The Flames’ 1975 Draft Mistake Still Has Bite

Calgary’s 1975 draft room apparently had one of those nights that lives forever in franchise lore. The story centers on a simple mistake with a Nilsson, and those are the kinds of front-office blunders that echo for decades because everybody in the building swears they saw it coming after the fact. The details make this a classic hockey-time-capsule tale, equal parts embarrassment and what-might-have-been, and it still lands because the draft never really stops haunting teams.