Don’t underestimate the Flames draft class of 2018.



If there was one takeaway this week from development camp, that was it and the message was resounding.



Rewind 13 months to last year’s NHL Draft in Dallas. You will remember it as a non-event for Calgary until late Saturday morning when the fourth round finally arrived. The picks in each of the first three rounds had previously been traded away in deals for Travis Hamonic and Mike Smith.



While on paper, it was a recipe for disaster in terms of restocking the prospect cupboard, the early results suggest anything but. Emilio Pettersen (Round 6), Demetrios Koumontzis (Round 4) and Martin Pospisil (Round 4) — all 2018 picks — were three standouts as the five-day camp wrapped up on Sunday with a controlled scrimmage. Another, Dmitry Zavgorodniy (Round 7), who was at camp but unable to participate in the on-ice sessions due to a lingering upper body injury, has already signed an entry-level...