The Athletic's Scott Wheeler has ranked the Calgary Flames' pipeline at number 17 in the NHL for 2025.
The top player on the list is none other than Zayne Parekh, followed by this year's first draft pick Cole Reschny, and the newly extended Matt Coronato.
On the opening day of free-agency, GM Craig Conroy hardly made any game-changing moves that suggested this team was going to rely on its younger stars for progression.
As we approach the beginning of training camp and pre-season, that may not necessarily be a bad approach as Calgary has a group of promising young stars as evident by Wheeler's decent 17th ranking which went up a couple spots from 2024's ranking of 19.
But the results have to show in real time by getting to the playoffs.
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