Would McKenna spark a Flames’ revival?

Should the Calgary Flames be gaggin' for Gavin?

The big prize in next summer's National Hockey League amateur draft is expected to be Gavin McKenna, the pride of Whitehorse, Yukon, a former Medicine Hat Tiger superstar and currently a high-profile winger with Penn State, a National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey power.

Next year, when he's 18, he's probably going to be a member of an NHL team, with McDavid- and Bedard-like expectations. Flames' fans hope he'll be wearing the flaming 'C' when he steps onto an NHL ice surface.

Thanks to the draft's lottery system, having the league's worst record is no guarantee of picking No 1. But it certainly enhances the opportunity, and the Flames, currently languishing near the bottom of the 32-team NHL, may as well try to manoeuvre those odds in their favour. How? By losing as much as possible.