Would be interesting to do this with other position groups obviously (W, D, G) but also to do the inverse - if you pick a guy in round 1 at position X, how likely are you to get a top 1-2 tier guy, by position? Are wingers or centers a safer bet in the top 15? When does it make sense to pick a strong goalie prospect, given the opportunity cost of picking at other positions that are more stable in terms of providing contributors?
It's actually probably a good time to figure all this out as teams have been much better at drafting in the past decade and a half or so, at least in terms of their process. So the data can actually tell us useful stuff.
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