Behind the Scenes with Zayne Parekh at the Draft

From the draft floor to meeting up with his family, we follow Zayne Parekh after being picked 9th overall by the Flames in the NHL Draft.

[@johnston1313]

Was upset when we didn't get Tij, but I am excited to see Zayne on the blue line for years to come.

[@stephenmoncrieff2056]

Agreed . Although it may be best for Tij as he would have been under a lot of pressure playing in Calgary to live up to his dad's legacy .

[@idiotandco.1750]

@@stephenmoncrieff2056 That aside.. Jarome wasn't drafted to Calgary either. There's always 'eventually'!

[@Evabub]

So there's a chance he could be traded to the Flames soon?

[@keithmyfurnaceguy]

Everyone see Iginla sitting 4 rows up? Zayne should have gone 3rd but we got him and I couldn't be more excited. This young man and Hunter Brz are gonna win Norris Trophies and Stanley Cups in 3 to 4 years in Calgary in our new arena where Conroy will have built our franchise back up out of the ashes left behind by an absolute cluster of a GM who destroyed this team its culture and cost us many fans. Great job Conny and company. The youth will now get a chance to show speed and skill in our beautiful red silks . As Zayne mentioned to the other pick " hey nice jersey " but mines nicer. Go Flames Go

[@carterhancock9830]

SO HYPED FOR ZAYNE!🙌🏼 He looks thrilled to be here. Very exciting🔥

[@fireflyrain]

We are getting an offense that can defend. Epic.

[@beautifulkrios]

Have to love Lanny!

[@DJDinnerPlaTe]

“Nice jersey, mines better though” 😂😂😂

[@cartermiedema9114]

Lfg zayne save us

[@stadiumarena5891.]

Send Zayne Parekh to the Calgary Wranglers from AHL 🔥

[@fosterch11]

Wanted this guy for teh Habs if Demidov didn't fall. You got a good one - will be fun to watch.

[@mingchen1914]

I prefer Tij over Zayne. I was disppointed that he was gone at 6th.

[@mannyoliveira776]

Pareh will 'end' up being the better player I bet, altho Igin will be good one

[@konradbukowski4899]

Nothing goes right for the flames. Lololol

[@JesusFriedChrist]

That’s our greatest legacy. We can’t be good when we need to be good. We can’t be bad when we need to be bad.

[@JesusFriedChrist]

3 totally unnecessary wins long after it was blatantly obvious we weren’t going to make the playoffs. 3 wins that put us from picking 5th overall to 9th. 68 GP, 71 PTS, 14 games remaining, 2 choices: • Win all 14 games for a total of 99 PTS & make the playoffs • Lose 12 out of 14 for a total if 75 PTS & get 5th overall pick We did neither. Instead, we went 5-9-0. Total, complete, abysmal, perpetual failure.

[@alexwind7123]

@@JesusFriedChristthat’s the classic flames way tho. Never good enough to win but never bad enough to tank, always 17th place

[@boomds5602]

@@alexwind7123well this guy was ranked 5th so what’s it matter?

[@alexwind7123]

@@boomds5602 nothing at all, I’m hyped for this pick just saying that guy is completely correct. Flames should have lost more games in the past two seasons, everyone knew they weren’t good enough to compete. A rebuild has been very long overdue for this franchise

[@JesusFriedChrist]

If we had gone 2-12 to close out the season when we had 68 GP instead of going 5-9, we would’ve gotten 5th overall pick instead of Montreal and we would’ve been able to get Tij. I will never forgive this team for failing to tank properly when we had the opportunity to get a top 5 pick instead of a 9th. We BLEW IT. That is our legacy. We suck at being good when we need to be good, and we suck at sucking when we need to suck. What kind of team sucks so bad that they can’t even suck bad enough to do something good for our future? The Iginla name does not belong on any other jersey than a Flames jersey. It is sacrilege. An absolute abomination. A disgrace to the Iginla name and to the Flames organization and fanbase. And Utah can plummet to the furthest depths of hell for what they’ve done. There will never be any forgiveness for them either. It’s far worse than when the Soyattle Krackheads stole our captain Gio. Zero forgiveness for that kind of disrespect.

[@blaineoh100]

Holy step back from the ledge, we're going to be garbage for years and are going to have plenty of time to draft good kids. Relax.

[@sergant-mw5uk]

я думаю в следующем сезоне они будут сливать всё подряд,что бы взять первый пик...

[@Purplexity]

AHHAHAAHAHAH you would want tij over DEMIDOV? you're high.

[@jasonkh4]

Soyattle made me lol, that's clever asf lmao 😅

[@tobiast471]

Forget Tij we get Joe in 2026