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Originally Posted by Freeway
When in doubt, Flames tend to favour centres and blueliners.
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Went back a few years to see if this was true.
I looked at all draft since Brad Treliving was the GM.
I used HockeyDB for positions, so it won't be completely accurate (Matty Phillips is listed in HockeyDB as a C, for example)
from 2014-2022:
54 players selected. Of those players selected:
17 were Centers
18 were Wingers
14 were Defensemen
5 were Goaltenders
It's all very close together, and probably doesn't say much toward team bias, but for just raw draft picks the Flames have selected wings, then centers, then defensemen, with goalies naturally bringing up the rear.
It appears there is no bias at all given the sample size. Going back further may change the percentages, but I wanted to limit the sample to drafts made under the current front office.