Folks, we’re getting close to the midway mark of the 2026-27 season and it’s probably about time we start looking to the future a bit. More specifically, which Calgary Flames prospects may be going pro in the 2026-27 season?

If we look to major junior, the Flames have three players in the major junior ranks: OHLer Jacob Battagalia and WHLers Axel Hurtig and Hunter Laing. Battaglia is on an entry-level contract and will be going pro next season. The Flames have until June 1 to sign Laing or they lose his NHL rights. They have another year (until 2027) to make a decision on Hurtig. Both Laing and Hurtig have performed well this season, and we’re suspecting that they’ll be offered pro deals and we’ll see them with the Wranglers in 2026-27.

Then there’s the college crew, who are full of wild cards.

The most likely to sign with the Flames seems to be the 2025 first-rounders, Cole Reschny and Cullen Potter. But in both of those cases, we’re not sure if it would be better for them to play in the AHL or college, so unless there’s a clear path to potentially pushing for NHL time, perhaps they got back for another year. We’ll be honest with you all here: the collegiate aspect to everything is a new wrinkle and we haven’t quite figured out how quickly players will opt to sign pro deals.

It’s gonna be an interesting spring as we start to figure things out.

Andrew Basha – LW/RW, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

20; Calgary’s second round pick (41st overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 5’11”, 174 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 8th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	22	1	3	4	3	4	3	17	7.25
2024-25 (WHL)	23	9	20	29	24	12	9	73	31.22

Basha had zero points in two games.

Jacob Battaglia – LW/RW, Kingston Frontenacs, OHL

19; Calgary’s second round pick (62nd overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 6’1″, 196 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 7th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	31	12	11	23	17	17	13	92	19.65
2024-25 (OHL)	68	40	50	90	67	57	45	239	35.06

Battaglia had zero points in two games.

Parker Bell – LW/RW, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

22; Calgary’s fifth round pick (155th overall) in the 2022 NHL Draft; 6’4″, 192 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0.00
2024-25 (AHL)	61	7	5	12	9	12	9	67	7.84

Bell had zero points in three games.

Hunter Brzustewicz – D, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

20; Vancouver’s third round pick (75th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft; Acquired in a trade with Vancouver; 6’0″, 190 pounds; shoots right; FN’s 3rd-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	23	4	8	12	9	6	5	28	20.79
2024-25 (AHL)	70	5	27	32	19	20	13	75	18.22

Brzustewicz is in the NHL.

Nick Cicek – D, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

25; free agent signing; 6’3″, 201 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	28	3	8	11	7	8	4	32	15.66
2024-25 (DEL)	50	3	14	17	10	16	9	75	9.81

Cicek had a goal and two assists in three games.

Lucas Ciona – LW, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

22; Calgary’s sixth round pick (173rd overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 210 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	19	1	1	2	2	1	1	20	4.19
2024-25 (AHL)	68	8	14	22	18	17	14	91	12.89

Ciona had zero points in two games.

Matvei Gridin – RW, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

19; Calgary’s first round pick (28th overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 6’1″, 182 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 4th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	26	9	15	24	17	18	14	77	36.79
2024-25 (QMJHL)	56	36	43	79	58	40	32	236	32.85

Gridin had a goal and an assist in three games.

Artem Grushnikov – D, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

22; Dallas’ second round pick (48th overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft; Acquired in a trade with Dallas; 6’1″, 203 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0.00
2024-25 (AHL)	61	1	4	5	3	4	3	43	3.27

Grushnikov had zero points in three games.

Trevor Hoskin – RW, Merrimack College Warriors, NCAA

21; Calgary’s fourth round pick (106th overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 6’1″, 175 pounds; shoots right

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	17	4	13	17	10	9	6	25	32.23
2024-25 (NCAA)	36	12	27	39	29	28	23	80	17.23

Hoskin had three assists in two games.

Axel Hurtig – D, Calgary Hitmen, WHL

20; Calgary’s seventh round pick (208th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft; 6’4″, 202 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	27	3	4	7	6	7	6	45	6.42
2024-25 (WHL)	55	5	11	16	12	14	10	66	7.20

Hurtig had a goal and two assists (and two fights) over three games.

Eric Jamieson – D, University of Denver Pioneers, NCAA

20; Calgary’s seventh round pick (208th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 200 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	19	6	7	13	7	12	7	39	24.63
2024-25 (WHL)	66	14	22	36	26	27	19	175	13.51

Jamieson had an assist in two games. Denver is off until Jan. 2.

Rory Kerins – C, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

23; Calgary’s sixth round pick (174th overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft; 5’10”, 175 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 15th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	25	10	13	23	18	14	12	53	36.66
2024-25 (AHL)	63	33	28	61	52	40	35	135	38.59

Kerins had three goals in three games.

Carter King – C, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

23; free agent signing; 5’11”, 190 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	24	2	1	3	3	3	3	22	4.98
2024-25 (NCAA)	44	21	22	43	31	16	14	116	35.18

King had one assist in three games.

Hunter Laing – C/RW, Saskatoon Blades, WHL

19; Calgary’s sixth round pick (170th overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 6’5″, 205 pounds; shoots right

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	30	15	17	32	24	17	15	69	26.41
2024-25 (WHL)	64	25	23	48	40	35	29	153	18.57

Laing had two assists in three games.

Aidan Lane – LW/RW, Harvard University Crimson, NCAA

18; Calgary’s sixth round pick (176th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 6’1″, 192 pounds; shoots right

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	11	5	1	6	6	6	6	31	12.52
2024-25 (OHL)	13	7	6	13	10	10	7	36	26.49

Harvard is off until Jan. 2.

Jakob Leander – D, HV71, U20 Nationell

18; Calgary’s seventh round pick (208th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 6’4″, 196 pounds; shoots right

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	22	1	5	6	5	6	5	26	4.47
2024-25 (J20)	39	1	5	6	3	5	3	33	2.52

HV71 is off until Jan. 10.

Jaden Lipinski – C, University of Maine Black Bears, NCAA

20; Calgary’s fourth round pick (112th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft; 6’4″, 204 pounds; shoots right

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	17	3	5	8	6	8	6	26	15.17
2024-25 (WHL)	59	17	41	58	45	30	27	134	24.34

Lipinski had a goal in one game.

Cade Littler – C, University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks, NCAA

21; Calgary’s seventh round pick (219th overall) in the 2022 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 197 pounds; shoots right

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	16	4	4	8	7	6	5	33	18.00
2024-25 (NCAA)	33	7	2	9	8	9	8	30	9.82

Littler had no points in two games.

Yan Matveiko – C, Krasnaya Armiya Moskva, MHL

19; Calgary’s seventh round pick (211th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 6’1″, 150 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	29	13	15	28	17	22	13	46	11.32
2024-25 (MHL)	42	10	14	24	20	21	17	68	6.70

Matveiko missed this week’s games with an injury.

Luke Misa – LW/C, Penn State University Nittany Lions, NCAA

19; Calgary’s fifth round pick (150th overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 5’10”, 170 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 13th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	16	2	1	3	2	3	2	33	5.12
2024-25 (OHL)	67	34	51	85	58	63	43	211	33.60

Penn State is off until Jan. 3.

Etienne Morin – D, Calgary Wranglers, AHL/Rapid City Rush, ECHL

20; Calgary’s second round pick (48th overall) in the 2022 NHL Draft; 6’0″, 180 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 10th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
AHL season to date	10	1	0	1	1	1	1	10	3.99
ECHL season to date	7	1	3	4	2	1	1	20	13.12
2024-25 (QMJHL)	62	14	44	58	29	40	24	222	21.79

Morin had a goal in three games.

Mace’o Phillips – D, Green Bay Gamblers, USHL

18; Calgary’s third round pick (80th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 6’6″, 228 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	17	1	3	4	2	3	2	39	5.54
2024-25 (USHL)	25	2	1	3	3	3	3	31	2.76

Phillips was with the United States Junior Select Team at the Junior A World Challenge. He’ll be back with Green Bay after the holiday break.

Jeremie Poirier – D, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

23; Calgary’s third round pick (72nd overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft; 6’1″, 196 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	22	1	3	4	2	3	1	34	7.25
2024-25 (AHL)	71	5	37	42	23	26	15	132	23.57

Poirier had no points in two games.

Cullen Potter – C, Arizona State University Sun Devils, NCAA

18; Calgary’s first round pick (32nd overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 5’10”, 172 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 5th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	18	6	10	16	14	5	4	56	32.00
2024-25 (NCAA)	35	13	9	22	16	17	13	118	22.63

Potter had a goal and an assist in two games.

Cole Reschny – C, University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks, NCAA

18; Calgary’s first round pick (18th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 5’11”, 183 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 2nd-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	16	2	16	18	12	8	7	31	40.50
2024-25 (WHL)	62	26	66	92	70	48	46	213	36.75

Reschny is with the Canadian national junior team.

Theo Stockselius – C, Djurgårdens IF, U20 Nationell/SHL

18; Calgary’s second round pick (54th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 6’2″, 181 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 12th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
U20 season to date	7	1	8	9	6	7	5	23	21.09
SHL season to date	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
2024-25 (J20)	40	22	29	51	38	35	29	93	20.91

Djurgardens is off until Jan. 10. Stockselius has been out since mid-October with a skate cut.

William Strömgren – LW, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

22; Calgary’s second round pick (45th overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 175 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 16th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	25	2	18	20	13	13	8	22	31.88
2024-25 (AHL)	70	14	35	49	35	26	20	107	27.90

Strömgren had four assists in three games.

Aydar Suniev – LW, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

20; Calgary’s third round pick (80th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft; 6’2″, 198 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 9th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	25	7	2	9	9	5	5	34	14.35
2024-25 (NCAA)	35	20	18	38	31	21	17	119	34.99

Suniev had a goal and an assist in one game. He missed the rest of the week with an injury.

Ethan Wyttenbach – RW, Quinnipiac University Bobcats, NCAA

18; Calgary’s fifth round pick (144th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 5’10”, 180 pounds; shoots right; FN’s 20th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	18	9	16	25	21	13	12	38	31.89
2024-25 (USHL)	44	24	27	51	42	38	30	127	26.61

Quinnipiac is off until Jan. 2.

Owen Say – G, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

24; free agent signing; 6’2″, 185 pounds

	GP	TOI	SV%
Season to date	14	694	.890
2024-25 (NCAA)	27	1531	.920

Say started twice and lost both starts, though he made it to overtime in the second game.

Arsenii Sergeev – G, Rapid City Rush, ECHL / Calgary Wranglers, AHL

21; Calgary’s seventh round pick (205th overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 192 pounds

	GP	TOI	SV%
Season to date	10	594	.921
2024-25 (NCAA)	33	1982	.919

Sergeev was called up from the ECHL but hasn’t played yet.

Yegor Yegorov – G, MHK Spartak-MAX, MHL

20; Calgary’s sixth round pick (176th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 183 pounds

	GP	TOI	SV%
Season to date	17	1011	.923
2024-25 (MHL)	20	1032	.904

Yegorov played twice and lost both outings.

Kirill Zarubin – G, AKM Tula, MHL

20; Calgary’s third round pick (84th overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 178 pounds; FN’s 18th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	TOI	SV%
Season to date	23	1348	.940
2024-25 (MHL)	21	1157	.935

Zarubin allowed one goal, combined, in two wins.

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