For the second consecutive year, the Calgary Flames had multiple first-round selections in the 2025 NHL Draft. Moreover, they also managed to make some moves at that draft that look pretty prudent in hindsight.

Sure, we just have a year of history to look at in terms of a sample size, but here’s a quick rundown of how the Flames’ draft choices from last year have progressed so far.

A left shot centre, Reschny was drafted after a superb draft year with the Western League’s Victoria Royals. He opted to go the college route, moving to the University of North Dakota as a true freshman this past season. He played primarily as a second line centre, but he performed really well, getting named his conference’s top rookie. He also won a bronze medal with Canada at the World Juniors.

He’s headed back for his sophomore season.

Another left shot centre, Potter was drafted after his freshman year at Arizona State University – he headed to college when he was 17 rather than spending a second year with the U.S. National Development Team. His draft+1 season with the Sun Devils was quite strong… but derailed by a January upper-body injury that required season-ending surgery.

He’s headed back to college for his junior year, but he’s transferred to Michigan State for the upcoming season.

Yet another left shot centre, Stockselius was selected from Djurgardens IF in the Swedish U20 Nationell, Sweden’s top junior league. He played 2025-26 with his club team, but suffered a skate cut to his leg in October and missed a few months as he healed from his injury. After his return, he spent much of the remainder of the season in the SHL – the senior team had a ton of injuries – and then he returned to junior to lead his team to a playoff championship.

He signed his entry-level deal earlier in May. Since he wasn’t drafted out of Canadian major junior he’s eligible to play in a lot of different places next season – the NHL, AHL, WHL, or he could return to Sweden. Unless he plays 10 NHL games, his ELC would slide and not begin until 2027-28. We’ll see where he ends up.

A left shot defender, Phillips was drafted out of the U.S. National Development Program. He played the 2025-26 season with the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers, where he used his 6’6″ frame to defend physically… and take a few penalties along the way.

He’s headed to the University of Minnesota for the upcoming season.

A right shot winger, Wyttenbach impressed in his draft year with the USHL’s Sioux Fall Stampede, including becoming the first-ever winner of that league’s Gaudreau Award – honouring a player that exemplifies the spirit and determination of the two late Gaudreau brothers, Johnny and Matthew.

Despite off-season knee surgery, Wyttenbach opted to go to college at Quinnipiac a year early – the original plan was for him to return to Sioux Falls for 2025-26. The change of plans panned out, as he led the NCAA in scoring, was named the National Rookie of the Year, was a top 10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, and he won a slew of other conference awards, too. He’s headed back to college for his sophomore year.

After splitting his draft year between the St. Andrews College prep school and brief stints with USHL Green Bay and OHL Brampton, Lane, a right shot winger, was a late-round pick by the Flames. He headed to Harvard University for his freshman season in 2025-26, and he had a pretty rock-solid freshman year, playing primarily middle-six wing and chipping in offensively here and there.

He’s headed back for his sophomore year.

A right shot defender from Sweden, Leander spent his draft year with HV71 in Sweden’s top junior league, the U20 Nationell. He went back to the same team for his draft+1 season in 2025-26. His team struggled throughout the year, but he was one of their better defenders and he increased his offensive output from the prior year.

All indications are he’ll be returning to HV71 for the upcoming season.

A left shot forward, primarily a centre, Matveiko was selected in his second year of draft eligibility after a solid if unspectacular season with Krasnaya Armiya Moskva, the Red Army’s junior affiliate. He returned for the 2025-26 season and took a step forward offensively, but fell short of doubling the prior year’s point output.

He’s eligible to return to junior for the upcoming season and so far, that seems to be where things are trending for him.

This one’s pretty simple: of the 2025 crop only Stockselius has signed his entry-level deal, and nobody has played in any NHL games (yet). We suspect that both of those tallies will change by this time next year.

Even with Potter and Stockselius missing big chunks of the season, the draft+1 year for the 2025 class seems to be trending positively overall.