin’s aging out of junior hockey, so we’re curious where he lands going forward.

An OJHL product, the Flames selected Hoskin in his third year of draft eligibility as a 20-year-old prospect. He went to Niagara University in 2024-25 as a freshman and winning his conference’s Rookie of the Year award. He moved onto Merrimack College as a sophomore in 2025-26 and continued to impress. He helped his team win Hockey East’s conference playoff tournament as a big underdog and was named to the playoff all-star team. He’ll be headed back for his junior year.

Hoskin seems like a late-bloomer of sorts, but he’s been really impressive over his last three seasons.

The older brother of San Jose Sharks pick Michael Misa, Luke’s a smallish offensive forward drafted out of the OHL. He impressed in his Draft+1 season with Brampton and moved onto Penn State University in 2025-26 for his freshman year. He was a bit quiet offensively in the first half of the season as he adjusted to the different style of hockey, then he started to find his consistency in the second half of the year. His offensive output – 19 points in 37 games – was respectable, all things considered.

He’s headed back for his sophomore year, where he’ll likely have a bigger role and try to take a big step forward on the scoresheet.

A big-bodied right shot forward from the Dub, Laing was drafted from Prince George late in the 2024 draft but was traded to Saskatoon midway through his Draft+1 season. He was a promising forward with Prince George and has emerged as an effective, if unspectacular, WHL forward with the Blades.

Laing’s draft rights expire on June 1, so the Flames have to decide whether to sign him or let his rights lapse by then.

A big-bodied left shot defender from the Dub drafted in his second year of eligibility, Jamieson is another player who spent a year in junior and then headed to college. He spent his Draft+1 year primarily partnered with exceptional status defender Landon DuPont and captaining the Everett Silvertips. He spent his Draft+2 year with the University of Denver, playing a top for role and winning a national championship while being named to his conference’s all-rookie team. At the very least, he’s a player that can play with high-end talent.

He’s headed back to Denver for his sophomore year.

Four 2024 draftees have signed their entry-level deals with the Flames: Parekh, Gridin, Basha and Battaglia, though Battaglia was then traded to the Rangers.

Two 2024 draftees have played NHL games: Parekh and Gridin.